Máel Muire ingen Cináeda

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)

References

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5. Venning, Timothy (15 August 2013). The Kings & Queens of Scotland. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-1324-6.
6. Jaski, Bart (January 1995). "The Vikings and the kingship of Tara". Peritia. 9: 310–351. doi:10.1484/j.peri.3.254. ISSN 0332-1592.