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Encyclopedia > Domhnall II, Earl of Mar

Domhnall II of Mar (c. 1302 in Saline, FifeAugust 11, 1332) was Regent of Scotland for a very short time during the minority of David II. Events July 11 - Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch), major victory of Flanders over the French occupier. ... Fife (Fìobh in Gaelic) is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with landward boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire. ... August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events November 7 - Lucerne joins the Swiss Confederation with Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden. ... David II (March 5, 1324 – February 22, 1371) king of Scotland, son of King Robert the Bruce by his second wife, Elizabeth de Burgh (d. ...


His father was Gartnait of Mar, and his mother was Christina Bruce, sister of Robert I of Scotland. In 1332 Domhnall became Regent after the death of the previous Regent, Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray. Robert I, (Roibert a Briuis in medieval Gaelic, Raibeart Bruis in modern Scottish Gaelic and Robert de Brus in Norman French), usually known in modern English today as Robert the Bruce (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), was King of Scotland (1306 – 1329). ... Events November 7 - Lucerne joins the Swiss Confederation with Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden. ... Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray (d. ...


Following the invasion of Edward Balliol, with the support of Edward III of England, Mar led the Scots loyalists to defeat at the Battle of Dupplin Moor and died in battle. Edward Balliol (c. ... Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377) was one of the most successful English kings of medieval times. ... Battle of Dupplin Moor was fought between supporters of the infant Bruce king and rebels supporting the Balliol claim in 1332. ...


Through his marriage to Isabella Stewart they had a son Thomas, and a single daughter, Margaret, who succeeded her brother and became in her turn Countess of Mar. The Earldom of Mar is one of the ancient peerage titles of in the Peerage of Scotland. ...

Preceded by:
Gartnait
Mormaer of Mar
1305-1332
Succeeded by:
Thomas


 

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