Conall I.

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Conall I (Conall mac Comgaill; † around 574) was King of the Irish-Scottish Empire of the Dalriada from 558 to 574 .

Life

Conall succeeded his uncle Gabhran mac Domangart to the throne in 558 . In the time of his 16-year reign of the founding of the monastery falls Iona by Columba , which replaced the older monastery of Candida Casa as a center of Christian mission in northern Britain. Saint Columba had visited him on his pilgrimage in 563, having recently come to Alba from Ireland . It remains unclear whether Columba received the island on which the monastery was built from the Picts or through the hand of Conall. Conall moved his official residence to Gigha . In 568 Conall undertook an expedition to "Iardoman" (probably the Inner Hebrides ) with Coman Bec, the King of Meath . When he died in 574, his cousin Aidan mac Gabhran and his own brother Eoganán disagreed about the succession. However, it was decided in favor of Aidan, who first supported Eoganán, through the advocacy of Columbe.

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: Conall (I.) mac Comgall Dál Riata, 558-574. 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.itannia.com
  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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / caelinschronicle.com
  3. ^ Conall mac Comgall. from oxforddnb.com, accessed September 5, 2014.
predecessor Office successor
Gabhran King of Dalriada
558-574 		Aidan
personal data
SURNAME Conall I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Conall mac comgall
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of the Irish-Scottish Empire of Dalriada (about 558-574)
DATE OF BIRTH before 558
DATE OF DEATH at 574