Comgall

Comgall (Comgall mac Domangart) (* before 507; † around 542) was the successor to his father Domangart mac Fergus as King of Dalriada .

Life

Comgall was a grandson of Fergus Mór mac Erc and the father of Conall mac Comgall . When his father died in 507, he took over his position until he abdicated in 538 in favor of his brother Gabhran mac Domangart . After his abdication, he is said to have gone to a monastery. Comgall died thirty-five years after taking power. An area south of Loch Fyne was named after his family Còmhghall . His brother Gabhran ruled after him for around twenty years and died in 558 during or after an attack by the Pict leader Bruide mac Maelchon.

literature

• Marjorie O. Anderson: Dál Riata, kings of. in: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, OCLC 4916020693 .
• Mikael Ashley, Julian Lock: Comgall Dál Riata, 507-38. in: The mammoth book of British kings & queens. Constable & Robinson, London 2012, ISBN 978-1-472-10113-6 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Kings of Scots - The Kins of Dalriada. ( Memento of the original from August 18, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on britannia.com, accessed September 5, 2014. 
2. ↑ The Kings of Alba and Ulster ( Memento of the original from September 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at caelinschronicle.com, accessed September 5, 2014. 
3. ↑ Comgall mac Domangart on oxforddnb.com, accessed on September 5, 2014.

predecessor	Office	successor
Domangart I.	King of Dalriada 507-538	Gabhran