Domangart II.

Domangart II , also Domangart mac Domnall († 673 ), was king of the Irish-Scottish Kingdom of Dalriada in the years 660-673.

Life

Domangart was the son of King Domnall Brecc and succeeded King Conall II Crandomna in 660 . During this time the kingdom was under the rule of Northumbria . Dalriata recorded a significant increase in importance during his reign, especially since it at least in the south of the kingdom of the Picts establish a supremacy and could throw a 673 down Pictish rebellion. Domangart was cautiously waiting towards this powerful neighbor. During this time, around 671 or 673, the Irish missionary Máelrubai built a monastery in Pictish territory on the Applecross peninsula . The decision of the 664 Northumbrian Synod of Whitbyto replace the Celtic Christian rite with the Catholic, Northern Ireland and Scotland did not join until around 700. Domangart was forcibly put to death in 673.

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: Domangart (II.) Dál Riata, 660–73. 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 period of Northumbrian domination, c.660-685. from oxforddnb.com, accessed September 5, 2014.

predecessor	Office	successor
Conall II.	King of Dalriada 660–673	Maelduin