Mormaer Donnchad II (anglicized as Duncan or Dunecan) succeeded his father Donnchad I as a child. As a child of the previous Mormaer, he was entitled to succeed his father through primogeniture, but not to lead his kin-group, Clann MacDuib. That probably fell to his cousin, Aed mac Gille Míchéil. Like previous Mormaers of Fife, Donnchad II was appointed Justiciar of Scotia (i.e. Scotland North of the Forth). Donnchad's minority also meant that Ferchar, Mormaer of Strathearn, took supreme place as head of the Gaelic nobility and guide for the boy-king Máel Coluim IV. The title of mormaor or mormaer designated one of the rulers of the seven provinces of Celtic Scotland, i. ... Mormaer Donnchad I , 1133 – 1154, (anglicized as Duncan or Dunecan), was the first Gaelic magnate to have his territory regranted to him by feudal charter, by David I in 1136. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... A clan is a group of people united by kinship and descent, which is defined by perceived descent from a common ancestor. ... Clan MacDuff Crest: Deus juvat (God assists) The Clan MacDuff (Gaelic, MacDhuibh) is an Armigerous Scottish clan descended from the early 11th century Scottish king, Cináed mac Duib, hence Mac Duib (anglicized: MacDuff). ... The Justiciar of Scotia (in Norman-Latin, Justiciarus Scotie) was the most senior legal office in the High Medieval Kingdom of Scotland. ... Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic)1 Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic, Scots Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II... The River Forth meanders over fertile farmlands near Stirling The River Forth, 47 km (29 miles) long, is the major river draining the eastern part of the central belt of Scotland. ... The Mormaer or Mormaerdom of Strathearn was the most important Mormaerdom in the High Medieval Kingdom of the Scots after the Mormaerdom of Fife. ... The Gaels are an ethno-linguistic group which spread from Ireland to Scotland and the Isle of Man. ... Malcolm IV (or Máel Coluim mac Eanric) (c. ...

The scholar Geoffrey Barrow suggests that it was during Donnchad's tenure that Beinn MacDuibh took its names, i.e. when Donnchad II acquired land in that area (Barrow, 1980, 86). Donnchad, like other Mormaers of Fife, kept in close association with the king. His name is recorded, among other places, in a charter granted to the priory on the Isle of May. Geoffrey Wallis Steuart Barrow DLitt FBA FRSE is a British historian and academic, born at Headingley in Leeds. ... Light house on the Isle of May The Isle of May is located in the north of the outer Firth of Forth, approximately 8 km (5 miles) off the coast. ...

Donnchad's person was required to be a hostage following the defeat of William the Lion and the Treaty of Falaise, although in fact he certainly sent someone else in his place. (Barrow, 2003, 106). William I the Lion ( known in Gaelic as Uilliam Garm1 or William the Rough), (1142/1143 - December 4, 1214) reigned as King of Scots from 1165 to 1214. ... The Treaty of Falais was an agreement made in December 1174 by the captive William 1 King of Scots, and the English King Henry II. Having been captured in Battle at Alnwick, William was being held in Falaise in Normandy, while Henry sent and army north and took several Scottish...

He married Ada, who may have been the niece of King Máel Coluim IV. He probably had three sons, Mael Coluim, Donnchad and Dabíd. Malcolm IV (or Máel Coluim mac Eanric) (c. ...

The aforementioned Donnchad never succeeded to the Mormaerdom, but his son Máel Coluim did, when Donnchad died in 1204. Seal of Maol Choluim. ... // Events February - Byzantine emperor Alexius IV is overthrown in a revolution, and Alexius V is proclaimed emperor. ...

Bibliography

• Bannerman, John, "MacDuff of Fife," in A. Grant & K.Stringer (eds.) Medieval Scotland: Crown, Lordship and Community, Essays Presented to G.W.S. Barrow, (Edinburgh, 1993), pp.20-38
• Barrow, G.W.S., The Anglo-Norman Era in Scottish History, (Oxford, 1980)
• Barrow, G.W.S., The Kingdom of the Scots: Government, Church and Society from the Eleventh to the Fourteenth Century, (Edinburgh, 2003)