Taran mac Ainftech
Taran Mac Ainften | |
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King of the Picts | |
Reign | 693–697 |
Taran son of Ainftech was a
His father is just a name, which occurs in various forms, e.g., Entifidich in the
Some of the king-lists say he reigned for fourteen years; however, the Poppleton and Lebor Bretnach lists,[11] along with the Scalacronica list, give four years only,[12] so the x may be a mistake. He was almost certainly succeeded by Bruide, the son of Dargart and Der-Ilei, although in what circumstances, it is hard to say.
Entries from the Irish annals, which Alan Orr Anderson suggested may be related to this Taran, are a report in the Annals of Ulster reporting "the killing of Ainfthech and Nia Néill and the sons of Boendo",[13] where Ainfthech may be Taran's father,[14] and then Taran's deposition in 696,[15][16] and finally the report in the Annals of Ulster that "Tarachin went to Ireland" in 698.[17][18][19]
Notes
- ^ The four-year reign and the accession in 692 are chosen by Anderson (1973), p. 175
- ^ Anderson (1973), p. 90
- ^ Anderson (1973), p. 248
- ^ Anderson (1973), p. 263
- ^ Anderson (1973), pp. 266, 272
- ^ Anderson (1973), p. 280
- ^ Anderson (1973), p. 297
- ^ M.O. Anderson, List D; Skene, no, XXIII.
- ^ It writes frater eius after Taran's listing; see M.O. Anderson, op. cit. p. 266.
- ^ see Clancy (2004)
- ^ Marjorie Anderson believes these lists to derive from a list kept at Abernethy; she and others believe these lists, marked by "un-gaelicized" name forms, are more reliable; see Anderson (1973), pp. 77–102.
- ^ Anderson (1973), pp. 248, 263, 297
- ^ Annals of Ulster, s.a. 693.
- ^ Anderson (1990), p. 201, note 1
- ^ Annals of Ulster, s.a. 697; Annals of Tigernach, s.a. 697
- ^ Anderson (1990), p. 202, note 7
- ^ Annals of Ulster, s.a. 699
- ^ Anderson (1990), p. 206, note 5
- ^ the Annals of Tigernach used the Tarachin form in reporting Taran's deposition.
References
- ISBN 1-871615-03-8.
- Anderson, Marjorie Ogilvie (1973). Kings and Kingship in Early Scotland. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press.
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