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Amlaíb mac Ilduilb (Modern Gaelic: Amhlaigh),[1] known in English as simply Amlaíb (died 977) was King of Scotland during the 970s.[2] He was the son of King Indulf (Idulb mac Causantín) and brother of King Cuilén (Cuilén mac Iduilb). His name is of Old Norse or Norse-Gael origin, in this case the Old Irish equivalent of Olaf.[3] He is known from the notice of his death in the Annals of Tigernach,[4] which reports that he was killed by Kenneth II of Scotland (Cináed mac Maíl Coluim).[5] His name is not included in any extant king lists, nor is he named as a king in 973 when Kenneth II met with King Edgar the Peaceable at Chester,[6] so that the length of his reign is unknown.[7] Alex Woolf asserts that the Norse origin of the name Amlaíb "...strongly suggests that his maternal kind may have been from a Scandinavian background and they are likely to have been a branch of the Uí Ímair... ...He may well be the grandson of Amlaíb Cúaran, or his cousin Amlaíb son of Gothfrith".[8] Notes ^ Amlaíb mac Ilduilb is the Mediaeval Gaelic form. The modern form has no patronymic; this is because the name Ildulb ("Indulf") has died out in Gaelic, and there is no modern rendering of it. ^ Duncan, pp. 21-22. ^ Amlaíb appears as Olaf in Smyth, pp. 220-221, table 4, where he is presumed to have been co-ruler with Kenneth II. ^ Annals of Tigernach, s.a. 977.4. See also Chronicon Scotorum, s.a. 977; Annals of Clonmacnoise, s.a. 970. ^ The Annals of Ulster, s.a. 977, agree with the other chronicles in reporting Amlaíb's death, but call his killer Cináed mac Domnaill. Cináed mac Maíl Coluim's grandfather was named Domnall. ^ Early Sources, pp. 478-479. ^ There are two king lists which list a 22-year reign for Kenneth rather than the 24 found in the majority, but whether this has any significance is unclear; Duncan, p. 18. ^ Woolf (2007), p. 206. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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