{"slug": "constantine-ii-of-scotland", "label": "Constantine II of Scotland", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_II_of_Scotland", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q333748", "qid": "Q333748", "description": "10th-century king of Scotland (Alba)", "entries": 13, "years": 12, "span": [874, 954], "span_label": ["874 CE", "954 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "kingdom-of-scotland", "label": "Kingdom of Scotland", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "thelstan", "label": "Æthelstan", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "edward-the-elder", "label": "Edward the Elder", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "scandinavian-york", "label": "Scandinavian York", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "brycheiniog", "label": "Brycheiniog", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "vikings", "label": "Vikings", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "deheubarth", "label": "Deheubarth", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "hywel-dda", "label": "Hywel Dda", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "glywysing", "label": "Glywysing", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-strathclyde", "label": "Kingdom of Strathclyde", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "wales", "label": "Wales", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mercia", "label": "Mercia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 874, "year_label": "874 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Constantine II, king of Scotland (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347164206#Births", "title": "874", "revid": 1347164206, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 900, "year_label": "900 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Donald II is killed after an 11-year reign. He is succeeded by his cousin Constantine II as king of Scotland; he will reign for more than 40 years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364042634#Europe", "title": "900", "revid": 1364042634, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 906, "year_label": "906 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Constantine II of Scotland calls for an assembly to meet at Scone. Scottish Christian clergy under Bishop Cellach pledges that the laws and disciplines of the faith, and the laws of churches and gospels, should be kept pariter cum Scottis.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364979263#Britain", "title": "906", "revid": 1364979263, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 913, "year_label": "913 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Edward the Elder begins with the 'reconquest' of the Danelaw and occupies Essex. Death of High-Reeve Eadwulf II. He is succeeded by his son Ealdred I, who is almost immediately driven out by King Ragnall ua Ímair of Norse York. Ealdred flees to the court of King Constantine II of Scotland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267070619#Britain", "title": "913", "revid": 1267070619, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 917, "year_label": "917 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Lady Æthelflæd of Mercia cements an alliance with King Constantine II of Scotland against Norse York. She captures the fortress at Derby (belonging to the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw), while her brother, King Edward the Elder, takes Towcester. Æthelflæd's armies also ravage Brycheiniog (Wales) in revenge for killing the Mercian abbot Ecbryht (see 916).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468140#Britain", "title": "917", "revid": 1364468140, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 918, "year_label": "918 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Corbridge: High-Reeve Ealdred I persuades King Constantine II of Scotland to help him reclaim his position in Bernicia. They mount an invasion of his now Norse controlled lands. The Vikings under Ragnall ua Ímair (or Rægnald) defeat the Scots and their allies at Corbridge (Northern Northumbria), but take heavy casualties themselves.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341509557#Britain", "title": "918", "revid": 1341509557, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 927, "year_label": "927 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "July 12", "text": "July 12 – King Æthelstan of Wessex receives the submission of High-Reeve Ealdred I of Bamburgh and probably also of Owain ap Dyfnwal, King of Strathclyde, at Eamont Bridge. He also secures a pledge from King Constantine II of Scotland, that he will not ally with the Viking kings. This summer also Kings Hywel Dda of Deheubarth and Owain of Glywysing and Gwent submit to the overlordship of Æthelstan at Hereford. The borders between England and Wales are set at the River Wye.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341517107#Europe", "title": "927", "revid": 1341517107, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 934, "year_label": "934 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Tewdwr of Brycheiniog attends the court of King Æthelstan and signs the English Land Charters. Kings Hywel Dda of Deheubarth, Idwal Foel of Gwynedd and Morgan Mwynfawr (\"the Old\") of Morgannwg are compelled to accompany Æthelstan on his campaign against King Constantine II of Scotland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512094#England", "title": "934", "revid": 1341512094, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 937, "year_label": "937 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Brunanburh: King Æthelstan defeats a combined Northern Army under the kings Olaf of Dublin, Constantine II of Scotland and Owain of Strathclyde. Though none of the British monarchs appear to have taken part, the people of Strathclyde were a major contingent under their Scottish king.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367668437#England", "title": "937", "revid": 1367668437, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 943, "year_label": "943 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Edmund I ravages Strathclyde and defeats the Scottish king Constantine II, who has reigned as king of Alba since 900. Constantine, ruler of the 'Picts and Scots', abdicates to enter a monastery and yields control of his realm to his cousin Malcolm I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364916983#England", "title": "943", "revid": 1364916983, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 952, "year_label": "952 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Constantine II dies at the monastery of St. Andrews (where he has been retired since 943). His cousin and ruling monarch, Malcolm I, fights a battle against the Northmen or the Norse–Gaels.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512696#Scotland", "title": "952", "revid": 1341512696, "section": "Events › By place › Scotland"}}, {"year": 952, "year_label": "952 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Constantine II, king of Alba (Scotland)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512696#Deaths", "title": "952", "revid": 1341512696, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 954, "year_label": "954 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Malcolm I is killed in battle against the Northmen after an 11-year reign. He is succeeded by Indulf, the son of the late King Constantine II, as ruler of Alba (Scotland).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360671354#British_Isles", "title": "954", "revid": 1360671354, "section": "Events › By place › British Isles"}}]}