Donald III of Scotland

Donald III
King of Alba (Scotland)
Reign1093–1094
PredecessorMalcolm III
SuccessorDuncan II
Reign1094–1097
PredecessorDuncan II
SuccessorEdgar
Bornc. 1032
Died1099(1099-00-00) (aged 66–67)
Rescobie, Angus, Kingdom of Scotland
Burial
Dunfermline Abbey, later removed to Iona
HouseDunkeld
FatherDuncan I of Scotland
MotherSuthen

Donald III (Medieval Gaelic: Domnall mac Donnchada; Modern Gaelic: Dòmhnall mac Dhonnchaidh; c. 1032–1099) was King of Alba (Scotland) from 1093–1094 and 1094–1097.[1] He was known as Domnall Bán or "Donald the Fair", anglicized as Donalbain.

  1. ^ Donald's elder brother Malcolm III (Máel Coluim mac Donnchada) is presumed to have been between two and ten years of age in 1040; Duncan, p. 42. Walter Bower's Scotichronicon says that Donald passed his exile during the reign of Macbeth (Mac Bethad mac Findlaích) in the Hebrides, but this is unlikely given his age; McDonald, p. 104.