Eterscél mac Áeda

Eterscél mac Áeda ( ? - 778) bio je kralj klana/države Uí Cheinnselaig u južnom Leinsteru (Irska) koji je vladao od 770. do 778. Pripadao je ogranku Sil Chormaic bio sin Áed mac Colggena (u. 738), koji se smatra kraljem cijelog Leinstera.[1] Njegov stric Sechnassach mac Colggen (u. 746/747) je također bio kralj Uí Cheinnselaiga.

Eterscél je na prijestolje došao u doba unutarklanskih sukoba i to tako da je 770. u bitci porazio i ubio svog prethodnika Cennselach mac Braina iz ogranka Sil Máeluidir.[2]

Izvori

  1. ↑ Charles-Edwards, Appendix XVIII; Mac Niocail, pg.128, fig.22
  2. ↑ Annals of Ulster AU 770.7; Byrne, pg.157; Mac Niocaill, pg.130

Literatura

  • Annals of Ulster at [1] at University College Cork
  • Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9
  • Gearoid Mac Niocaill (1972), Ireland before the Vikings, Dublin: Gill and Macmillan
  • Book of Leinster,Rig Hua Cendselaig at [2] at University College Cork

Eksterni linkovi

  • CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork