Talk:Donald III of Scotland

Meaning of "the Fair"

Does "the Fair" mean "the just" or "the good looking" when applied to him? Could this be clarified in the article, please? /Ludde23 ^{Talk Contrib} 18:06, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Donald's Oxford Dictionary of National Biography article says this: "Some physical characteristic presumably gave rise to the Gaelic name Domnall Bán, meaning Donald the Fair, by which he was commonly known". In modern Scottish Gaelic bàn can mean: "white"; or "fair-haired"; or "pale". So I think his name must have had something to do with a light complexion or light-coloured hair.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 07:09, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

English or Scots-English

"Donald was chosen as king and expelled the English from the court". This peropd of history is tricky. The Anglic Lowlanders were 'English' to the Gaaelic speaking Scots (and probaly 'English to themselves too). The words 'English' and 'Scots' in this period refer as much to the language spoken as/or any nationality. Not only that, both England and Scotland were more collections of kingdoms than two distinct nation states. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.5.12.183 (talk) 13:33, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Infobox

Anybody know how to fix the infobox, so that it shows both reigns of Donald III? GoodDay (talk) 10:36, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Successor

I doubt that the successor to Donald III was Donald II? Dinderduck (talk) 08:51, 16 August 2019 (UTC)

It was Duncan II. Surtsicna (talk) 10:42, 16 August 2019 (UTC)