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| succession = [[King of the Picts]]
| succession = [[King of the Picts]]
| reign = 877 - 878
| reign = 877–878
| predecessor = [[Constantín mac Cináeda]]
| predecessor = [[Constantín mac Cináeda]]
| successor = [[Giric]] and [[Eochaid, son of Rhun|Eochaid]]
| successor = [[Giric]] and [[Eochaid, son of Rhun|Eochaid]]
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'''Áed mac Cináeda''' ([[Scottish Gaelic|Modern Scottish Gaelic]]: ''Aodh mac Choinnich''; {{Lang-la|Ethus}}; [[Anglicized]]: Hugh; died 878) was a son of [[Cináed mac Ailpín]]. He became [[List of kings of the Picts|king of the Picts]] in 877 when he succeeded his brother [[Causantín mac Cináeda|Constantín mac Cináeda]]. He was nicknamed '''Áed of the White Flowers''', '''the wing-footed''' ({{lang-la|alipes}}) or '''the white-foot''' ({{lang-la|albipes}}).
'''Áed mac Cináeda''' ([[Modern Scottish Gaelic]]: ''Aodh mac Choinnich''; {{Lang-la|Ethus}}; [[Anglicized]]: Hugh; died 878) was a son of [[Cináed mac Ailpín]]. He became [[king of the Picts]] in 877 when he succeeded his brother [[Constantín mac Cináeda]]. He was nicknamed '''Áed of the White Flowers''', '''the wing-footed''' ({{lang-la|alipes}}) or '''the white-foot''' ({{lang-la|albipes}}).


== Sources ==
== Sources ==
The ''[[Chronicle of the Kings of Alba]]'' says of Áed: "Edus [Áed] held the same [''i.e.'', the kingdom] for one year. The shortness of his reign has bequeathed nothing memorable to history. He was slain in the civitas of Nrurim." Nrurim is unidentified.
The ''[[Chronicle of the Kings of Alba]]'' says of Áed: "Edus [Áed] held the same [''i.e.'', the kingdom] for one year. The shortness of his reign has bequeathed nothing memorable to history. He was slain in the civitas of Nrurim." Nrurim is unidentified.


The [[Annals of Ulster]] says that, in 878, "Áed mac Cináeda, king of the Picts, was killed by his associates."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=iAa6JoLgFRwC&dq=%C3%81ed+mac+Cin%C3%A1eda&pg=PA173 Calise, J. M. P., ''Pictish Sourcebook'', Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002] {{ISBN|9780313322952}}</ref> Tradition, reported by [[George Chalmers (antiquarian)|George Chalmers]] in his ''Caledonia'' (1807), and by the [[Statistical Accounts of Scotland|New Statistical Account]] (1834-1845), has it that the early-historic mound of the Cunninghillock by [[Inverurie]] is the burial place of Áed. This is based on reading Nrurim as ''Inruriu''.
The [[Annals of Ulster]] says that, in 878, "Áed mac Cináeda, king of the Picts, was killed by his associates."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=iAa6JoLgFRwC&dq=%C3%81ed+mac+Cin%C3%A1eda&pg=PA173 Calise, J. M. P., ''Pictish Sourcebook'', Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002] {{ISBN|9780313322952}}</ref> Tradition, reported by [[George Chalmers (antiquarian)|George Chalmers]] in his ''Caledonia'' (1807), and by the [[New Statistical Account]] (1834–1845), has it that the early-historic mound of the Cunninghillock by [[Inverurie]] is the burial place of Áed. This is based on reading Nrurim as ''Inruriu''.


A longer account is interpolated in [[Andrew of Wyntoun]]'s ''Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland''. This says that Áed reigned for one year and was killed by his successor [[Giric]] in [[Strathallan]] and other king lists have the same report.
A longer account is interpolated in [[Andrew of Wyntoun]]'s ''Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland''. This says that Áed reigned for one year and was killed by his successor [[Giric]] in [[Strathallan]] and other king lists have the same report.
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It is uncertain which, if any, of the ''[[Prophecy of Berchán]]'''s kings should be taken to be Áed. [[William Forbes Skene]] presumed that the following verses referred to Áed:
It is uncertain which, if any, of the ''[[Prophecy of Berchán]]'''s kings should be taken to be Áed. [[William Forbes Skene]] presumed that the following verses referred to Áed:


<blockquote>129. Another king will take [sovereignty]; small is the profit that he does not divide. Alas for Scotland thenceforward. His name will be the Furious.<br />130. He will be but a short time over Scotland. The will be no [word uncertain] unplundered. Alas for Scotland, through the youth; alas for their books, alas for their bequests.<br />131. He will be nine years in the kingdom. I shall tell you - it will be a tale of truth - he dies without bell, with communion, at evening, in a fatal pass.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Graves |first1=Charles |title=An Attempt to Decipher and Explain the Inscriptions on the Newton Stone |journal=Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland |date=1886 |volume=20 |page=312 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kO0RAAAAYAAJ&q=skene&pg=PA312 |access-date=10 Aug 2016}}</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>129. Another king will take [sovereignty]; small is the profit that he does not divide. Alas for Scotland thenceforward. His name will be the Furious.<br />130. He will be but a short time over Scotland. The will be no [word uncertain] unplundered. Alas for Scotland, through the youth; alas for their books, alas for their bequests.<br />131. He will be nine years in the kingdom. I shall tell you – it will be a tale of truth – he dies without bell, with communion, at evening, in a fatal pass.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Graves |first1=Charles |title=An Attempt to Decipher and Explain the Inscriptions on the Newton Stone |journal=Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland |date=1886 |volume=20 |page=312 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kO0RAAAAYAAJ&q=skene&pg=PA312 |access-date=10 Aug 2016}}</ref></blockquote>


