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The verse is written in Old Irish and has four lines, each of seven syllables, grouped into two rhyming pairs. [2]It exists as part of a detached section of the Lebor Bretnach called "Concerning Pictish Origins" (Old Irish: Do Bunad Cruithnech) that was added to the main text at the same time as the related list of Pictish Kings was extended forward to include Causantín son of Cinaed, and ...
These monarchs are listed in the Pictish chronicles, made during the reign of Kenneth II (971-995). These monarchs are usually known as legendary or mythical kings of the Picts, this list goes up to Vipoig, for rulers after this see List of kings of the Picts.
seven children 4 April 1406 Rothesay Castle aged about 69 son of Robert II (primogeniture) James I [61] (Seumas I Stiùbhairt) 1406–1437 late July 1394 Dunfermline Abbey son of Robert III and Anabella Drummond Joan Beaufort Southwark Cathedral 2 February 1424 eight children 21 February 1437
Dunfermline Abbey. The Benedictine priory was raised to the rank of an abbey in 1128 by David II, with Prior Geoffrey in place as the first abbot. [2] [3] During the course of several decades, the abbey gained power and wealth in Dunfermline with the dedication of 26 altars being gifted by the individuals and guilds and the bishop of Dunfermline controlled a large piece of land from Moray to ...
Dunfermline (/ d ʌ n ˈ f ɜːr m l ɪ n / ⓘ; Scots: Dunfaurlin, Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Phàrlain) is a city, parish, and former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland, 3 miles (5 km) from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth. Dunfermline was the de facto capital of the Kingdom of Scotland between the 11th and 15th centuries. [7]
The grave of George Durie, Dunfermline Abbey. George Durie (Dury confused by Watt & Shead with Drury) (died 1577), abbot of Dunfermline and archdeacon of St Andrews, son of John Durie of Durie in the county of Fife, and brother to Andrew Durie, bishop of Galloway, was born about 1496.
The author of the early 13th century historical tract known as de Situ Albanie (En: On the Place of Scotland) cites Aindréas as a source for his second list of Pictish kingdoms, and describes him as "a trustworthy informant ... a venerable man, bishop of Caithness, by nation a Gael (nacione Scoctus) and monk of Dunfermline". [5]
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