Ruler · 862 – 900

Donald II of Scotland

Lived 862 – 900; politician. Monarch of Scotland of Kingdom of Scotland, 889 – 900.

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Lived: 862 – 900; 38 years
In office: 11 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Kingdom of Scotland
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Monarch of Scotland

Kingdom of Scotland · the 7th of 51 dated reigns · 843 – 1707

3 before

Áed mac Cináeda877 – 878

Giric878 – 889

Eochaid ab Rhun878 – 889

Donald II of Scotland889 – 900

Constantine II of Scotland900 – 943

Malcolm I of Scotland943 – 954

Indulf954 – 962

41 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 889 – 900 · 11 years · came to it aged 27

Came to it: seized power
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 900, the year they died

Donald usurped the throne from his cousin, Giric in 889 who killed his uncle Àed Mac Cináeda (r. 877– 879).

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