Áed's son, [[Constantín mac Áeda]], became king in 900.
Áed's son, [[Constantín mac Áeda]], became king in 900.
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* [[Alan Orr Anderson|Anderson, Alan Orr]], ''Early Sources of Scottish History A.D. 500-1286'', volume 1. Reprinted with corrections. Paul Watkins, Stamford, 1990. {{ISBN|1-871615-03-8}}
* [[Alan Orr Anderson|Anderson, Alan Orr]], ''Early Sources of Scottish History A.D. 500–1286'', volume 1. Reprinted with corrections. Paul Watkins, Stamford, 1990. {{ISBN|1-871615-03-8}}
* [[Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson|Anderson, Marjorie Ogilvie]], ''Kings and Kingship in Early Scotland'', Scottish Academic Press, Edinburgh, revised edition 1980. {{ISBN|0-7011-1604-8}}
* [[Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson|Anderson, Marjorie Ogilvie]], ''Kings and Kingship in Early Scotland'', Scottish Academic Press, Edinburgh, revised edition 1980. {{ISBN|0-7011-1604-8}}
* [[A. A. M. Duncan|Duncan, A. A. M.]], ''The Kingship of the Scots 842-1292: Succession and Independence.'' Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2002. {{ISBN|0-7486-1626-8}}
* [[A. A. M. Duncan|Duncan, A. A. M.]], ''The Kingship of the Scots 842–1292: Succession and Independence.'' Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2002. {{ISBN|0-7486-1626-8}}
* Smyth, Alfred P., ''Warlords and Holy Men: Scotland A.D. 80-1000'', E.J. Arnold, London, 1984 (reprinted Edinburgh University Press). {{ISBN|0-7486-0100-7}}
* Smyth, Alfred P., ''Warlords and Holy Men: Scotland A.D. 80–1000'', E.J. Arnold, London, 1984 (reprinted Edinburgh University Press). {{ISBN|0-7486-0100-7}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070606150144/http://www.arts.ed.ac.uk/scothist/booklets/sh1/documents-alba.html The Chronicle of the Kings of Alba] (CKA)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070606150144/http://www.arts.ed.ac.uk/scothist/booklets/sh1/documents-alba.html The Chronicle of the Kings of Alba] (CKA)
* [http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/%7estones/picts/inverurie_history.html Friends of Grampian Stones] - history of Inverurie
* [http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/%7estones/picts/inverurie_history.html Friends of Grampian Stones] – history of Inverurie
* [http://stat-acc-scot.edina.ac.uk/link/1834-45/Aberdeen/Inverury/12/681/ Second Statistical Account]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} [vol. XII (County of Aberdeen), p. 681]
* [http://stat-acc-scot.edina.ac.uk/link/1834-45/Aberdeen/Inverury/12/681/ Second Statistical Account]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} [vol. XII (County of Aberdeen), p. 681]
* [https://www.royal.uk/aed-r-877-878 Aed] at the official website of the [[British monarchy]]
* [https://www.royal.uk/aed-r-877-878 Aed] at the official website of the [[British monarchy]]
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Revision as of 23:40, 25 June 2024

Áed mac Cináeda
King of the Picts
Reign877–878
PredecessorConstantín mac Cináeda
SuccessorGiric and Eochaid
Died878
Strathallan
Burial
Iona
IssueConstantín mac Áeda
HouseAlpin
FatherCináed mac Ailpín (Kenneth I)

Áed mac Cináeda (Modern Scottish Gaelic: Aodh mac Choinnich; Latin: Ethus; Anglicized: Hugh; died 878) was a son of Cináed mac Ailpín. He became king of the Picts in 877 when he succeeded his brother Constantín mac Cináeda. He was nicknamed Áed of the White Flowers, the wing-footed (Latin: alipes) or the white-foot (Latin: albipes).

Sources

The Chronicle of the Kings of Alba says of Áed: "Edus [Áed] held the same [i.e., the kingdom] for one year. The shortness of his reign has bequeathed nothing memorable to history. He was slain in the civitas of Nrurim." Nrurim is unidentified.

The Annals of Ulster says that, in 878, "Áed mac Cináeda, king of the Picts, was killed by his associates."[1] Tradition, reported by George Chalmers in his Caledonia (1807), and by the New Statistical Account (1834–1845), has it that the early-historic mound of the Cunninghillock by Inverurie is the burial place of Áed. This is based on reading Nrurim as Inruriu.

A longer account is interpolated in Andrew of Wyntoun's Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland. This says that Áed reigned for one year and was killed by his successor Giric in Strathallan and other king lists have the same report.

It is uncertain which, if any, of the Prophecy of Berchán's kings should be taken to be Áed. William Forbes Skene presumed that the following verses referred to Áed:

129. Another king will take [sovereignty]; small is the profit that he does not divide. Alas for Scotland thenceforward. His name will be the Furious.
130. He will be but a short time over Scotland. The will be no [word uncertain] unplundered. Alas for Scotland, through the youth; alas for their books, alas for their bequests.
131. He will be nine years in the kingdom. I shall tell you – it will be a tale of truth – he dies without bell, with communion, at evening, in a fatal pass.[2]

Áed's son, Constantín mac Áeda, became king in 900.

See also

References

  1. ^ Calise, J. M. P., Pictish Sourcebook, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002 ISBN 9780313322952
  2. ^ Graves, Charles (1886). "An Attempt to Decipher and Explain the Inscriptions on the Newton Stone". Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 20: 312. Retrieved 10 August 2016.

Sources

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