Ciniod, Cináed or Cinadhon, son of Uuredech ( sga, Cináed mac Feradaig; en, Kenneth son of Feradach), was king of the

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from 763 until 775. It has been supposed that Ciniod's father was the Feradach son of

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, king of

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, who was captured and put in chains by Óengus mac Fergusa in 736. His reign is omitted from some versions of the

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king lists, but his death is noticed, and he is named as king of the Picts, by the ''

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'', the ''

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'' and the ''

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''. Gartnait son of Feredach is listed as a king of the Picts some time earlier, perhaps in the 720s and 730s, in those versions of the king lists which omit Ciniod. In Ciniod's reign a battle in

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, against the men of Dál Riata under

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, is reported by the ''

'' in 768. This is the first report of Dál Riata since around 741. The entry does not report the result of the battle.

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reports that

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fled to Ciniod's court when he was deposed in 774. Ciniod's death, as "Cinadhon, king of the Picts", is reported in several independent sources in 775. While no sons of Ciniod are known, the death of "Eithne ingen Cinadhon", who would appear to be his daughter, is reported by the Annals of Ulster in 778.

References

* Anderson, Alan Orr, ''Early Sources of Scottish History A.D 500–1286'', volume 1. Reprinted with corrections. Paul Watkins, Stamford, 1990. * Anderson, Alan Orr, ''Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers A.D. 500 to 1286.'' David Nutt, London, 1908. * Bannerman, John, "The Scottish Takeover of Pictland" in

Dauvit Broun Dauvit Broun, FRSE, FBA ( en, David Brown) (born 1961) is a Scottish historian and academic. He is the professor of Scottish history at the University of Glasgow. A specialist in medieval Scottish and Celtic studies, he concentrates primarily on ...

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(eds.) ''Spes Scotorum: Hope of Scots. Saint Columba, Iona and Scotland.'' T & T Clark, Edinburgh, 1999.

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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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ciniod 01 Of The Picts 775 deaths Pictish monarchs 8th-century Scottish monarchs Year of birth unknown