Domnall mac Ailpín
Domnall mac Ailpín | |
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King of the Picts | |
Reign | 11 February 858–13 April 862 |
Predecessor | Kenneth I |
Successor | Constantine I |
Born | 812 |
Died | 13 April 862 Cinnbelachoir?, Rathinveralmond? |
Burial | |
Issue | Giric? |
House | Alpin |
Father | Alpín mac Echdach |
Domnall mac Ailpín (
Reign
The Chronicle of the Kings of Alba says that Domnall reigned for four years, matching the notices in the Annals of Ulster of his brother's death in February 858 and his own in April 862.[2] The Chronicle notes:
In his time the Gaels with their king made the rights and laws of the kingdom, [that are called the laws] of Aed, Eochaid's son, in Forteviot.[3]
The laws of Áed Find are entirely lost, but it has been assumed that, like the laws attributed to
The Chronicle of Melrose says of Domnall, "in war he was a vigorous soldier ... he is said to have been assassinated at Scone."[5] No other source reports Domnall's death by violence.
The
Evil will be Scotland's lot because of [the death of Kenneth MacAlpin]; long will it be till his like will come. A long while till the king takes [sovereignty], the wanton son of the foreign wife (?). He will be three years in the kingdom, and three months (although thou countest them). His tomb-stone will be above Loch Awe. He dies of disease.[6]
Although Domnall is generally supposed to have been childless, it has been suggested that
Domnall died, either at the palace of Cinnbelachoir (location unknown), or at Rathinveralmond (also unknown, and may be the same place, presumed to be near the junction of the
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See also
References
- ISBN 1-871615-03-8
- ISBN 0-7486-1626-8
- Smyth, Alfred P., Warlords and Holy Men: Scotland AD 80–1000. Edinburgh UP, Edinburgh, 1984. ISBN 0-7486-0100-7
External links
- Annals of Ulster, part 1, at CELT
- The Chronicle of the Kings of Alba
- Donald I at the official website of the British monarchy