Finnat Már ("the great", later spellings Innatmar, Ionnadmhar) son of
Nia Segamain, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a
High King of Ireland
High King of Ireland ( ga, Ardrí na hÉireann ) was a royal title in Gaelic Ireland held by those who had, or who are claimed to have had, lordship over all of Ireland. The title was held by historical kings and later sometimes assigned ana ...
. He succeeded to the throne after the death of
Rudraige mac Sithrigi of plague, but after a reign of one, three or nine years he was killed by Rudraige's son
Bresal Bó-Díbad. The ''
Lebor Gabála Érenn'' synchronises his reign with that of
Ptolemy X Alexander I
Ptolemy X Alexander I ( gr, Πτολεμαῖος Ἀλέξανδρος, ''Ptolemaĩos Aléxandros'') was King of Egypt from 107 BC till his death in 88 BC, in co-regency with his mother Cleopatra III as Ptolemy Philometor Soter until 101 BC, and ...
(110–88 BC) in History of Ptolemaic Egypt, Egypt. The chronology of Geoffrey Keating's ''Foras Feasa ar Éirinn'' dates his reign to 154–151 BC, that of the ''Annals of the Four Masters'' to 219–210 BC.
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Legendary High Kings of Ireland
2nd-century BC legendary monarchs
2nd-century BC murdered monarchs
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