93. Constantine II of Alba King of Scotland, 35G Grandfather, M. Constantine II of Alba King of died in 0877. Buried in Isle of Iona, Scotland.
Constantine succeeded to the kingship upon his uncle Donald I's death in
862. His reign was marked by Viking raid and expansion into Strathclyde.
In 872 the _Annals of Ulster_ record that 'Artgal, king of the Britons
of Strathclyde, (and the father in law of Constantine's sister to boot)
was killed at the instigation of Constantine son of Cinaed'. Constantine
suffered from the raids of his possible brother-in-law Olaf of Dublin in
866, and again in 870-71. In 875, he was defeated by a portion of the
'Great Army' that had invaded England in previous years. He died in 876,
and was succeeded by his brother Aed. He had at least one son.
Children:
1. *Donald.
