Causantin (Constantine I) Mac Cinaed, King Of Picts And Scots
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Name Causantin (Constantine I) Mac Cinaed, King Of Picts And Scots [1] Gender Male Died 876 [1] Notes - Constantine succeeded to the kingship upon his uncle Donald I's death in 862. His reign was marked by Viking raid and expansion into Strathclyde. In 872 the Annals of Ulster record that 'Artgal, king of the Britons of Strathclyde, (and the father in law of Constantine's sister to boot) was killed at the instigation of Constantine son of Cinaed'. Constantine suffered from the raids of his possible brother-in-law Olaf of Dublin in 866, and again in 870-71. In 875, he was defeated by a portion of the 'Great Army' that had invaded England in previous years. He died in 876, and was succeeded by his brother Aed. He had at least one son.
Person ID I927 Bosdet Genealogy Last Modified 16 May 2013
Father Cinaed (Kenneth I) Mac Alpin, King Of Picts And Scots, d. 13 Feb 857/58 Relationship Natural Family ID F1437 Group Sheet
Children 1. Domnall (Donald II) Mac Causantin, King Of Scots, d. 900 Family ID F1436 Group Sheet
- Constantine succeeded to the kingship upon his uncle Donald I's death in 862. His reign was marked by Viking raid and expansion into Strathclyde. In 872 the Annals of Ulster record that 'Artgal, king of the Britons of Strathclyde, (and the father in law of Constantine's sister to boot) was killed at the instigation of Constantine son of Cinaed'. Constantine suffered from the raids of his possible brother-in-law Olaf of Dublin in 866, and again in 870-71. In 875, he was defeated by a portion of the 'Great Army' that had invaded England in previous years. He died in 876, and was succeeded by his brother Aed. He had at least one son.
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Sources - [S162] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, 7th Edition, Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, David Faris, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Co; Location: Baltimore; Date: 1992;).
- [S162] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, 7th Edition, Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, David Faris, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Co; Location: Baltimore; Date: 1992;).