Donald II of Scotland

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Donald II of Scotland was a late 9th-century King of the Scots from the House of Alpin, remembered as one of the early monarchs who helped consolidate the emerging Scottish kingdom.

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Label Occurrences
Donald II of Scotland canonical 4

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf King of Scotland
human
medieval Scottish monarch
monarch
alsoKnownAs Domnall mac Ailpín
surface form: Domnall II

Domnall mac Ailpín
surface form: Domnall mac Constantín

Donald mac Constantine
associatedWithPlace Alba
Pictland
birthDate circa 862
burialPlace Iona
chronologicalOrder second king of Alba
conflict Viking incursions into Scotland
country Kingdom of Scotland
deathCause killed in battle
deathDate 900
deathPlace Dunnottar Castle
surface form: Dunnottar

Mearns (partly)
surface form: Mearns
dynasty Alpin dynasty
era 9th century
early medieval Scotland
father Constantine I of Scotland
governmentForm monarchy
historicalPeriod Viking Age
surface form: Viking Age in Scotland
historicalSource Chronicle of the Kings of Alba
Irish annals
memberOf House of Alpin
monarchOf Alba
Scots
nativeLanguage Old Gaelic
notableFor early consolidation of the Scottish kingdom
positionHeld King of Scots
surface form: King of the Scots
predecessor Eochaid
Giric
reignEnd 900
reignStart 889
relative Kenneth I of Scotland
Áed mac Cináeda
surface form: Áed of Scotland
religion Christianity
royalHouse House of Alpin
successor Constantine II of Scotland
successorInHouse Constantine II of Scotland
territorialFocus northern Britain
title King of Alba
King of the Picts

Referenced by (4)

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House of Alpin notableMember Donald II of Scotland
Constantine II of Scotland predecessor Donald II of Scotland
Constantine II of Scotland precededBy Donald II of Scotland
Malcolm I of Scotland father Donald II of Scotland