Constantine I
King of Scotland
Causantín mac Cináeda
836-877
Father: Kenneth I, King of Scotland (c.810–858)
Mother: UNKNOWN
Wife: UNKNOWN
Children:
Donald II of Scotland (?-900)
Pedigree:
Alpin II
|Kenneth I of Scotland|
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Colleen Keenan's 32nd and 33rd great-grandfather
NOTE: Constantine I "became King of Scots and King of the Picts in 863 when he succeeded
his uncle Donald I of Scotland.
Constantine was a warrior king. During his reign he spent most of his days fighting off
the vikings or trying to expand the Kingdom of Scotland into the south. In 872 his
assassination of 'Rhun' (Arthgal), King of Strathclyde, and his brother-in-law, meant
that the southern regions of what is now Scotland, became a part of his own Alba.
The year 864 saw the rampage of the Norsemen led by Olaf the White from Dublin. Swiftly
defeated by Constantine, the Norsemen relaxed their threats on him until Thorsten the
Red led them, but he too was defeated successfully by King Constantine.
Although usually confident in battle, Constantine often resorted to tactics of bribery
and payoffs to his rivals in order to keep the peace. This form of peace-keeping was
later employed by the English Royals, namely King Ethelred the Unready in the year 1000.
In the end though, Constantine was finally defeated by the Norsemen, when a raiding party
known as the 'Black Strangers' from Dublin made a base for themselves in Fife from which
they launched their attacks. It was during one of these attacks that Constantine met his
match.
He was killed in battle against the Vikings in 877 at the "Black Cave" (Inverdovat) in
Forgan, Fife. His successor was his brother Aedh of Scotland. He had a son, Donald, who
became King Donald II of Scotland following the joint reign of Kings Eochaid of Scotland
and Giric of Scotland."
SOURCE: en.wikipedia.org
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