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Clann Ruaidrà (Moray)
The House of Moray or Clann Ruaidrà is a historiographical and genealogical construct to illustrate the succession of rulers whose base was in Province of Moray, Moray and who ruled sometimes a larger kingdom, mainly the Kingdom of Scotland. An important feature of Scottish politics throughout the 11th century, they reached the height of their power with the reign of Macbeth, King of Scotland, Macbeth between 1040 and 1057. Clann Ruaidrà first appears in the documentary record in 1020 with the killing of Findláech mac Ruaidrà by his nephews, the sons of Máel Brigte of Moray, Máel Brigte. Findláech's death is recorded in both the ''Annals of Tigernach'', where he is described as Mormaer of Moray, and the ''Annals of Ulster'', where he is described as King of Alba. Clann Ruaidri has been claimed to have been descended in the male line from the Cenél Loairn, one of the ruling kindreds of Gaelic Dál Riata, based on a genealogy of Máel Snechtai reproduced in four Irish manusc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clann RuaidhrÃ
Clann Ruaidhrà was a leading medieval clan in the Hebrides and the western seaboard of Scotland. The eponymous ancestor of the family was Ruaidhrà mac Raghnaill, a principal member of Clann Somhairle in the thirteenth century. Members of Clann Ruaidhrà were factors in both the histories of the Kingdom of the Isles and the Kingdom of Scotland in the thirteenth- and fourteenth centuries. The family appears to have held power in Kintyre in the thirteenth century. By the fourteenth century, the family controlled an extensive provincial lordship stretching along the north-western Scottish coast and into the Hebrides. As a leading force in the Kingdom of the Isles, the family fiercely opposed Scottish authority. With the collapse of Norwegian hegemony in the region, the family nimbly integrated itself into the Kingdom of Scotland. Members of Clann Ruaidhrà distinguished themselves in the First War of Scottish Independence, opposing adherents of both the King of England, English an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanistry
Tanistry is a Gaelic system for passing on titles and lands. In this system the Tanist (; ; ) is the office of heir-apparent, or second-in-command, among the (royal) Gaelic patrilineal dynasties of Ireland, Scotland and Mann, to succeed to the chieftainship or to the kingship. The word is preserved in the Republic of Ireland's government, where the prime minister is the ''Taoiseach'' while the deputy prime minister is the ''Tánaiste''. Origins Historically the tanist was chosen from among the heads of the ''roydammna'' or "righdamhna" (literally, those of ''kingly material'') or, alternatively, among all males of the '' sept'', and elected by them in full assembly. The eligibility was based on descent from a king to a few degrees of proximity. Usually descent from the male lines of a king was the norm, however in Scotland, descent through the female lines of a king was also accepted, possibly because of an intermingling with the Pictish succession rules. An example of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Royalty
The monarch of Scotland was the head of state of the Kingdom of Scotland. According to tradition, Kenneth I MacAlpin () was the founder and first King of the Kingdom of Scotland (although he never held the title historically, being King of the Picts instead). The Kingdom of the Picts just became known as the Kingdom of Alba in Scottish Gaelic, which later became known in Scots and English as ''Scotland''; the terms are retained in both languages to this day. By the late 11th century at the very latest, Scottish kings were using the term , or King of Scots, to refer to themselves in Latin. The Kingdom of Scotland was merged with the Kingdom of England to form a single Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. Thus, Queen Anne became the last monarch of the ancient kingdoms of Scotland and England and the first of Great Britain, although the kingdoms had shared a monarch since 1603 (see Union of the Crowns). Her uncle Charles II was the last monarch to be crowned in Scotland, at Sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Moray
