Notes for Domnall (Donald), King of SCOTS: Donnall became king in 889. (Source: "Ancestral Roots of 60 colonists", p. 145). His uncle and a brother also ruled during the 40 years after his father died. They governed as mormaires, or stewards of the High King. they were constantly at war with the Danes or the Angles or the Norse. (Source: "Lion in the North, 1,000 Years of Scotland's History", p. 26).