- Áed Find
Áed Find (Áed the White) or Áed mac Echdach (before 736–778) was king of
Dál Riata (modern westernScotland ). Áed was the son ofEochaid mac Echdach , a descendant ofDomnall Brecc in the main line ofCenél nGabráin kings.According to later genealogies, Áed was the great-grandfather of Kenneth MacAlpin (Cináed mac Ailpín) who is traditionally counted as the first
king of Scots . This descent ran through Áed's sonEochaid mac Áeda Find and Eochaid's sonAlpín mac Echdach . The evidence for the existence of Eochaid and Alpín is late and uncompelling, and shows signs of fabrication in the High Middle Ages.The
Annals of Ulster in 768 report "Bellum i Fortrinn iter Aedh & Cinaedh": a battle inFortriu between Áed and Cináed. This is usually read as meaning Áed Find and the Pictish king Ciniod, who is called "Cinadhon" in the notice of his death in 775. TheAnnals of the Four Masters , a less reliable source, give a different version, placing this battle inLeinster and naming the victor as Cináed mac Flainn of the Uí Failgi and his defeated enemy as one Áed.Áed's death in 778 is noted by the Annals of Ulster. He appears to have been followed as king by his brother
Fergus mac Echdach .The "Laws of Áed Eochaid's son" are mentioned by the
Chronicle of the Kings of Alba in the reign of Áed's supposed great-grandson Donald MacAlpin (Domnall mac Ailpín): "In his time theGaels with their king made the rights and laws of the kingdom [that are called the laws] of Áed Eochaid's son, inForteviot ." What these laws concerned is not known.References
"For primary sources, see also" External links "below"
* Anderson, Alan Orr, "Early Sources of Scottish History A.D 500–1286", volume 1. Reprinted with corrections. Paul Watkins, Stamford, 1990. ISBN 1-871615-03-8
* Bannerman, John, "The Scottish Takeover of Pictland" inDauvit Broun &Thomas Owen Clancy (eds.) "Spes Scotorum: Hope of Scots. Saint Columba, Iona and Scotland." T & T Clark, Edinburgh, 1999. ISBN 0-567-08682-2
* Broun, Dauvit, "The Irish Identity of the Kingdom of the Scots." Boydell, Woodbridge, 1999. ISBN 0-85115-375-5
* Broun, Dauvit, "Pictish Kings 761–839: Integration with Dál Riata or Separate Development" in Sally M. Foster (ed.), "The St Andrews Sarcophagus: A Pictish masterpiece and its international connections." Four Courts, Dublin, 1998. ISBN 1-85182-414-6External links
* [http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]
**The Corpus of Electronic Texts includes the "Annals of Ulster", "Tigernach", "the Four Masters" and "Innisfallen", the "Chronicon Scotorum", the "Lebor Bretnach" (which includes the "Duan Albanach"), Genealogies, and various Saints' Lives. Most are translated into English, or translations are in progress
* [http://historical.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/cul.cdl/docviewer?did=cdl360 "Annals of Clonmacnoise"] at [http://historical.library.cornell.edu/cdl/index.html Cornell]
* [http://www.arts.ed.ac.uk/scothist/booklets/sh1/documents-alba.html The Chronicle of the Kings of Alba]
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