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Duinseach ingen Duach
- Preferred Name: Duinseach ingen Duach[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
- Gender: F
- Clan Name: with note: Description: Ui Bruin Séola of Connachta
- Birth: ABT 448
- Burial: 525 in Dal Riata at LATI: N6.25 LONG: E5.25
- Death: Y
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Queen of Tara
- FSID: LV7L-5S3
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Duinseach ingen Duach
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Duinseach ingen Duach, Queen of Tara, fl. 500.
Duinseach was a daughter of Dauí Tenga Uma, King of the Connachta. She was married to King Muirchertach mac Muiredaig (died 532), King of Tara. They were ancestors of the Cenél nEógain.
Battle of Seaghais
Duinseach is said to have been responsible for the battle of Seaghais in 500, where her husband killed her father.
Annalistic account of Seaghais
An account of the battle is given sub anno 499 (sic 500) in the Annals of the Four Masters:
The battle of Seaghais was fought by Muircheartach mac Earca (aka for Muiredaig) against Duach Teangumha (aka Daui Tenga Uma), King of Connaught. The cause of the battle was this, viz.: Muircheartach was a guarantee between the King and Eochaidh Tirmcharna, his brother, and Eochaidh was taken prisoner against the protection of Muircheartach. In proof of which Ceannfaeladh said:
The battle of Seaghais;
a certain woman caused it;
red blood was over lances,
By Duiseach, daughter of Duach.
The battle of Dealga, the battle of Mucramha,
and the battle of Tuaim Drubha,
With the battle of Seaghais,
wherein fell Duach Teangumha.
Against the Connaughtmen these battles were gained.
=== http://www.geocities.com/craigs_kahunas/ ===
http://www.geocities.com/craigs_kahunas/report_duncan.htm Niall Mor Noighiallach 126th Monarch of Ireland states that she was dau. of Duach Teangabha, King of Conacht. -Name variation for Daui Tenga Uma; Duach (proto Celtic or Welsh) is a name variation fo Daui (Celtic) Tenga Uma mac Brión
=== !BIR-DEATH:Publ;THE HERNDON-HUNT AND ALL ===
!BIR-DEATH:Publ;THE HERNDON-HUNT AND ALLIED FAMILIES, Page 10.
=== W H Turton: The Plantagenet Ancestry P 8 ===
W H Turton: The Plantagenet Ancestry P 86
=== Duabsech daughter of Duach was king of C ===
Duabsech daughter of Duach was king of Connaught surnamed brazen
tongue.
Preferred Parents:
Father: Dauí Tenga Uma mac Brión King of Connaught, b. um 0440 in Connaught, Ireland d. 500 in Battle of Segsa or Seghais or Boyle River
Mother: Dui Tenga Uma , b. 420 in Dalriada, Argyle, Scotland d. ABT 500 in Connaught, Ireland
Family 1: Muirchertach macMuiredaig King of Tara, b. ABT 466 in Ailech, County Donegal, Ireland d. 31 OCT 534 in House of Claitech, Boyne River, County Meath, Ireland
- Domnall Ilchealgach "The Deceitful" macMuirchertach, b. ABT 480 in Ireland d. ABT 561 in Ireland
Sources:
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Duinseach ingen Dui Tenga Uma -
Author: Ban Shenchus (The History of Women); Margaret E Dobbs, ed. {numerous volumns}, A record of the lives of hundreds of Irish women who lived prior to the 12th century, Page number: 339, 181:4, 218:3
Note: Source Media Type: Book
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742979
- Title: Wikipedia- Duinseach ingen Duach Tenga Uma
Author: http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005A/index.html Thornton, David E. (1996). "Clann Eruilb: Irish or Scandinavian?". Irish Historical Studies. 30 (118): 161–166. doi:10.1017/S0021121400012827. JSTOR 30008466. http://www.ucc.ie/celt/online/G105003/text010.html
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duinseach_ingen_Duach;
Note: Duinseach ingen Duach, Queen of Tara, fl. 500.
Background
Duinseach was a daughter of Dauí Tenga Uma, King of the Connachta. She was married to King Muirchertach mac Muiredaig (died 532), King of Tara. They were ancestors of the Cenél nEógain.
Battle of Seaghais
Duinseach is said to have been responsible for the battle of Seaghais in 500, where her husband killed her father.
Annalistic account of Seaghais
An account of the battle is given sub anno 499 (sic 500) in the Annals of the Four Masters:
The battle of Seaghais was fought by Muircheartach mac Earca against Duach Teangumha, King of Connaught. The cause of the battle was this, viz.: Muircheartach was a guarantee between the King and Eochaidh Tirmcharna, his brother, and Eochaidh was taken prisoner against the protection of Muircheartach. In proof of which Ceannfaeladh said:
The battle of Seaghais;
a certain woman caused it;
red blood was over lances,
By Duiseach, daughter of Duach.
The battle of Dealga, the battle of Mucramha,
and the battle of Tuaim Drubha,
With the battle of Seaghais,
wherein fell Duach Teangumha.
Against the Connaughtmen these battles were gained.
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Duinseach ingen Dui Tenga Uma -
Author: The History of Ireland by Geoffrey Keating, D.D.: D Comyn & P S Dinneed, Eds, 1st Ed {1902-1914} (translation available a, Page number: Book I p73
Note: Source Media Type: Book
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742983
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Duinseach ingen Dui Tenga Uma -
Author: Irish Pedigrees or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation; John O'Hart {1923}, Page number: Pt III:iv:714
Note: Source Media Type: Book
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742978
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Duinseach ingen Dui Tenga Uma -
Author: The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton {1968}, Page number: 86
Note: Source Media Type: Book
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742370
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