Domhnall II, Earl of Mar, Regent of Scotland was born circa 1302 in Saline, Fife, Scoland to Gartnait, Earl of Mar (-1305) and Christina Bruce (c1278-c1356) and died 11 August 1332 Battle of Dupplin Moor, Scone, Perthshire, Scotland of unspecified causes. He married Isabella Stewart (-c1332) in Scotland.
Domhnall (or Donald) II of Mar (c. 1302 in Saline, Fife – 11 August 1332) was Regent of Scotland for just over a week during the minority of David II.
His father was Gartnait, Earl of Mar, and his mother was Christina Bruce, sister of Robert I of Scotland. In 1332 the regent, Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray, died. On 2 August Domhnall was elected as the new regent at a meeting of the Scottish nobles at Perth.
Following the invasion of Edward Balliol, with the support of Edward III of England, Mar led the Scots loyalists to confront them. He was defeated and killed at the Battle of Dupplin Moor, only nine days after his election as regent.
Through his marriage to Isabella Stewart they had a son Thomas, and a single daughter, Margaret, who succeeded her brother and became in her turn Countess of Mar.
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Thomas, Earl of Mar (c1330-1377) | |||
Margaret, Countess of Mar (-c1391) | Scotland | 1391 Scotland | William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas (c1327-1384) |
Siblings
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Domhnall II, Earl of Mar (c1302-1332) | 1302 Saline, Fife, Scoland | 11 August 1332 Battle of Dupplin Moor, Scone, Perthshire, Scotland | Isabella Stewart (-c1332) |