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  Constantine II of Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Constantine succeeded Donald to the Scottish throne in 900.
Constantine was involved in two battles with Ragnall (referred to as the Battles of Corbridge) in that area in 914 and 918, both of which resulted in Scottish victories and ultimately a cessation of hostilities there with the Norse.
Constantine was defeated at the Battle of Brunanburh by King Athelstan of England in 937.
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 Malcolm I of Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Malcolm I (Máel Coluim mac Domnaill), the son of Donald II of Scotland, became the King of Scotland in 942 or 943 after his cousin King Constantine II of Scotland abdicated and became a monk.
Malcolm was a prince of great abilities and prudence, and Edmund I of England courted his alliance by ceding Cumbria, then consisting of Cumberland and part of Westmorland, to him, in the year 945, on condition that he would defend that northern county, and become an ally of Edmund.
A son from this marriage would later succeed to the throne as Kenneth II of Scotland.
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 rea genealogy - pafg41 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Constantine I, King of Picts And Scots died in 875.
Constantine I, King of Picts And Scots [Parents] was born in Scotland.
Kenneth II of Alba, King of Scotland [Parents] was born in Scotland.
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 DustyBones.com - Person Page 8   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Conrad II (?) Count of Auxerre was the son of Conrad I (?) Count of Argengau and Adelaide of Tours (?).
Constantine II (?) King of Scotland was the son of Kenneth I Macalpin King of Scotland.
Constantine II (?) King of Scotland was born circa 850.
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 History of the Monarchy > The early Scottish Monarchs > Constantine II
An ancient Celtic cross on the island of Iona, Scotland.
In an attempt to establish a more stable relationship with the Norsemen of Ireland, Constantine married his daughter to Olaf III Guthfrithsson in the 930s.
Constantine was finally defeated in 937 by the Anglo-Saxon king Athelstan at the Battle of Brunanburh, where his eldest son was killed.
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 Marcus Antonius to Maite - tobg50.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
He was buried in Isle of Iona, Scotland.
He died in 952 in the monastery of St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, where he was probably buried.
Leodegundis married García II Iñíguez, Rey de Pamplona son of Iñigo Arista, 1er Rey de Navarra and Oneca in 858.
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 Medieval Scottish History
Eustace II, Count of Boulogne, descendant of Charlemagne, is pictured in the Bayeux tapestry as one of a group of knights (including a son of Guy of Ponthieu, Hugh Giffard and Geoffrey de Montfort killing earl Harold Godwinson.
Eleanor Plantagenet, daugther of Henry II, marries Alfonso VII of Castile.
Melisende, eldest daughter of King Baldwin II (du Bourg) of Jerusalem and Edessa, becomes queen at his death and marries the Duke of Anjou.
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 Edward and Athelstan: Early english Claims of Lordship Over Scotland
Constantine II accepted Ealdred’s plea for help, and backed it up with military action against the Danish Vikings of York at two major battles.17 In the first battle of Corbridge the Scots and their Bernician allies were defeated by Rögnvaldr’s army of Vikings.
Constantine II was forced to meet with Athelstan, and Florence of Worcester states that Constantine had to hand over one of his sons to the West Saxon King as a pledge of good conduct.61
Constantine II and Owain, King of the Strathclyde Welsh, had been making overtures to Olaf’s Norwegian colony at Dublin for aid, moves that Athelstan noticed.
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 Scotland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
District in the south-west of Scotland, comprising the counties of Kirkcudbright and Wigtown.
In 1298, Patrick was appointed the King's Lieutenant in Scotland, and in 1300 was at the siege of Caerlaverock.
Northeastern Scotland; the fertile coastal regions from the northern approach to Loch Ness in the west, to Aberdeen in the east.
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 TimeRef - Medieval History Timelines - 10 Year Overview
Aedh had been a ruler in Scotland and was killed by Giric, who along with Eochaid ruled Scotland from 878 to 879.
Donald II defeated Giric and Eoacaid in 889 and became King.
Constantine had fled Scotland but returned to claim the Scottish throne when Donald was kill (more...)
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 King Constantine II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
After King Donald II’s death in 900 AD, the throne of Alba was inherited by Constantine II, eldest son of the murdered Aedh.
From 1912 to 1927 there was increased fighting between the Scandinavians in the South and Constantine’s men, until a border between Scotland and England was recognised.
In the midst of all this warring, King Constantine found time to restructure the early Christian church in Scotland, modelling it on the Gaelic church of Ireland, where he had spent his childhood.
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 deWorkingtons
(4) King Constantine II of Scotland, died 977.
(5) King Donald II of Albon, son of Constantine and an unknown woman.
(8) King Malcolm II McKenneth of Scotland, son of Kenneth and an unknown woman.
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 Ancestry - pafc38 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
His [Kenneth II] son, reigned as king of Scotland from 862 to 8778.
It was during his reign that the Danes invaded Scotland.
CONSTANTINE, son of KENNETH, 863-881, married Nesta a Welsh princess."
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 rea genealogy - pafg42 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Malcolm II of Alba, King of Scotland [Parents] was born about 954 in Scotland.
Crinan, Mormaer of Atholl [Parents] was born about 975 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland.
Malcom III, "Ceann Mor" ("Big Head" or "Great Chief"), King of Scotland [Parents] was born about 1033 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland.
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 Articles - Aedh of Scotland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
He was killed shortly after taking the throne by Giric of Scotland, also known as Gregory the Great, who had conspired with Aedh's nephew, Eochaid of Scotland.
Aedh did marry at some point in his life, but the details, including the date and place of the marriage, and the name of his wife are not known.
One son, Constantine II of Scotland, ruled later (900–942/43), while another son, Donald mac Aed, became King of Strathclyde in 908.
www.gaple.com /articles/Aedh_of_Scotland   (299 words)

