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Domnall II of Strathclyde was ruler of the Kingdom of Strathclyde for some period in the early tenth century. Strathclyde (Welsh: Ystrad Clud) was one of the kingdoms of ancient Scotland in the post-Roman period. ... ( 9th century - 10th century - 11th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000. ...

He is sometimes called Domnall mac Áeda (Mod. Gaelic: Domhnall mac Aoidh; Mod. English: Donald, Aodh's son), because of a passage in the Chronicle of the Kings of Alba. The passage reads "moritui sunt in tempore huius Doneualdus rex Britonniorum et Dunevaldus filius Ede elig₇".^[1] It has usually been interpreted as "Domnall, king of the Britons died and Domnall mac Áeda was elected". The crux is the word elig₇, usually interpreted as a shortening of eligitur (meaning elected).^[2] However, Benjamin Hudson has challenged this and argues that elig₇ stands for Ailech, meaning that the passage is actually recording the death of Domnall mac Áeda, king of Ailech,^[3] known in other sources to have died in 915.^[4] However, from the eighteenth century, onwards through Skene in the nineteenth, and from the Andersons to Alan MacQuarrie in the twenteith, eligitur has been the standard interpretation,^[5] and the passage is believed to indicate that Domnall was the son of Áed, an otherwise unknown brother of King Causantín mac Áeda, whom Causantín made his tanist.^[6] However, more recently Dauvit Broun has taken up support of Hudson, and so consensus remains very much divided.^[7] Scottish Gaelic (GÃ idhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The Chronicle of the Kings of Alba, or Scottish Chronicle, is a short written chronicle of the Kings of Alba, covering the period from the time of King CinÃ¡ed I mac AilpÃn (d. ... Grianan of Aileach are the ruins of an Iron Age stone fortress in Donegal in the north-west of Ireland which was the seat of the Kingdom of Aileach (Aileach). ... The Kings of Ailech were of the Cenel Eogain and thus a branch of the Ui Neill. ... Events Fatimid armies invaded Egypt. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... William Forbes Skene (1809â€“1892), Scottish historian and antiquary, was the second son of Sir Walter Scotts friend, James Skene (1775â€“1864), of Rubislaw, near Aberdeen, and was born on June 7 1809. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar (often from (1900 to 1999 in common usage). ... Constantine II (874?–952) was king of Scotland from 900 to 942 or 943. ... Tanistry (from Gaelic tana, lordship) was a custom among various Celtic tribes, by which the king or chief of the clan was chosen from among the heads of the septs and elected by them in full assembly. ... Dauvit Broun (David Brown) is a Scottish historian based at the University of Glasgow, and one of the most prominent and influential scholars in the field of medieval Scottish or Celtic studies. ...

Domnall was once thought to have been the same ruler as Domnall III of Strathclyde,^[8] and indeed this is possible. However, this is not generally believed, because of the time lag and because Symeon of Durham recorded that Eógan I of Strathclyde, whom he calls "Ouuen, king of the Cumbrians", was defeated by king Æðelstan of England in 934.^[9] The latter puts the end of Domnall's reign sometime before, perhaps a long time before, this year.^[10] Domnall III of Strathclyde or Domnall mac EÃ³gain (Mod. ... Athelstan or Ã†Ã¾elstan (c. ... Events The Goryeo army defeats Hubaekje forces in present-day Hongseong County. ...

Notes

^ Benjamin T. Hudson, "Elech and the Scots in Strathclyde", in Scottish Gaelic Studies, Vol. XV (Spring, 1988), p. 145.
^ Marjorie O. Anderson, Kings and Kingship in Early Scotland, (Edinburgh, 1973), p. 251; Alan Orr Anderson, Early Sources of Scottish History: AD 500–1286, 2 Vols, (Edinburgh, 1922), vol. i., p. 445-6;
^ Benjamin Hudson, op. cit., pp. 143-7.
^ e.g. Annals of Ulster, s.a. 915.2, here.
^ See Dauvit Broun, "The Welsh Identity of the Kingdom of Strathclyde", in The Innes Review, Vol. 55, no. 2 (Autumn, 2004), p. 132-3, & notes.
^ e.g. Alfred Smyth, Warlords and Holy Men, (Edinburgh, 1984), pp. 222-3; Alan Orr Anderson, op. cit., vol. i, p. 446, n. 1.
^ Dauvit Broun, loc. cit.
^ e.g. Alan Orr Anderson, op. cit., vol. i, p. 441, n. 3.
^ Symeon of Durham, Historia Dunelmensis Ecclesiae, in T. Arnold (ed.) Symeonis Dunelmensis Opera Omnia, (Rolls Series, 1882), vol. i, p. 76; translated and quoted in Alan Orr Anderson, Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers: AD 500–1286, (London, 1908), republished, Marjorie Anderson (ed.) (Stamford, 1991), p. 68.
^ see Alan MacQuarrie, "The Kings of Strathclyde", in A. Grant & K.Stringer (eds.) Medieval Scotland: Crown, Lordship and Community, Essays Presented to G.W.S. Barrow, (Edinburgh, 1993), p. 14.

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Alan Orr Anderson (1879-1958) was a Scottish historian and compiler. ... Dauvit Broun (David Brown) is a Scottish historian based at the University of Glasgow, and one of the most prominent and influential scholars in the field of medieval Scottish or Celtic studies. ...

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