2) Med Lands' above explanation for the 'daughter of Malcolm not likely to have been taken from her first husband, Findlaech before his death in 1020 is not, in my opinion, a strong argument - given that Findlaech and Sigurd were old adversaries - (Sigurd beating Findlaech at Skidamoor c 995).
- Perhaps Malcolm II's kingship in 1005, made his daughter a greater prize than the beaten enemy of Sigurd warranted.
- It is also possible to conjecture that Sigurd's neutrality or assistance might have been crucial for Malcolm to beat off the Vikings at Nairn and Mortlach in 1009/10 - something Findlaech had failed to do on his own, and Donalda was 'transferred' in that exchange.
Certainly Thorfinn's birth (the sagas tell us he was 5yrs old when Sigurd dies in 1014) coincides perfectly with this timing.
Although, this doesn't prove there wasn't another daughter; secondary sources do put Thorfinn's parents as Donada & Sigurd.
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