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Causantín mac Áeda ( Modern Gaelic: Còiseam mac Aoidh, anglicised Constantine II; born no later than 879; died 952) was an early King of Scotland, known then by the Gaelic name Alba. The Kingdom of Alba, a name which first appears in Constantine's lifetime, was situated in modern-day Northern Scotland. The core of the kingdom was formed by ...
Constantine II. Died: 952. Title / Office: king (900-943), Alba. Constantine II (died 952) was one of the greatest of early Scottish kings, his long reign (900–943) being proof of his power during a period of dynastic conflicts and foreign invasions. During the first part of his reign the kingdom was still beset by the Norsemen.
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Constantine II, King of Alba 900 – 943. Constantine mac Áed (Constantine II), the grandson of Kenneth MacAlpin, began his life as an exile. In 878 AD his father, Áed, had been slain by a Giric ...
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Causantín mac Áeda ( Modern Gaelic: Còiseam mac Aoidh, anglicised Constantine II; born no later than 879; died 952) was an early King of Scotland, known then by the Gaelic name Alba. The Kingdom of Alba, a name which first appears in Constantine's lifetime, was situated in modern-day Northern Scotland. The core of the kingdom was formed by ...
King Constantine II of Scotland (900 - 943) Constantine II (Constantín mac Áeda) was king for over 40 year. He was the first Scottish King to hold power south of the Forth, but his reign was dominated by Viking raids and northern conquests of the Wessex Kings Athelstan and Edmund of England. An alliance of Constantine, Owen of Strathclyde and ...
King Constantine II. Constantine II (a.k.a. Causantín mac Áeda) lived from 874 to 952 and was King of Alba from 900 to 943. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline. Constantine II was the son of King Aedh of the Picts and Scots, and succeeded to the throne on the death of his cousin, King Donald II.
Sep 28, 2021 · Constantine II, King of Scotland married members of his family into the Viking war-bands. Norwegian Vikings from Dublin and Danes pushing up from Northumbria were a twin pincer that threatened Alba’s very existence. Now centred in Perthshire, Constantine took the war to the invaders and in 903 or 904 he went after a Norse army that had ...
