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Godbout – Racicot / LeBeuf – LaHaye
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 874 - 952 (78 years)
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| Name |
Constantine II Mac Áeda King of Scotland |
| Born |
874 |
Scotland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
rí Alban |
| Occupation |
900 |
| 7th King of Scots (Alba) |
| Occupation |
900 |
| Succeeded his 1st cousin, Donald II |
| Occupation |
903 |
| Witness, in his third year, to the Norsemen raiding Dunkeld and all of Albany |
| Occupation |
904 |
| Witness, in Strathearn, to the Norsemen defeat |
| Occupation |
908 |
| Witness to the death of the most excellent King and Archbishop of the Irish, among the Laigin, that is, Cormac the son of Cuilennán |
| Occupation |
914 |
| Defeated the Vikings (who had settled in Northumberland) at the Battle of Corbridge |
| Occupation |
918 |
| Defeated the Vikings led by Rægnald (later King of York) at the Battle of Tinemore |
| Occupation |
937 |
| Allied with Viking (Danish) King Olaf Guthfrithsson of Dublin, they were defeated at the battle of Brunanburh by Æthelstan of Wessex, King of England |
| Occupation |
942 |
| Harassed by the ravages of the Northmen, he retired to the Monastery of St. Andrews |
| Occupation |
943 |
| Infirm in his old age he took the staff and was devoted to the Lord: and he entrusted the kingdom to Malcolm the son of Donald |
| Occupation |
943 |
| Retired to the Culdee Monastery at St. Andrew's in Fife |
| Died |
952 |
Culdee monastery, St. Andrew's, Fife, Scotland |
| Cause: Under the crown of repentance in good old age |
| Buried |
Scotland (in the tenth year of the rule of Malcolm) |
| Person ID |
I4705 |
Godbout |
| Last Modified |
18 Apr 2017 |
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