The House of Moray or Clann Ruaidrà is a historiographical and genealogical construct to illustrate the succession of rulers whose base was in Moray and who ruled sometimes a larger kingdom, mainly the Kingdom of Scotland. An important feature of Scottish politics throughout the 11th century, they reached the height of their power with the reign of Macbeth between 1040 and 1057. Clann Ruaidrà first appears in the documentary record in 1020 with the killing of Findláech mac Ruaidrà by his nephews, the sons of Máel Brigte. Findláech's death is recorded in both the ''Annals of Tigernach'', where he is described as Mormaer of Moray, and the ''Annals of Ulster'', where he is described as King of Alba. Clann Ruaidri has been claimed to have been descended in the male line from the Cenél Loairn, one of the ruling kindreds of Gaelic Dál Riata, based on a genealogy of Máel Snechtai reproduced in four Irish manuscripts. This genealogy has now been shown to be a clear and chron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Style Of The Monarchs Of Scotland
The style of the Scottish sovereign refers to the styles and forms of address used by Scottish royalty, specifically the monarchs of Scotland from the earliest to the present, including monarchs from the Pictish period to the British period. Earliest styles Examples of the earliest styles are primarily found in sources originating from Ireland. For the earlier medieval period, the ''Annals of Ulster'' (AU) and ''Annals of Tigernach'' (AT) derive from the '' Iona Chronicle'', a chronicle kept in Scotland. The ''Annals of Innisfallen'' are less reliable, and the forms given in that source, when in doubt, do not need to be trusted. Other sources used here are the ''Annals of Connacht'' (AC) and the ''Chronicon Scotorum'' (CS) The style almost always King's name, followed by patronymic, followed by title. The source of each style is given in brackets, followed by the year under which it follows (s.a. = ''sub anno''); it is usually the year in which the king died. Until the eleventh c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Monarchs Family Tree
This is a family tree for the kings and queens of Scotland, since the unification under the House of Alpin in 834, to the personal union with England in 1603 under James VI of Scotland. It includes also the Houses of Dunkeld, Balliol, Bruce, and Stewart. See also: List of Scottish monarchs - Scotland - History of Scotland - List of British monarchs There have been 13 monarchy of the United Kingdom, British monarchs since the political union of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland on Acts of Union 1707, 1 May 1707. England and Scotland had been in personal union since 24 March ... - Family tree of the British royal family - Family tree of British monarchs Family tree of the royal houses Notes References * {{Aristocratic family trees . Monarchs family tree Scottish monarchs monarchs fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotland In The High Middle Ages
The High Middle Ages of Scotland encompass Scotland in the era between the death of Donald II of Scotland, Domnall II in 900 AD and the death of King Alexander III of Scotland, Alexander III in 1286, which was an indirect cause of the Wars of Scottish Independence. At the close of the ninth century, various competing kingdoms occupied the territory of modern Scotland. Scandinavian influence was dominant in the northern and western islands, Britons (historical), Brythonic culture in the southwest, the Anglo-Saxon or English Kingdom of Northumbria in the southeast and the Picts, Pictish and Gaels, Gaelic Kingdom of Alba in the east, north of the River Forth. By the tenth and eleventh centuries, northern Great Britain was increasingly dominated by Gaelic culture, and by the Gaelic regal lordship of ''Alba'', known in Latin as either ''Albania'' or ''Scotia'', and in English language, English as "Scotland". From its base in the east, this kingdom acquired control of the lands lying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotland In The Early Middle Ages
Scotland was divided into a series of kingdoms in the Early Middle Ages, i.e. between the end of Roman authority in Roman Britain, southern and central Britain from around 400 AD and Origins of the Kingdom of Alba, the rise of the kingdom of Alba in 900 AD. Of these, the four most important to emerge were the Picts, the Gaels of Dál Riata, the Britons of Alt Clut, and the Anglian kingdom of Bernicia. After the arrival of the Vikings in the late 8th century, Scandinavian rulers and colonies were established on the islands and along parts of the coasts. In the 9th century, the House of Alpin combined the lands of the Scots and Picts to form a single kingdom which constituted the basis of the Kingdom of Scotland. Scotland has an extensive coastline, vast areas of difficult terrain and poor agricultural land. In this period, more land became marginal due to climate change, resulting in relatively light human settlement, particularly in the interior and Scottish Highlands, Highlands. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Óengus Of Moray
