The laws of Áed Find are entirely lost, but it has been assumed that, like the laws attributed to Giric and Constantine II ( Causantín mac Áeda ), these related to the church and in particular to granting the privileges and immunities common elsewhere.

Although Domnall is generally been supposed to have been childless, it has been suggested that Giric was a son of Domnall, reading his patronym as mac Domnaill rather than the commonly supposed mac Dúngail.

Giric is not mentioned by earlier sources, which would make his existence questionable. John Bannerman theorised that mac Duib, the Gaelic patronymic of Kenneth III, evolved to the surnames Duff and MacDuff.

Donald became king on the death or deposition of Giric ( Giric mac Dúngail ), the date of which is not certainly known but usually placed in 889.

The consensus view is that the key changes occurred in the reign of Constantine II ( Causantín mac Áeda ), but the reign of Giric has also been proposed.

The Duan Albanach omits both Eochaid and Giric, jumping from " Aodh, of the white flowers " ( King Áed mac Cináeda ) to " Domhnal, son of Cusaintin the fair " ( Donald II, son of Constantine I ( Domnall mac Causantín )).

The descendants of Cináed were ousted in 878 when Áed mac Cináeda was killed by Giric mac Dúngail.

After the Roman departure the area around Dumfries the locale had various forms of visit by Picts, Saxons, Scots and Danes culminating in a decisive victory for Giric mac Dúngail ( Modern Gaelic: Griogair mac Dhunghail, known in English simply as Giric, and nicknamed Mac Rath, (" Son of Fortune "); fl.

Modern historians disagree as to whether Giric was sole king, or ruled jointly with Eochaid, on his ancestry, and if he should be considered a Pictish king, or the first king of Alba.

Andrew of Wyntoun's Orygynale Cronykl of Scotland ( c. 1420 ) and George Buchanan's Rerum Scoticarum Historia ( 1579 ) know of Giric, but not of Eochaid.

* March 25 – Malcolm II succeeds Cináed III as king of Scotland, killing him and his son Giric II of Scotland in the battle of Monzievard.

The chronicle of John of Fordun ( 14th century ) mentions Giric as " Grim " or " Gryme ", reporting him killed by Malcolm II of Scotland.

Although little is now known of Giric, he appears to have been regarded as an important figure in Scotland in the High Middle Ages and the Late Middle Ages.

) Solvathius who allegedly married a daughter of King Giric of Scotland.

Giric is not known to have been a kinsman of Kenneth's, although it has been suggested that he was related to him by marriage.

This says that Áed reigned one year and was killed by his successor Giric in Strathallan and other king lists have the same report.

According to the Chronicle, Áed was followed by Eochaid, a grandson of Kenneth MacAlpin, who is somehow connected with Giric, but all other lists say that Giric ruled after Áed and make great claims for him.

Giric died in 889.

William Forbes Skene and Alan Orr Anderson proposed that it should be read as " in conformity with the customs of the Gaels ", relating it to the claims in the king lists that Giric liberated the church from secular oppression and adopted Irish customs.

Alternatively, if Bishop Cellach was appointed by Giric, it may be that the gathering was intended to heal a rift between king and church.

Many of the Scots sources refer to him as Giric son of Kenneth son of Dub, which is taken to be an error.

The primary sources concerning the life and " reign " of Giric include chronicle entries dating to the years 1251 and 1317.

Noting that Giric could be the actual founder of the house, following a pattern of several Scottish clans seemingly founded by grandsons of their eponym.

His kingship is usually portrayed as some form of joint rule with Giric.

The evidence for Eochaid's rule as king of the Picts rests on the Chronicle of the Kings of Alba, where it is written: And Eochodius son of Run king of the Britons, grandson of Kenneth by his daughter, reigned for 11 years ; although others say that Ciricium ( Giric ) son of another reigned at this time, because he became Eochaid's foster-father and guardian.

David Dumville, relying on the Chronicle alone, appears to accept that Eochaid was king, while Archie Duncan, arguing from the same source, flatly rejects the idea that Eochaid was king and attributes the supposed joint reign to Giric, and to Giric alone.

Alexander I ( c. 1078 – 23 April 1124 ), also called Alaxandair mac Maíl Coluim ( Modern Gaelic: Alasdair mac Mhaol Chaluim ) and nicknamed " The Fierce ", was King of the Scots from 1107 to his death.

