Domangart (died about 506), king of the Dál Riata

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: about 506?.

This estimated date is given by Baldwin. The death is recorded in the Annals of Ulster s.a. 507, in the Annals of Tigernach s.a. 506, and in the Chronicon Scotorum, misplaced s.a. 464. Fraser (p. 123) gives 507.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

(supposed) Father: Fergus (died 501), king of the Dál Riata.

This relationship is given by Anderson, by Fraser, and by Baldwin. Recently, scholars have begun to doubt the connection, however.

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: unknown.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Baldwin.)

Comgall (Congallus I) (died about 538), king of the Dál Riata.

Gabrán (died about 558), king of the Dál Riata.

References

Anderson, Marjorie O. “Dál Riata, kings of (act. c.500-c.850)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Annals of Tigernach (Donnchadh Ó Corráin, compiler). (CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts, University College, Cork, 1996).

The Annals of Ulster (Pádraig Bambury, Stephen Beechinor, compilers) (CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts, University College, Cork, 2000).

Baldwin, Stewart. “Domangart mac Fergusa” in The Henry Project.

Chronicon Scotorum (Beatrix Färber, Ruth Murphy compilers). (CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts, University College, Cork, 2012).

Fraser, James E. From Caledonia to Pictland: Scotland to 795. (Edinburgh University Press, 2009).