Cináed mac Maíl Coluim

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King of Scots human medieval monarch

Cináed mac Maíl Coluim, better known as Kenneth II, was a 10th-century King of Scots whose reign was marked by internal dynastic struggles and efforts to consolidate royal power.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Cináed mac Dub	1
Cináed mac Mael Coluim	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	King of Scots ⓘ human ⓘ medieval monarch ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Cináed mac Maíl Choluim NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenneth II NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenneth II of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
areaOfInfluence	Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Kingdom of the Scots NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronology	one of the later kings of the House of Alpin ⓘ
conflict	dynastic conflicts within the House of Alpin ⓘ
conflictType	succession disputes within Scottish royalty ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Alba NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate	995 ⓘ
deathPlace	Fettercairn NERFINISHED ⓘ
dynasty	House of Alpin NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	High Middle Ages ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Gael NERFINISHED ⓘ
father	Máel Coluim I of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Cináed NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentForm	monarchy ⓘ
hasTitle	King of Alba NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole	early Scottish king involved in state formation ⓘ
languageOfName	Old Irish ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	assassination ⓘ
monarchOf	Alba NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameMeaning	Cináed means "born of fire" or "handsome one" in Gaelic ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
notableFor	efforts to consolidate royal power ⓘ internal dynastic struggles ⓘ
occupation	monarch ⓘ
politicalStrategy	centralization of royal authority ⓘ
positionHeld	King of Scots NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Cuilén mac Illuilb NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionRuled	northern Britain ⓘ
reignEnd	995 ⓘ
reignStart	971 ⓘ
relative	Dub mac Maíl Coluim NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
royalHouse	Alpin dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sourceMention	medieval Scottish chronicles ⓘ
succeeded	Cuilén mac Illuilb as King of Scots NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor	Constantín mac Cuiléin NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	10th century ⓘ
titleAfterDeath	Kenneth II of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasSucceededBy	Constantín mac Cuiléin as King of Scots ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kenneth II of Scotland → alsoKnownAs → Cináed mac Maíl Coluim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cináed mac Mael Coluim

Kenneth III of Scotland → alsoKnownAs → Cináed mac Maíl Coluim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cináed mac Dub