Alexander II ( Mediaeval Gaelic: Alaxandair mac Uilliam ; Modern Gaelic: Alasdair mac Uilleim ) ( 24 August 1198 – 6 July 1249 ) was King of Scots from

Alexander III ( Medieval Gaelic: Alaxandair mac Alaxandair ; Modern Gaelic: Alasdair mac Alasdair ) ( 4 September 1241 – 19 March 1286 ) was King of Scots from 1249 to his death.

Causantín or Constantín mac Cináeda ( in Modern Gaelic, Còiseam mac Choinnich ; died 877 ) was a king of the Picts.

Constantine, son of Áed ( Medieval Gaelic: Constantín mac Áeda ; Modern Gaelic: Còiseam mac Aoidh, known in most modern regnal lists as Constantine II ; before 879 – 952 ) was an early King of Scotland, known then by the Gaelic name Alba.

Domnall mac Ailpín ( Modern Gaelic: Dòmhnall mac Ailpein, anglicised sometimes as Donald MacAlpin, and known in most modern regnal lists as Donald I ); ( 812 – 13 April 862 ) was king of the Picts from 858 to 862.

Cináed mac Ailpín ( Modern Gaelic: Coinneach mac Ailpein ), commonly Anglicised as Kenneth MacAlpin and known in most modern regnal lists as Kenneth I ( 810-13 February 858 ) was king of the Picts and, according to national myth, first king of Scots, earning him the posthumous nickname of An Ferbasach, " The Conqueror ".

Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin ( Modern Gaelic: Lughlagh mac Gille Chomghain, known in English simply as Lulach, and nicknamed Tairbith, " the Unfortunate " and Fatuus, " the Simple-minded " or " the Foolish "; before 1033 – 17 March 1058 ) was King of Scots between 15 August 1057 and 17 March 1058.

Mac Bethad mac Findlaích ( Modern Gaelic: MacBheatha mac Fhionnlaigh, anglicised as Macbeth, and nicknamed Rí Deircc, " the Red King "; died 15 August 1057 ) was King of the Scots ( also known as the King of Alba, and earlier as King of Moray and King of Fortriu ) from 1040 until his death.

Máel Coluim mac Donnchada ( Modern Gaelic: Maol Chaluim mac Dhonnchaidh, called in most Anglicised regnal lists Malcolm III, and in later centuries nicknamed Canmore, " Big Head ", either literally or in reference to his leadership, " Long-neck "; died 13 November 1093 ), was King of Scots.

William the Lion ( Mediaeval Gaelic: Uilliam mac Eanric ; Modern Gaelic: Uilleam mac Eanraig ), sometimes styled William I, also known by the nickname Garbh, " the Rough ", ( c 1143 – 4 December 1214 ) reigned as King of the Scots from 1165 to 1214.

Dub mac Maíl Coluim ( Modern Gaelic: Dubh mac Mhaoil Chaluim ), sometimes anglicised as Duff MacMalcolm, called Dén, " the Vehement " and Niger, " the Black " ( died 967 ) was king of Alba.

Donnchad mac Maíl Coluim ( Modern Gaelic: Donnchadh mac Mhaoil Chaluim ; anglicised as Duncan II ; before c. 1060 – 12 November 1094 ) was king of Scots.

Legend has it that the hero Fionn mac Cumhaill was born in Conn's time.

The historical Mongán was a son of Fiachnae mac Báetáin, born towards the end of the 6th century.

Before she was born, Cathbad the chief druid at the court of Conchobar mac Nessa, king of Ulster, prophesied that Fedlimid's daughter would grow up to be very beautiful, but that kings and lords would go to war over her, much blood would be shed because of her, and Ulster's three greatest warriors would be forced into exile for her sake.

King Macbeth ( Mac Bethad mac Findlaích ) was born in Dingwall c1005.

He survived into the time of Fionn mac Cumhail, becoming the repository of all knowledge of Ireland and all history along with a magical hawk who was born at the same time as him.

MacMurrough was born around 1110, a son of Donnchad mac Murchada, King of Leinster and Dublin.

Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill was born to the King of Tír Chonaill, Aodh mac Maghnusa Ó Domhnaill, and his second wife, the Ineen Dubh, in 1572.

Donn belonged to Dáire mac Fiachna, a cattle-lord of Ulster ; Finnbhennach was born into the herds of queen Medb of Connacht, but considered belonging to a woman beneath him and joined the herds of her husband, Ailill.

Donn Cuailnge was born into the herds of Dáire mac Fiachna of Cooley.