Óengus of Moray (''Oenghus mac inghine Lulaich, ri Moréb'') was the last king of Moray of the native line, ruling Moray in what is now northeastern Scotland from an unknown date until his death in 1130. Óengus is known to have been the son of the daughter of King Lulach of Scotland. This was perhaps how he attained the kingship of the ''Men of Moray''. Óengus' last known predecessor was Máel Snechtai (d. 1085). If Óengus ruled during this whole period, then he would have been the one who incurred the wrath of King Alexander I when the Moravians (people of Moray) murdered Ladhmunn, his nephew and son of Domnall, the son of King Malcolm III by Ingibjorg. Orderic Vitalis wrote that in the year 1130, Óengus with Máel Coluim mac Alaxandair invaded Gaelic Scotia with 5000 warriors. The Moravians were met by King David's general, an old Anglo-Saxon noble named Edward Siwardsson, causing the Battle of Stracathro. The ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' reported "a great slaughter" . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gille Coemgáin Of Moray
Gille Coemgáin mac Máil Brigti (died 1032) was the King or Mormaer of Moray, a semi-autonomous kingdom centred on Inverness that stretched across the north of Scotland. Unlike his two predecessors, he is not called ''King of Scotland'' in his death notice, but merely Mormaer. This has led to some speculation that he was never actually the ruler of Moray, but merely a subordinate of MacBethad mac Findláich. (Hudson p. 136). In 1020, he participated in the killing of his uncle Findláech, the father of MacBeth. He became the Mormaer of moray in 1029, after the death of his brother. He married Gruoch, the granddaughter of Kenneth III, and they had a son, Lulach. The Annals of Ulster (s.a. 1032) reports that Gille Coemgáin was burned to death, together with 50 of his men. The perpetrators are not mentioned in any sources. From circumstances, two candidates have been proposed for the murder: Malcolm II of Scotland or Mac Bethad, who then became the only ruler of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Máel Coluim Of Moray
Máel Coluim mac Máil Brigti was King or Mormaer of Moray (1020–1029), and, as his name suggests, the son of a Máel Brigte (a different person from Máel Brigte the Bucktooth, who died in 892). As with his predecessor Findláech mac RuaidrÃ, sources call him "King of Scotland." Rather confusingly for some of our sources and for some historians, Máel Coluim held the kingship contemporaneously with another Máel Coluim, Máel Coluim II (mac Cináeda) of Scotland. The Orkneyinga Saga for instance tells us that Thorfinn Sigurdsson, Earl of Orkney was the son of the daughter of Máel Coluim, king of Scotland. Some historians have argued that this was Máel Coluim mac Cináeda of Scotland, but Hudson has suggested that Máel Coluim mac Máil Brigti is the more likely candidate (p. 135). His death date derives from the Annals of Tigernach, which notes s.a. 1029, "''Mael Colaim mac Mael-Brighdi mac RuaidrÃ, rà Alban mortuus est'' (="Máel Coluim, son of Máel Brigte, so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lulach
Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin ( Modern Gaelic: ''Lughlagh mac Gille Chomghain'', known in English simply as Lulach, and nicknamed Tairbith, "the Unfortunate" and Fatuus, "the Simple-minded" or "the Foolish"; c. 1032 – 17 March 1058) was King of Alba (Scotland) between 15 August 1057 and 17 March 1058. Lulach was the son of Gruoch of Scotland, from her first marriage to Gille Coemgáin, Mormaer of Moray, and thus the stepson of Macbeth (Mac Bethad mac FindlaÃch). Through his mother, he was also the great-grandson of either Kenneth II or Kenneth III. Following the death of Macbeth at the Battle of Lumphanan on 15 August 1057, the king's followers placed Lulach on the throne. He has the distinction of being the first king of Scotland of whom there are coronation details available: he was crowned, probably on 8 September 1057 at Scone. Lulach appears to have been a weak king, as his nicknames suggest, and ruled only for a few months before being assassinated and usurped by M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
