Mormaer Domhnall of Lennox ruled
Lennox in the years 1333–1365. He succeeded his father
Maol Choluim II.
Domhnall adhered to the cause of
David II during the
Second War of Scottish Independence. King
David II stayed at
Dumbarton on at least twelve occasions between 1341 and 1346. King David along with
Malcolm Fleming and many other Scottish nobles were taken prisoner by the English at the
Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346. Earl Domhnall attended the parliament at Edinburgh 26 September 1357 and with others there appointed the plenipotentiaries to negotiate the ransom of King David. The earl received a charter from King David II dated 2 May 1361 confirming an extensive grant of forestry made by
Alexander III of Scotland.
Domhnall had one issue by an unknown wife of one daughter,
Margaret
Margaret is a feminine given name, which means "pearl". It is of Latin origin, via Ancient Greek and ultimately from Iranian languages, Old Iranian. It has been an English language, English name since the 11th century, and remained popular thro ...
who married a kinsman
Baltar mac Amlaimh, more usually known as Walter of Faslane thus keeping the earldom in the same line.
Domhnall died between May 1361 and November 1364 when Walter of Faslane was styled Earl of Lennox.
Bibliography
* Brown, Michael, "Earldom and Kindred: The Lennox and Its Earls, 1200-1458" in Steve Boardman and Alasdair Ross (eds.) ''The Exercise of Power in Medieval Scotland, c.1200-1500'', (Dublin/Portland, 2003), pp. 201–224
References
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1365 deaths
Year of birth unknown
Nobility from West Dunbartonshire
People of the Wars of Scottish Independence
Mormaers of Lennox
14th-century Scottish earls