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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

                      Consent of Independent Accountants

     We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated January 18, 2000 relating to the
consolidated financial statements which appear in the 1999 Annual Report to
Shareholders of Alabama National BanCorporation, which is incorporated by
reference in Alabama National BanCorporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 1999.


                                    /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Birmingham, Alabama
October 10, 2000



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