| Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles | |
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 18th century illustration of some of the tombs of Oronsay Priory, founded by Donalds's father John sometime before 1358 | |
| Predecessor | John of Islay, Lord of the Isles |
| Successor | Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross |
| Born | Scotland |
| Died | 1423 Islay, Scotland |
| Spouse | Mary Leslie, Countess of Ross |
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| House | Clan Donald |
| Father | John of Islay, Lord of the Isles |
| Mother | Margaret of Scotland |
Donald, Lord of the Isles (Scottish Gaelic: Dómhnall; died 1423), was the son and successor of John of Islay, Lord of the Isles and chief of Clan Donald. The Lordship of the Isles was based in and around the Scottish west-coast island of Islay, but under Donald's father had come to include most of the isles and the lands of Somerled, the King of the Isles in the 12th century, Donald's predecessor, including Morvern, Garmoran, Lochaber, Kintyre and Knapdale on the mainland.
Donald was the grandson of King Robert II of Scotland and first cousin of King Robert III; he took pride in his royal blood, even adopting the royal tressure to surround his coat of arms.
While it is customary to portray the Lords of the Isles as divorced from the mainstream of Scottish political life, and as representatives of a brand of lordship distinct from the rest of Scotland, this view obscures the fact that Donald was only one of many magnates who held large lordships with little interference from the crown in late 14th and early 15th century Scotland.[1] The Douglas kindred of southern Scotland and the Albany Stewarts had similar roles to Donald.
- ^ McNeill and MacQueen, Atlas, p. 206