  
 Constantine I of the Roman Empire|Constantine I Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Constantine I (emperor), commonly known as Constantine the Great
*Constantine II (''or'' Kuestantinos II) of Ethiopia, also known as Eskander
*''Constantine (movie)Constantine'' is a movie based on the comic book Hellblazer whose main character is called John Constantine.
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 Ancestors of Eugene Ashton ANDREW & Anna Louise HANISH King Constantine SCOTLAND, I ANDREW ANGERMUELLER HANISH STRUDELL ...
From Alfred to Henry III 871-1272, Christopher Brooke, 1961, Norton Library of History of England, p52: "...In 937 an Irish king, son of the last king of York, joined the kings of Scotland and Strathclyde in a combined invasion of England.
Ancestral File Ver 4.10 9G9M-JK Born/?Died Abt 836, 8HRV-NP Born Abt 852 Died Abt 976, King of SCOTLAND Reigned 843-858, King of ALBA [United Kingdom of Scots and Picts] Picts] 843-858, FAH3 `grey-haired' Leader of Scots at Battle of Brunanburh in 937, WCHC Constantine II.
Constantine married Queen Constantine SCOTLAND, I. (Queen Constantine SCOTLAND, I was born about 840 in,, Scotland.)
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ABT 837 = Norse settle in northern Scotland
889 = reign of Eochaid and Giric of Scotland
1094 = brief reign of Duncan II of Scotland
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 The Vikings
You may be wondering what a group of movies on the Vikings is doing in a history of England.
The truth is that the Vikings dominated England, Scotland, and Ireland for a couple of centuries, in the case of Britain from 787 to the Norman Conquest in 1066.
881 Constantine II of Scotland, defeated and killed by the Danes, succeeded by King Eocha (-889)
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 Donald II , King of Scotland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
His reign coincided with renewed invasions by the Danes, who came less to plunder and more to occupy the lands bordering Scotland and the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms.
By one account he was slain at Dunnottar, meeting a Danish invasion; by another he died of infirmity brought on by his campaigns against the highlanders.
He was succeeded by his cousin Constantine II.
www.sawyer-family.org /sawyer1/i193.htm   (207 words)

  
 Articles - Constantine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Constantine Maroulis, an actor/singer, was fifth runner-up on the television show American Idol.
Constantine is a movie based on the comic book Hellblazer whose main character is called John Constantine.
Constantine College, based in Middlesbrough, England and now Teesside University
www.lastring.com /articles/Constantine   (138 words)

  
 Malcolm II King Scotland (0958 - 25 Nov 1034)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Malcolm II King Scotland (0958 - 25 Nov 1034)
Malcolm II King Of Scotland fought a battle in 1008 at Carham with Uchtred, sone of Waltheof, Earl of Northumbrians, and overcame the Danes, 1017.
Source: 'Ancestrial Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England between 1623 and 1650', 1969, Frederick Lewis Weis, p 111.
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 Edward the Elder on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
After Æthelflœd's death (918) he asserted his full authority over Mercia and thus became ruler of all England S of the Humber River.
King Edward II: His Life, His Reign, and Its Aftermath, 1284-1330.(Book Review)
A portrait by Rubens of his son Frans: a drawing by Rubens of the eldest son from his second marriage has recently been lent to the National Gallery of Scotland by the Duke of Sutherland.
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 Edward the Elder. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
He was also accepted as overlord by several Welsh rulers and by English Northumbria, and he is supposed to have received the submission of Constantine II of Scotland.
The right of the overlordship of Scotland, based on Edward’s position, was asserted by later English kings.
Two other sons, Edmund and Eldred, also ascended the throne.
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 I889: Count ADELHELM ( - )
BURIAL: 887, beheaded some say killed in battle
_Alpin of KINTYRE _ _Kenneth I of Scotland MACALPINE _
-- CONSTANTINE II, of Alba King of Scotland
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