Macdonwald was killed on the battlefield by Macbeth, you might be confusing him with the Thane of Cawdor. Thane was the title given to a local royal official in medieval eastern Scotland, equivalent in rank to the son of an earl, who was at the head of an administrative and socio-economic unit known as a thanedom. In Macbeth, what does Banquo mean when he says the following quote? “ Thou hast it now: King, Cawdor, Glamis, all, As the Weird Women promis’d and I fear, Thou play’dst most foully for’t” What does the title Thane mean? In William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, this title was given to Macbeth after the previous Thane of Cawdor was captured and executed for treason against King Duncan. The current 7th Earl of Cawdor, of Clan Campbell of Cawdor, is the 26th Thane of Cawdor. “ Thane” is a gendered noun, in that historically there has been a feminine form, “thaness”, used for wives of thanes in Scotland (which is where the title “ thane” was used in that form. Macdonwald What is the wife of a Thane called?
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