Donald II of Alba, King of Alba

862 - 900  (38 years)

• Name	Donald II of Alba   [1]
  Suffix	King of Alba
  Birth	862	Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	889
  Name	Donald (Domnall) III
  Death	900	Dun-Fothes, Forres, Morayshire, Scotland
  	Cause: killed in battle.
  Burial	Iona Abbey, Isle of Iona, Scotland
  Notes	Acceded: 889 killed in battle. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal02251 http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps05/ps05_449.htm Donald (Domnall) III King of Scots Donald II succeeded Giric and Eochaid after their deaths in 889. He now ruled the land, but it was not the best of times. The Danish, led by Sigurd "the Mighty" had conquered the whole of north Scotland. Sigurd claimed the lands,killed his adve rsary "Melbrigda Tonn" in battle, cut off his head and ceremoniously hung it from his saddle. The head banged around, a tooth punctured Sigurd's leg and he quickly died of blood poisoning. The newly departed Melbrigda Tonn was renamed "the Tooth". Donald II, after spending his time fending off the Danish from the north and then from the south (led by the Danish leader "Guthrum"), died near Forres in 900. Some say he was poisoned.
  Person ID	I5247	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Constantine II of Alba, King of Scotland,   b. 836, Scotland d. 877, Inverdorat, the Black Cove, Angus (Age 41 years)
  Family ID	F1642	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. Malcolm I of Alba (Máel Coluim) mac Domnaill, King of Scotland,   b. 897, Alba, Scotland d. 954, Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F1641	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).