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Key facts
- Reign
- 877–878
- Predecessor
- Causantín mac Cináeda
- Successor
- Giric and Eochaid
- Died
- 878, Strathallan
- Burial
- Iona
- Issue
- Constantín mac Áeda
- House
- Alpin
- Father
- Cináed mac Ailpín (Kenneth I)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Scotland
- Father
- Kenneth MacAlpin
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Position held
- monarch of Scotland
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Family
- House of Alpin
- Image
- Aed or Aedh, king of Scots.jpg
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- date of death
- 0878-00-00
- place of burial
- Iona
- Commons category
- Áed mac Cinaéda
- date of birth
- 0840-01-01
- name in native language
- Áed
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Áed mac Cináeda (Modern Scottish Gaelic: Aodh mac Choinnich; Latin: Ethus; Anglicized: Hugh; died 878) was a son of Cináed mac Ailpín (Kenneth MacAlpin). He became king of the Picts in 877 when he succeeded his brother Constantín mac Cináeda. He was posthumously given the epithet "Fhionnscothach" (of the White Flowers) by the Duan Albanach.
Sources
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Áed mac Cináeda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.