Áed Find
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Áed Find (Áed the White), or Áed mac Echdach (before 732–778), was king of Dál Riata (modern western Scotland and County Antrim, Ireland). Áed was the son of Eochaid mac Echdach, a descendant of Domnall Brecc in the main line of Cenél nGabráin kings.[note 1]
According to later genealogies, Áed was the great-grandfather of
king of Scots. This descent ran through Áed's son Eochaid mac Áeda Find and Eochaid's son Alpín mac Echdach
. The evidence for the existence of Eochaid and Alpín is uncompelling.
The
Ciniod I
, who is called "Cinadhon" in the notice of his death in 775.
Áed's death in 778 is noted by the Annals of Ulster. He appears to have been followed as king by his brother Fergus mac Echdach.
The "Laws of Áed Eochaid's son" are mentioned by the
Donald MacAlpin (Domnall mac Ailpín): "In his time the Gaels with their king made the rights and laws of the kingdom [that are called the laws] of Áed Eochaid's son, in Forteviot
." What these laws concerned is not known.
In fiction
Áed Find is playable in Pictland.
Notes
- ^ Áed is also sometimes known as Áed Finn and Aed Finn.
References
For primary sources, see also External links below
- ISBN 1-871615-03-8
- ISBN 0-567-08682-8
- ISBN 0-85115-375-5
- Broun, Dauvit, "Pictish Kings 761–839: Integration with Dál Riata or Separate Development" in Sally M. Foster (ed.), The St Andrews Sarcophagus: A Pictish masterpiece and its international connections. Four Courts, Dublin, 1998. ISBN 1-85182-414-6
External links
- CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
- The Corpus of Electronic Texts includes the Annals of Ulster, Tigernach, the Four Masters and Innisfallen, the Chronicon Scotorum, the Lebor Bretnach (which includes the Duan Albanach), Genealogies, and various Saints' Lives. Most are translated into English, or translations are in progress
- Annals of Clonmacnoise at Cornell
- The Chronicle of the Kings of Alba