Rechtaid Rígderg
Rechtaid Rígderg ("red king"), son of
Cimbáeth. The Lebor Gabála Érenn synchronises his reign to that of Ptolemy I Soter (323–283 BC).[1] The chronology of Geoffrey Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn dates his reign to 461–441 BC,[2] the Annals of the Four Masters to 654–634 BC.[3]
If a son of the legendary 2nd century AD Lugaid Loígde, Rechtaid Rígderg appears to have been misplaced chronologically by the later medieval synchronists.
References
- ^ R. A. Stewart Macalister (ed. & trans.), Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of the Taking of Ireland Part V, Irish Texts Society, 1956, p. 263-267
- ^ Geoffrey Keating, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn 1.28
- ^ Annals of the Four Masters M4546-4566
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