Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
NameConstantine King Of Picts & Scots, 34G Grandfather
FatherKenneth MAC ALPIN King Of Picts & Scots (~810-860)
Web Notes notes for Constantine King Of Picts & Scots
His royal city was at Scone. 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. In 872 the _Annals of Ulster_ record that 'Artgal, king of the Britons of Strathclyde, (and the father in law of Constantine's sister) was killed at the instigation of Constantine son of Cinaed'. Constantine suffered from the raids of his possible brother-in-law Olaf of Dublin in 866, and again in 870-71. In 875, he was defeated by a portion of the 'Great Army' that had invaded England in previous years. He died in 876, and was succeeded by his brother Aed.
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. In 872 the _Annals of Ulster_ record that 'Artgal, king of the Britons of Strathclyde, (and the father in law of Constantine's sister) was killed at the instigation of Constantine son of Cinaed'. Constantine suffered from the raids of his possible brother-in-law Olaf of Dublin in 866, and again in 870-71. In 875, he was defeated by a portion of the 'Great Army' that had invaded England in previous years. He died in 876, and was succeeded by his brother Aed.