Aedàn mac Gabràn

Andre Hendelser og Egenskaper:

• Yrke: Konge av Dal Riata

Notater:

Acceded about 574. Consecrated by his cousin St. Columba. In 575 Aedan attended the Convention of Druim Cett in Ireland, which apparently convened to decide the political relationship between Dal Riata and the kings of the Northern Ui Neill in Ireland, whose power was growing. In 581 he led an expedition to the Orkney islands, and he won a victory at the Isle of Man in the following year. In 590, he won a battle against the Maetae, his British neighbours, but lost two of his sons in the battle. In 596, in the first battle between Scots and English, two more of his sons were slain. In 600, he lead an army against the English of Northumbria, but was decisively defeated at Degsastan. He was victorious in a battle against the Picts sometime between 596 and 606.

Aedan's wife, Domnach was a daughter of Maelgwyn (Malgo) Hir "the Tall", Ruler of Gwynedd (shown elsewhere in this genealogy. He actually had at least three wifes, seven sons and several daughters, but names of all are not known.

Familie/Ektefelle/partner: Domnach. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Andre Hendelser og Egenskaper:

• Yrke: Konge av Scotland og Argyll

Notater:

Eochaid Buide "Yellow-Haired" succeeded to the kingship upon his father's death in 606. All his older brothers had been killed. Eochaid's reign appears to have been quiet until the end, but in 627, the forces of Dal Riata, led by Eochaid's successor, Connad Cerr, were victorious in a battle in Ireland.

Familie/Ektefelle/partner: Ukjent. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Andre Hendelser og Egenskaper:

• Yrke: Konge av Scotland

Notater:

Domnall Brecc succeeded to the kingship in 629, when his predecessor, Connad Cerr, was killed in Ireland after a three month reign.

Domnall was either incompetent, unlucky or both; he never won a battle. His first defeat came in 635 in a battle which was possibly against the Picts. In 637 he was defeated at the battle of Mag Rath in Ireland, and from this point on the kings of Dal Riata completely lost control of their Irish possessions. It was probably about this point that Domnall was demoted to the position of joint king with his third cousin Ferchar, son of Connad Cerr. Domnall was defeated yet again, possibly by the Picts, in 638. He finally met his death in 642, at the hands of the Britons of Strathclyde. He was succeeded by his joint king Ferchar.

Familie/Ektefelle/partner: N.N Widfroithsdatter. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Andre Hendelser og Egenskaper:

• Yrke: Konge av Dal Riata

Notater:

Domangart succeeded to the kingship in 660, when the joint kingship of his uncle Conall Crandomna and Dunchad son of Duban ended with Conall's death. Nothing about Domangart's reign is mentioned by the sources until he was killed in 673, and succeeded by his cousin Maelduin.

Keating shows another generation: Domhanghort, son of Aodh Fionn, son of Domhnall Breac, son of Eochaidh Buidhe.

Familie/Ektefelle/partner: Ukjent. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Andre Hendelser og Egenskaper:

• Yrke: Konge av Scotland

Notater:

Also called Eochaid "Rianamhail". Eochaid was not the successor to his father. Throughout the previous generations, the kingship bounced around between brothers and cousins. He was killed in battle about 697 after ruling probably three years.

Familie/Ektefelle/partner: N.N Entfidichsdatter. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Andre Hendelser og Egenskaper:

• Yrke: Konge av Scotland og Argyll

Notater:

Eochaid succeeded to a kingship in turmoil in 697. Eochaid became king of Dal Riata in 726, when his predecessor (Cenel Loairn) was 'ousted from the kingship'. He survived a Cenel Loairn attack on his authority in 727, led by Selbach son of Ferchar Fota, and managed to hold his position without challenge until his death in 733. Following Eochaid's death, it appears that the kingship was shared between his brother Alpin, and Muiredach, the Cenel Loairn claimant, until Dal Riata was subjugated by Oengus, king of the Picts, in 736.

Eochaid's wife, Spondana was a daughter of Entfidich, Irish Chieftan, who married a daughter of Bili map Nechtan, King of Strathclyde (shown elsewhere in this genealogy).

Familie/Ektefelle/partner: Spondana. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Andre Hendelser og Egenskaper:

• Yrke: Konge av Scotland

Notater:

Aed Find "the Fair" was probably re-established independence from Pictish overlordship, and the kingship of Dal Riata, when the Picts were defeated by the Strathclyde British in 750. He was on the offensive against the Picts by 768, when he raided their territory. Nothing else about his reign is recorded. He was succeeded by his brother Fergus upon his death in 778.

Familie/Ektefelle/partner: Ukjent. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Andre Hendelser og Egenskaper:

• Yrke: Konge av Scotland

Notater:

Eochaid IV "Annuine" (the poisonous). Acceded 780. His wife, Fergusa was a daughter of Fergus (Ungust), King of the Picts and Dal Riata, who is shown elsewhere in this genealogy.

Familie/Ektefelle/partner: Fergusa, of Dalbriada. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Andre Hendelser og Egenskaper:

• Yrke: Konge av Scotland

Notater:

King of Kintyre, King of Dal Riata. Acceded about 834. Killed in battle at Galloway.

Familie/Ektefelle/partner: Ukjent. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Andre Hendelser og Egenskaper:

• Yrke: Konge av Scotland

Notater:

Reign: 839-860. Burke calls him Kenneth II. Kings of Picts & Alba. King of Galloway. See Europäisch Stammtafeln Bund II tafel 67.

Within a year after the death of his cousins in 839, it appears that Kenneth seized the kingship of Dal Riata. There is little historical record for the next eight years, but it appears that Kenneth followed in the footsteps of his cousins, and made a bid for the kingship of the Picts. He was resisted, ineffectualy, by a short-lived dynasty bearing Pictish names. Later legends suggest that Kenneth achieved his success through treachery; slaying his Pictish guests at a feast. Whatever his means, Kenneth defeated his last Pictish rival by 848, and in the following year, he celebrated his victory by building a church dedicated to St. Columba in his new Pictish lands.

It is recorded that Kenneth raided England no fewer than six times. He was succeeded by his brother Donald I.

Familie/Ektefelle/partner: Ukjent. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Andre Hendelser og Egenskaper:

• Yrke: Konge av Scotland

Notater:

Reign: 863-877. King of the Picts & Scots. King of Alba. Weir says he was killed in a battle against the Danes at Inverdorat, the Black Cove, Angus. 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. He was succeeded by his brother Aed.

Familie/Ektefelle/partner: Ukjent. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

Andre Hendelser og Egenskaper:

• Yrke: Konge av Scotland

Notater:

Donald succeeded to the kingship in 889, when the joint-kings Eochaid and Giric were deposed. Little is known of his reign excepting a battle, probably in 893, when he defeated Viking raiders. He was, in turn, killed by another Viking raid in 900. He was the first king to be called 'ri Alban', or 'King of Scots' upon his death. He was succeeded by his cousin Constantine II, who reigned for 43 years, an incredible period for a early medieval king.

Familie/Ektefelle/partner: Ukjent. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]