Thane (/ˈθeɪn/; Scottish Gaelic: taidhn) was the title given to a local royal official in medieval eastern Scotland, equivalent in rank to the son of...

Thane of Cawdor is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. The current 7th Earl Cawdor, of Clan Campbell of Cawdor, is the 25th Thane of Cawdor. In William...

(pronounced /θeɪn/) or thane (or thayn in Shakespearean English) was an aristocrat who owned substantial land in one or more counties. Thanes ranked at the third...

up Thane, thane, thanë, or þane in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Thane is a city in Maharashtra, India. Thane may also refer to: Thegn, or thane, a...

Thane William Howard Hardcastle Christopher Bettany (28 May 1929 – 7 November 2015) was an English actor and dancer. He was the father of film and theatre...

Lord Macduff, the Thane of Fife, is a character and the heroic main antagonist in William Shakespeare's Macbeth (c.1603–1607) that is loosely based on...

amid a bloody civil war in Scotland, where Macbeth is first introduced as a valorous and loyal general with the title of Thane of Glamis (which he inherited...

Thane of Calder was a title of nobility in the Kingdom of Scotland. Hugh de Cadella (or Kaledouer) was a French nobleman mentioned in David Hume of Godscroft's...

1577 Chronicle of Scotland names "Doada" as the second daughter of Malcolm II King of Scotland and adds that she married "Sinell the thane of Glammis, by...

(2009), p. 98. Scottish Legal History: A Research Guide, Georgetown Law Library, retrieved 22 October 2011. Grant, Alexander (1993). Thanes and Thanages...

November; and commissioned the same day as HMS Thane (D48), a Ruler-class escort carrier in the Royal Navy. HMS Thane operated in the North Atlantic protecting...

King Macbeth ruled Scotland from 1040 to 1057, after his forces killed King Duncan I in battle near Elgin. Macbeth was never Thane of Cawdor, this being...

originally Thane of Glamis, then Thane of Cawdor, and later king of Scotland Lady Macbeth – Macbeth's wife, and later queen of Scotland Banquo – Macbeth's friend...

The shires of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachdan na h-Alba), or counties of Scotland, are historic subdivisions of Scotland established in the Middle...

Crínán of Dunkeld, also called Crinan the Thane (c. 975–1045), was the hereditary abbot of the monastery of Dunkeld, and perhaps the Mormaer of Atholl...

Lord Banquo /ˈbæŋkwoʊ/, the Thane of Lochaber, is a semi-historical character in William Shakespeare's 1606 play Macbeth. In the play, he is at first...

grades of man: King, mormaer/earl, toísech/thane, ócthigern and serf.[1] For pre-twelfth century Scotland, slaves are added to this category. The standard...

program Ask Me Another, asserted "if you have played the role of the Scottish thane, then you are allowed to say the title, any time anywhere." Further...

Design. Macbeth, Thane of Glamis, and Banquo, Thane of Lochaber, having led King Duncan's army to victory over the traitorous Thane of Cawdor, are approached...

father-figure who is very generous and kind. Duncan is also firm ("No more that Thane of Cawdor shall deceive / Our bosom interest. Go pronounce his present death...

Duncan I however, perished in 1040 when Donald was still a boy, killed by Thane Macbeth, yet another grandson of King Malcolm II, who usurped his place...

John of Fordun wrote that Malcolm II introduced the shire to Scotland and also the thane class. Shires are certainly mentioned in charters by the reign...

depicted as a weak ruler who violates the Scottish laws of succession by failing to consult with the Thanes before naming his son, a mere child named...

the Norman family "de Leonne". In addition to being Thane of Glamis, Lyon was jure uxoris Thane of Tannadyce. As such, he was among the most powerful...

reported that Malcolm III (reigned 1058–1093) had granted to a "MacDuff, thane of Fife" the privilege of enthroning the kings at their inauguration. John...

to future King James I of Scotland in 1394. She was the daughter of Sir John Drummond, of Stobhall, near Perth, 11th Thane of Lennox and Chief of Clan...

monarchs of Scotland, such as queens consort, princesses consort, and kings consort, bore titles derived from their marriage. The Kingdom of Scotland was first...

also shows that they were closer in status to a thane than to a king, and that both mormaer and thane were considered to be a noble rank, neither were...

Earl of Perth is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1605 for James Drummond, 4th Lord Drummond. The Drummond family claim descent from...

William Shakespeare, Macbeth is the Thane of Glamis. He later becomes the Thane of Cawdor and the king of Scotland, in fulfillment of the witches' prophecy...