Earl Donald De Mar^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1243 - Aft 1297  (54 years)

• Name	Donald De Mar
  Prefix	Earl
  Birth	Abt 1243	Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 25 Jul 1297	Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [3]
  Person ID	I69911	Cecilie Family
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2009

  
  

  Father	Sir William De Mar,   b. 1222, Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. Bef 25 Jul 1281, Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Comyn,   b. Abt 1223, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 1267, Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	1st Wife   [4]
  Family ID	F30345	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Princess Helen Verch Llewelyn Of Wales   d. Aft Feb 1295, Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Marriage	Abt 1269	2ND Husband   [4]
  Children	1. Isabel (Matilda) De Mar,   b. Abt 1278, Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. Bef 1302 (Age 24 years)   2. Gratney Earl Of De Mar,   b. 1272, Castle Of Kildru, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. Sep 1305 (Age 33 years)
  Family ID	F30343	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1243 - Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Marriage - Abt 1269 - 2ND Husband Death - Aft 25 Jul 1297 - Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Donald (Sir),6th Earl of Mar; knighted 1270; one of the leading Scottish nobles who recognised Alexander III's daughter Margaret as heir to the throne after her father's death Feb 1283/4; following Margaret's death 1290 supported Robert the Bruce but was one of the seven Earls of Scotland who referred a decision in the matter to Edward I of England, to whom he swore fealty as overlord 13 June 1291; nevertheless was a leading participant in the Scottish Uprising against the English shortly afterwards, being captured by them following the Battle of Dunbar 27 April 1296 and renewing his allegiance to Edward I thereafter. [Burke's Peerage] Donald, Earl of Mar, by his 1st wife Helen, daughter of Llewellyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales. [Magna Charta Sureties, Line 41-5] Donald, Earl of Mar, by Helen or Elen, illegitimate daughter of Llewellyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales, widow of Malcolm, Earl of Fife. [Magna Charta Sureties, Line 41b-5] Donald, Earl of Mar, was knighted 1270, living 25 July 1297, d. shortly thereafter. His wife, and mother of Isabel, was Helen, widow of Malcolm, 7th Earl of Fife, d. 1266, and daughter of Llewellyn, Prince of North Wales. [Ancestral Roots, Line 252-30]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1484] Ashley, Mike, Ashley (1998), (New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1998.), p. 548 (Reliability: 3). [S1667] Mosley, Charles (editor-in-chief), Burke (1999), (London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999.), p. 1853 (Reliability: 3). [S1631] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th, 252-30 (Reliability: 3). [S1629] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charl, 1853 (Reliability: 3).