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ERNBRAND Meld ingen |
| Birth |
0460 |
| Gender |
Female |
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- Name and Parents
Mel was the first of three daughters of Ernbrand. [1]
"The three daughters of Ernbrand, Mell and Belc and Cinniu were all three married to Crimthann, one after another." [2]
Marriage and Siblings
In the Kinsella (Chennselaigh) and other genealogies, notably the Expulsion of the Déisi (Dessi, Deissi), Crimthann mac Énnai, married three sisters in turn, namely Mell, Belc and Cinniu, adding that from Mell are the SiT Mella., from Belc the Hui Beilce. Cinniu bore Ethne only to him."The Sil Mella and Ui Meala septs refer to descendents of Mell.[1]
Ernbrand's three daughters were:
Mel or Mell was the first wife, and the mother of Nath Í. She is referred to in The Expulsion of the Déisi (Dessi, Deissi). [1]
Belc was the second sister. She was was mother Ingren, who was the mother of Crimthann's murdering grandson Eochaid Guinech of the Uí Bairrche. [1]
Cinniu or Congain: Yet another sister was the mother of Eithne Uatahach, who bore only that one daughter. [1]
Crimthann was a King of Leinster from the Uí Cheinnselaig sept of the Laigin. [3]
Crimthann mac Énnai was the son of Énnae Cennsalach, the ancestor of this dynasty.[4]
He was a great grandson of Bressal Bélach mac Fiacha [3]
Crimthann was baptized by Saint Patrick at Ráith Bilech (Rathvilly Moat), County Carlow [5]
Birth Year Estimation
Since Crimthann first appears in the record as king at the Battle of Áth Dara in 458, but was a capable fighter at the time, estimate his age being in the late 20's and therefore his birth, say, 430.
His marriage to Mel can be estimated as taking place when he was about 20, the year 450.
Then estimate Mel's age as 15 at the time, and her birth would be, say, 435.
However, if the estimated birth year of Mel's father is correct at 440, then make Mel's birth take place when her father was 20, or 460.
Death of Mel
Since Crimthann married Mel's two sisters after her death, assume that Mel's death occurred relatively soon after their marriage and the birth of her child.
483 Death of Crimthann
The Annals of the Four Masters claim he was present at the Battle of Ocha of 482 when the high king Ailill Molt was slain but this is not confirmed by the other annals. [6]
The annals record that he was slain (mortally wounded) in 483 and the Chronicum Scotorum specifies that Eochaid Guinech of the Uí Bairrche and the men of Arad Cliach were responsible.[7]
Issue
Crimthann and Mel were the parents of one child. Crimthann's other children were the children of Mel's two sisters, whom he married after Mel's death.
Nath I. Mel or Mell was the first wife, and the mother of Nath Í. She is referred to in The Expulsion of the Déisi (Dessi, Deissi). [1] Crimthann had at least one son, Nath Í mac Crimthainn, a King of the Uí Cheinnselaig.[8] Nath Í's sons were
Éogan Cáech (a king of the Uí Cheinnselaig), who founded the Síl Fáelchán, Sil Máeluidir, Síl nÉladaig, and Síl Mella septs; [3]
Cormacc, who founded the Sil Chormaic sept; [3]
Ailill, grandfather of the high-king of Ireland Áed mac Ainmuirech.[3]
"The Sil Mella and Ui Meala septs refer to descendents of Mell.[1]
Sources
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Meyer, Kuno, ed. (1901), "The Expulsion of the Dessi", Y Cymmrodor, XIV, London: Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, pp. 101–135. Cited by Wikipedia: Crimthann Mac Énnai Accessed Jan 31, 2019 jhd
↑ from The Expulsion of the Déisi quoted in Wikipedia : Crimthann Mac Énnai
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Wikipedia: Crimthann Mac Énnai Accessed 22 August, 2015 jhd
↑ Byrne, Table 8; Charles-Edwards, Appendix XVIII; Mac Niocaill pg.83. Cited by Wikipedia: Crimthann Mac Énnai Accessed Jan 31, 2019 jhd
↑ T.M.Charles-Edwards, Early Christian Ireland , pg.234. Cited by Wikipedia: Crimthann Mac Énnai Accessed Jan 31, 2019 jhd
↑ Annals of the Four Masters M 478.1 Cited by Wikipedia: Crimthann Mac Énnai Accessed Jan 31, 2019 jhd
↑ Annals of Ulster AU 483.2;485.2; Chronicum Scotorum 484. Cited by Wikipedia: Crimthann Mac Énnai Accessed Jan 31, 2019 jhd
↑ 'Corpus Genealogiarum Sanctorum Hiberniae', Ó Riain, Pádraig, ed., Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1985, §380.1. Cited by Wikipedia: Crimthann Mac Énnai Accessed Jan 31, 2019 jhd
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