RACHTMAR Felim

Male Abt 0080 - 0119  (39 years)

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  • Name RACHTMAR Felim 
    Birth Abt 0080  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 0119  Leinster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Feidhlimhidh mic Tuathal (also found written as Feidhlinhidth Teachtman or Fedlimid Rechtmar), the lawful, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland who began his reign in the year 110 AD.. [1] [2]

      He became High King of Ireland after after killing Mal Mac Rochride, who was responsible for the killing of his father Tuathal Teachtmar.

      Fedhlimidh (Felim) Rachtmar, the son of Tuathal, was called "Rachtma" or Reachtmar for being the maker of excellent, wholesome laws, particularly the law of "Retaliation" which were rigidly enforced, providing the people with a fair and stable government, and sopreserving the people in peace, quiet, plenty, and security during the time of his reign. [3] [4]

      He married Ughna, dau. of the King of Denmark.

      He died a peaceful death, and was succeeded by Cathair Mór mac Feideilmid

      Sources
      ↑ recorded as Monarch 108 in descent from Heremon by John O'Hart in his Irish Pedigrees : Roll of the Monarchs of Ireland Irish Pedigrees or the Stem of the Irish Nation part ll page: 58
      ↑ Wikipedia, (http:www.wikipedia.com: accessed 7 June 2015), "Fedlimid Rechtmar," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedlimid_Rechtmar.
      ↑ Heremon, retrieved 2014-04-27, amb
      ↑ General History of Ireland, pp. 241-249, retrieved 2014-04-27, amb
      Bart Jaski Genealogical tables of medieval Irish royal dynasties Table-1 Early Irish Kingship Succession by Jaski Bart, Published by Four Courts Press, 2013, ISBN 1846824265 ISBN 9781846824265
      Wikipedia : Fedlimid Rechtmar
      General History of Ireland (Google eBook), Geoffrey Keating, Seathrún Keating. James Duffy, 1865 - Ireland - 556 pages
      Stem of the Irish Nation, Heremon to Art Eanfhear — Heremon, - Araltas
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedlimid_Rechtmar
      See also:

      Albert F. Schmuhl, The royal line : chart prepared for the New York Stake Genealogical Board, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints centennial exhibition, March, 1936 (Salt Lake City: self published, 1929) https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/239856?availability=Family%20History%20Library. Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 7 June 2015). Revised 1980. Purports to go back to Adam, "Genealogical lineages shown on the chart may not always be from father to son, especially in the reigning houses of Kings; some ancient connections are based on legends, believed to be true."'
    Person ID I58525  Freeman-Smith
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

    Father TEACHTMAR Tuathal,   b. Abt 0056, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 0106, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother BALBH Baine,   b. Abt 0066, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F26078  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Children 
     1. CEADCATHA Conn Cétchathach,   b. Abt 0095, Tara, Navan, County Meath, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 0157, Tara, Navan, County Meath, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F347171  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 


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