Causantín mac Fergusa

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Causantín mac Fergusa was an early 9th-century king of the Picts whose reign marked a significant stage in the formation of the medieval kingdom that would become Scotland.

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Causantín mac Fergusa canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 9th-century monarch
King of the Picts
historical figure
alsoKnownAs Constantine I of Scotland
surface form: Constantín mac Fergusa
associatedDynasty Pictish royal kindreds
associatedWith formation of the medieval kingdom of Scotland
chronologicalPlacement early Middle Ages
chronologyCertainty approximate
countryRuled Pictland
deathDate c. 820
deathPlace Pictland
ethnicGroup Picts (early period)
surface form: Picts
father Fergus
floruit early 9th century
late 8th century
gender male
historicalSignificance represents a transitional phase from Pictish to Scottish kingship
influenced emergence of the Kingdom of Alba
languageOfName Old Gaelic
linkedTo early development of the Kingdom of Scotland
nameInModernEnglish Constantine I of Scotland
surface form: Constantine son of Fergus
notableFor being an early 9th-century Pictish king
role in the development of the early Scottish kingdom
partOf Picts (early period)
surface form: Pictish monarchy
positionHeld Rex Pictorum (King of the Picts)
surface form: King of the Picts
predecessor Caustantín mac Fergusa’s predecessor is uncertain
recordedIn Annals of Tigernach
surface form: Irish annals

medieval Scottish chronicles
region northern Britain
reignEnd c. 820
reignStart c. 789
religion Christianity
sourceStatus known primarily from sparse annalistic references
successor Óengus II
territorialBase eastern and northern Scotland
title rex Pictorum

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Picts (early period) notableRuler Causantín mac Fergusa
Pictland associatedWithRuler Causantín mac Fergusa
Kings of the Picts notableRuler Causantín mac Fergusa