Máel Muire ingen Cináeda was a daughter of
Kenneth MacAlpin
Kenneth MacAlpin ( mga, Cináed mac Ailpin, label= Medieval Gaelic, gd, Coinneach mac Ailpein, label=Modern Scottish Gaelic; 810 – 13 February 858) or Kenneth I was King of Dál Riada (841–850), King of the Picts (843–858), and the K ...
, King of Dal Riáta. She married two important Irish kings of the
Uí Néill. Her first husband was
Aed Finliath of the
Cenél nEógain
Cenél is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Cenél Conaill, the name of the "kindred" or descendants of Conall Gulban, son of Niall Noígiallach defined by oral and recorded history
* Cenél nEógain (in English, Cenel Eogan) is ...
,
King of Ailech
The Kings of Ailech were the over-kings of the medieval Irish province of Ailech in north-western Ireland. It encompassed the territories of the Cenél nEógain and Cenél Conaill. After the battle of Cloítech in 789 its kings were exclusivel ...
and
High King of Ireland.
Niall Glúndub, ancestor of the
O'Neill, was the son of this marriage.
Her second husband was
Flann Sinna
Flann Sinna ( lit. ''Flann of the Shannon''; Irish: ''Flann na Sionainne''; 84725 May 916), also known as Flann mac Máel Sechnaill, was the son of Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid of Clann Cholmáin, a branch of the Southern Uí Néill. He ...
of
Clann Cholmáin
Clann Cholmáin is the dynasty descended from Colmán Már mac Diarmato, son of Diarmait mac Cerbaill. Part of the Southern Uí Néill — they were the kings of Mide (Meath) — they traced their descent to Niall Noígiallach and his ...
, King of
Mide and also High King of Ireland. As the daughter, wife and mother of kings, when Máel Muire died in 913, her death was reported by the Annals of Ulster, an unusual thing for the male-centred chronicles of that time.
See also
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Máel Muire (female name)
Máel Muire was an Irish-Gaelic given name.
The name was used by both sexes. For male bearers of the name, see Máel Muire.
Bearers of the name
* Máel Muire ingen Cináeda, daughter of Kenneth MacAlpin and wife of two Irish kings, died 913. ...
9th-century Irish women
Irish princesses
9th-century Irish people
10th-century Irish people
Irish royal consorts
Remarried royal consorts
10th-century Irish women
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