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Causantín or Constantín mac Fergusa (English: "Constantine son of Fergus") (789–820) was king of the Picts, in modern Scotland, from 789 until 820. He was until the Victorian era sometimes counted as Constantine I of Scotland ; the title is now generally given to Causantín mac Cináeda .
Constantine's grandfather Kenneth I (Cináed mac Ailpín, died 858) was the first of the family recorded as a king, but as king of the Picts. This change of title, from king of the Picts to king of Alba, is part of a broader transformation of Pictland and the origins of the Kingdom of Alba are traced to Constantine's lifetime.
Causantín mac Cináeda [a] (Modern Gaelic: Còiseam mac Choinnich; c. 836-877) was a king of the Picts. He is often known as Constantine I in reference to his place in modern lists of Scottish monarchs , but contemporary sources described Causantín only as a Pictish king.
In 843 tradition records the replacement of the Pictish kingdom by the Kingdom of Alba, although the Irish annals continue to use Picts and Fortriu for half a century after 843. The king lists are thought to have been compiled in the early 8th century, probably by 724, placing them in the reigns of the sons of Der-Ilei , Bridei and Nechtan .
The Picts are often thought to have practised matrilineal kingship succession on the basis of Irish legends and a statement in Bede's history. [48] [49] The kings of the Picts when Bede was writing were Bridei and Nechtan, sons of Der Ilei, who indeed claimed the throne through their mother Der Ilei, daughter of an earlier Pictish king. [50]
Óengus I of the Picts, d. 761; Bridei V of the Picts; Talorgan II of the Picts, d. 782; Drest VIII of the Picts; Constantín mac Fergusa, d. 820; Óengus II of the Picts, d. 834; Drest IX of the Picts, d. 836 or 837; Eóganan mac Óengusa, d. 839; Another member of this family may have been Domnall mac Caustantín, a possible king of Dál Riata.
The House of Alpin, also known as the Alpinid dynasty, Clann Chináeda, and Clann Chinaeda meic Ailpín, was the kin-group which ruled in Pictland, possibly Dál Riata, and then the kingdom of Alba from Constantine II (Causantín mac Áeda) in the 940s until the death of Malcolm II (Máel Coluim mac Cináeda) in 1034.
Causantín mac Fergusa, king of the Picts, counted as Constantine I prior to the Victorian era Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name.