Máel_Muire_ingen_Cináeda

Máel Muire ingen Cináeda

Máel Muire ingen Cináeda

Irish princess (842-912)

Máel Muire ingen Cináeda was a daughter ("ingen") of Kenneth MacAlpin (Cináed mac Ailpin), King of Dal Riáta.[1] She married two important Irish kings of the Uí Néill.[2]

Her first husband was Aed Finliath (r. 862–879), of the Cenél nEógain, King of Ailech and High King of Ireland.[3] Niall Glúndub, ancestor of the O'Neill dynasty, was the son of this marriage.[4]

Her second husband was Flann Sinna of Clann Cholmáin, King of Mide and also High King of Ireland.[5][6] 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.

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References

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    Higham, N. J.; Hill, D. H. (11 October 2013). Edward the Elder: 899-924. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-34941-6.
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    Warntjes, Immo (January 2003). "The alternation of the kingship of Tara 734–944". Peritia. 17–18: 394–432. doi:10.1484/J.Peri.3.542. ISSN 0332-1592.
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    Sellar, W. David H. (June 1985). "Warlords, Holy Men and Matrilineal Succession". The Innes Review. 36 (1): 29–43. doi:10.3366/inr.1985.36.1.29. ISSN 0020-157X.
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    Venning, Timothy (15 August 2013). The Kings & Queens of Scotland. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-1324-6.
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    Jaski, Bart (January 1995). "The Vikings and the kingship of Tara". Peritia. 9: 310–351. doi:10.1484/j.peri.3.254. ISSN 0332-1592.


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