Mescill, king of Laígis
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: 799.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by Baldwin and by Jaski (p. 125).
Relationships
Father: Máel Aithgein.
This relationship is given by Jaski (p. 125), who suggests that he may have died in 792 as abbot of Clonenagh. Baldwin notes that the “pedigree is just a string of names prior to Mescell, d. 799 … from whom the pedigree can probably be regarded as historical.”
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.)
Evidence
References
Baldwin, Stewart. “Eve of Leinster and Radnaillt of Dublin”, a posting (26 February 1998) to soc.genealogy.medieval.
Jaski, Bart. “The traditional rule of succession in early Ireland” (Ph.D. thesis, Trinity College Dublin, 1994). Appendix 2, Genealogical tables of medieval Irish royal dynasties. Online PDF:
https://www.academia.edu/4144299/Genealogical_tables_of_medieval_Irish_royal_dynasties