![]() ![]() 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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