Dub of Scotland

E183202

Dub of Scotland was a 10th-century King of Alba from the House of Alpin, remembered for his brief and turbulent reign marked by internal dynastic conflict.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Dub of Scotland canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf King of Alba
human
medieval monarch
associatedWith Forres
Moray
burialPlace unknown
century 10th century
conflictType royal succession dispute
country Kingdom of Alba
linked to: Kingdom of Scotland
deathCause disputed
deathDate circa 967
deathPlace Forres (traditional attribution)
linked to: Forres
dynasticConflict House of Alpin succession disputes
era Early Middle Ages
ethnicGroup Gael
linked to: Gaels
father Malcolm I of Scotland
gender male
governingDynasty Alpinid dynasty
linked to: House of Alpin
historicalSource Chronicle of the Kings of Alba
later medieval Scottish chronicles
historicalStatus semi-legendary details
house House of Alpin
languageOfRecord Latin
Middle Irish
monarchicalTitle Rí Alban (King of Alba)
linked to: King of Alba
notableFor brief reign
internal dynastic conflict
positionHeld King of Alba
predecessor Indulf of Scotland
realm Alba
regionRuled northern Britain
reignEnd 967
reignStart 962
relative Cuilén of Scotland
Indulf of Scotland
Kenneth II of Scotland
religion Christianity
successionType tanistry
successor Cuilén of Scotland
title Dub mac Maíl Coluim

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House of Alpin notableMember Dub of Scotland
Cuilén of Scotland predecessor Dub of Scotland
Cuilén of Scotland relative Dub of Scotland
Malcolm I of Scotland child Dub of Scotland
Indulf of Scotland successor Dub of Scotland
Kenneth II of Scotland relative Dub of Scotland
King of Alba positionHeldBy Dub of Scotland