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Constantine II of Alba King of Scotland [5248] 24
- Born: 836, Scotland
- Marriage: Unknown
- Died: 877, Inverdorat, the Black Cove, Angus at age 41
- Buried: Iona Abbey, Isle of Iona, Scotland
Cause of his death was killed in a battle against the Danes at Inverdorat, the Black Cove, Angus.
Another name for Constantine was Constantine I King of Scots.
General Notes:
Acceded: 863
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.
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal02252
http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps05/ps05_450.htm
King of Scotland or Alba, the united kingdom of the Picts and Scots (862-877), who succeeded his uncle Donald I.
Constantine's reign was occupied with conflicts with the Norsemen. Olaf the White, the Danish king of Dublin, laid waste the country of the Picts and Britons year after year; in the south the Danish leader Halfdan devastated Northumberland and Galloway. Constantine was slain at a battle at Inverdovat in Fife, at the hands of another band of northern marauders. His heir was his brother Aed, who was killed by the Scots after a year and was succeeded by a nephew, Eochaid.
He was also King of the Picts & Scots. Weir says he was beheaded in a battle against the Danes at Inverdorat, the Black Cove, Angus.
Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded, 863.
Constantine married.
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