Máel Muire ingen Cináeda explained

Máel Muire ingen Cináeda was a daughter ("ingen") of Kenneth MacAlpin (Cináed mac Ailpin), King of Dal Riáta.^[1] She married two important Irish kings of the Uí Néill.^[2]

Her first husband was Áed Findliath (r. 862–879), of the Cenél nEógain, King of Ailech and High King of Ireland.^[3] Niall Glúndub, ancestor of the O'Neill dynasty, was the son of this marriage.^[4]

Her second husband was Flann Sinna of Clann Cholmáin, King of Mide and also High King of Ireland.^{[5] [6]} As the daughter, wife and mother of kings, when Máel Muire died in 913, her death was reported by the Annals of Ulster, an unusual thing for the male-centred chronicles of that time.

See also

• Máel Muire (female name)

Notes and References

1. Book: Higham . N. J. . Edward the Elder: 899-924 . Hill . D. H. . 2013-10-11 . Routledge . 978-1-136-34941-6 . en.
2. Warntjes . Immo . January 2003 . The alternation of the kingship of Tara 734–944 . Peritia . en . 17-18 . 394–432 . 10.1484/J.Peri.3.542 . 0332-1592.
3. Sellar . W. David H. . June 1985 . Warlords, Holy Men and Matrilineal Succession . The Innes Review . en . 36 . 1 . 29–43 . 10.3366/inr.1985.36.1.29 . 0020-157X.
4. Broun . Dauvit . December 1997 . Dunkeld and the origin of Scottish identity . The Innes Review . 48 . 2 . 112–124 . 10.3366/inr.1997.48.2.112 . 0020-157X.
5. Book: Venning, Timothy . The Kings & Queens of Scotland . 2013-08-15 . Amberley Publishing Limited . 978-1-4456-1324-6 . en.
6. Jaski . Bart . January 1995 . The Vikings and the kingship of Tara . Peritia . 9 . 310–351 . 10.1484/j.peri.3.254 . 0332-1592.