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Ainbcellach mac Ferchair King of Dál Riata
- Preferred Name: Ainbcellach mac Ferchair King of Dál Riata[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
- Gender: M
- Birth: ABT 668 in Ireland
- Alternate Birth Date and Place: ABT 675 in Dunolly Castle, Argyllshire, Scotland at LATI: N6.25 LONG: E5.25 with note: Modified
30 May 2012 by ThomasRenehan
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Prince of Dál Riata\Scots with note: Geni: Ambchellach mac Ferchair, King of Dalriada\Scots
- Alternate Death Date and Place: 710 in Scotland with note: Modified
30 May 2012 by ThomasRenehan
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King of of the Cenél Loairn of Dál Riata, and perhaps of all Dál Riata697 until 698 with note: -- Wikiwand: Ainbcellach mac Ferchair
-- Geni: Ambchellach mac Ferchair, King of Dalriada\Scots
- Death: September 719, killed fighting against his brother Selbach in Finnglen perhaps near Loch Fyne
- FSID: 9CXC-MGD
- Notes:
=== Slain by his brother. Ancestor of Mormae ===
Slain by his brother. Ancestor of Mormaers of Moray and Loarn. [Plantagenet Ancestry p278]
=== Ainbcellach murdered Eochaid II, but his ===
Ainbcellach murdered Eochaid II, but his claim on the kingship was short lived. Within a year he was captured and taken in chains to Ireland. He benefited from the succession of his brother Selbach however in 719 he attempted to dethrone Selbach and was killed at the battle of Findglen.
Preferred Parents:
Father: Ferchar Fota, b. 634 in Scotland d. 697
Mother: Ferchar Fota, b. ABT 639 in Scotland
Family 1: Wife of Ainbcellach mac Ferchair,
- Living ,
- Ruadri mac Ainfcellach Mormaer of Moray, b. 710 in Scotland d. 815 in Scotland
Sources:
- Title: Wikiwand: List of kings of Dál Riata
Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/List_of_kings_of_D%C3%A1l_Riata;
Note: This is a List of the kings of Dál Riata, a kingdom of Irish origin which was located in Scotland and Ireland. Most kings of Dál Riata, along with later rulers of Alba and of Scotland, traced their descent from Fergus Mór mac Eirc, and even in the 16th century, James VI of Scotland called himself the "happie monarch sprung of Ferguse race".
Background
It is not until the middle of the 6th century that Irish annals plausibly report the deaths of kings of Dál Riata, with the death of Comgall mac Domangairt, c. 538–545, and of his brother Gabrán, c. 558–560. After the disastrous Battle of Moira in 637, Irish Dál Riata lost possession of its Scottish lands.[1] It was during the 8th-century, the rival Dál nAraidi had overrun Irish Dál Riata,[2] though the area retained its name well into the 14th-century.
The last attested king of Scottish Dál Riata is Fergus mac Echdach, brother and successor to Áed Find, whose death is reported in the Annals of Ulster in 781. Dál Riata was divided into a number of kingroups or dynasties, called cenéla, of which was the Cenél nGabráin of Kintyre, who claimed descent from Gabrán mac Domangairt, and the Cenél Loairn, who claimed descent from Loarn mac Eirc.
Sources
The main sources for the kings of Dál Riata include:
The Annals of Ulster
The Annals of Tigernach
The Senchus Fer n-Alban
The Synchronisms of Flann Mainistrech of Monasterboice
The Duan Albanach
Adomnán of Iona's Life of Saint Columba
A variety of genealogies for later kings of Alba.
Less reliable sources may include:
The Annals of Innisfallen
The Chronicon Scotorum
The Annals of the Four Masters
The Annals of Clonmacnoise
Interpretation of these sources remains problematic. Many entries which appear to refer to Dál Riata lack context, many persons named lack patronyms or other identifying bynames. There are many disagreements among sources. Some entries have been amended and expanded at a later time.
- Title: Wikiwand: Ainbcellach mac Ferchair
Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Ainbcellach_mac_Ferchair;
Note: Ainbcellach mac Ferchair was king of the Cenél Loairn of Dál Riata, and perhaps of all Dál Riata, from 697 until 698, when he was deposed and exiled to Ireland.
He was a son of Ferchar Fota. He is given the epithet the Good in the Duan Albanach, a praise poem from the 11th century.
It is unclear how long he remained in exile. There are reports of fighting in Dál Riata in the early 8th century which might be a conflict between Ainbcellach and his brother, Selbach mac Ferchair, or between the Cenél Loairn and the Cenél nGabráin for control of Dál Riata. Ainbcellach had certainly returned by September 719, when he was killed fighting against Selbach in "Finnglen" (perhaps near Loch Fyne).
Ainbcellach's son Muiredach was later king of the Cenél Loairn. The later Mormaers of Moray traced their descent to Ainbcellach and the Cenél Loairn through Ainbcellach's son Ruadrí.
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Ainfcellach (Ailgelaich) King of Loarn & Argyll -
Author: Plantagenet Ancestry of King Edward III and Queen Philippa: George Andrews Moriarity {1985}, Page number: 278
Note: Source Media Type: Book
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742982
- Title: Geni: Ambchellach mac Ferchair, King of Dalriada\Scots
Publication: Name: https://www.geni.com/people/Ambchellach-mac-Ferchair-King-of-Dalriada-Scots/6000000003772400894;
Note: Ambchellach mac Ferchair, King of Dalriada\Scots
Birthdate: circa 668 (51)
Birthplace: Ireland
Death: September 719 (47-55)
Finnglen, Loch Fyne, Scotland
Immediate Family:
Son of Ferchar Fota, King of Dalriada and ? ???
Father of Donnchad/Donald (The Brown) of Dal Riata; Muiredach mac Ainbcellaig, King of the Cenél Loairn, and of Dál Riata and Ruadri Mac Ainbcellach
Brother of Selbach Mac Ferchair Ri na Dal Riata
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Last Updated: July 17, 2016
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Ainfcellach (Ailgelaich) King of Loarn & Argyll -
Author: Genealogies from Rawlinson B502 , Page number: 1697, original 162e
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736743137
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