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     Conall died in 660.²

     Fergus MacEochaid married Unknown ?, daughter of Feradach Wrold and Fland of Dál Riada.² Fergus died in 781.³
     

     Fergus succeeded his brother Aed Find as ruler of Dál Riata in 778. He had lived long in the shadow of the reign of his brother and basically left no mark, dying three years later.³

     The Enfield-Bryant Genealogical Database places Fergus as the son of Eochaid II rather than Eochaid III. I believe this to be incorrect according to other sources, Ashley's British Kings & Queens, and Stuart's Royalty for Commoners.

     Fergus died in 501.²
     

     Fergus invaded Kyntire in 486 and founded the kingdom of the Scottish Dál Riata. Fergus and his brothers, Angus and Loarn, came from the Dál Riatan homeland in northern Ireland sometime around 498 to establish their domain in the western headlands in Scotland. It is not clear whether the brothers carved out their territories in their own lifetime, or whether this happened in future generations. In principal it seems that Fergus took the primary share of Kintyre and central Argyll, Loarn took the territory to the north around Loch Linnhe and Glencoe, and Angus settled on the island of Islay. Fergus is supposed to have brought with him the Stone of Destiny upon which all the high kings had been ordained at Tara for centuries. In the tales of the life of St. Patrick, it states that St. Patrick visited the court of Erc, the father of Fergus, and prophesied that Fergus would be the father of a nation.²

     Dunghal MacFearghal was born circa 760 in Ossory, Ireland.²

     Angus died in 834.²

     Constantine died in 820.²

     Aedán MacGabhran was born circa 532.² He married Domnech, daughter of Maelgwyn ap Cadwallon and Unknown ?.² Aedán died on 17 April 608 in Kilkerran.²
     

     Aedán was the first significant ruler of the Dál Riatan Scots and one of the most powerful rulers in sixth century Britain. After Conall's death a squabble broke out between the children of Conall and Gabhran over the succession. This was finally settled by st. Columba. Columba preferred the more pacifist and learned Eoganan but, after a vision, in which Columba was scourged by an angel, he ordained Aedán as King. This was the first time that a Christian King was apparently selected and ordained by God. It was, in effect, the start of what later developed into the belief of the devine right of kings.²

     Duncan MacGilbert married Avelina FitzAlan, daughter of Alan FitzWalter and Alesta of Marr.² Duncan died on 13 June 1252.²

     Somerledd II MacGillebride was born circa 1113 in Scotland.² He married Ragnhild of Man, daughter of Olaf II Godredson and Ingebiorg of Orkney.² Somerledd died circa 1164 in Scotland.²

     Gornflaeth MacHeth married Harald II of Caithness, son of Madoch of Atholl and Margaret Hakonsdottir, before 1190.¹
     

     Gornflaeth was also known as Hvafleva.

     Johannes Machrudi married Unknown de Kyncade, daughter of William de Kyncade.¹

     Ruth Mary Macke was born in 1913 in Hamilton Co., Ohio.¹ She married John Henry Wood.¹

     Malcolm II MacKenneth was born circa 954.^2,3 Malcolm was murdered on 25 November 1034 in Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland.⁴ He was buried in Iona.³
     

     Malcolm was also known as Mael-Coluim.

     When his father died, Malcolm was deposed from Strathclyde byt he rival faction of Constantine III, but upon his death in 997, Malcolm regained Strathclyde. At this time Kenneth III, the son of Duff, was seeking to establish the right of succession for his son, Giric. The two rulers tolerated each other for eight years until Malcolm killed Kenneth and Giric at the battle of Monzievaird. Malcolm wa a strong and ambitious ruler as well as a strategist and an opportunist. His killing of Kenneth and Giric sowed seeds of discontent that would result in the killing of his grandson, Duncan, by Macbeth thirty years later. Strathclyde was normally ruled by the heir to the throne. As Malcolm had only daughters and his grandson was too young to rule, Malcolm appointed Owen, youngest son of Donald of Strathclyde, as ruler of Strathclyde. Owen was almost certainly older than Malcolm and as the youngest son probably never entertained aspirations to kingship, so this elevation made him a strong friend and ally to Malcolm and strenghten the lands in the south.

     In the meantime Malcolm sought to make an alliance with the Norse earls of Orkney and, in 1008, he married his daughter to Singurd II. The main reason for this was to have the Norsemen as allies against the men of Moray, who for the last fifty years had worked against the main Scottish royal line. Malcolm granted Singurd lands as far south as Moray. He seemed to be seeking the recognition by Singurd of his overlordship, even though the earls of Orkney were subjects of Norway. In Malcolm's eyes, this gave him authority over Moray, Caithness, and Sutherland. Singurd was killed at the battle of Clontarf in Ireland and while his sons by an earlier marriage squabbled over the succession, Malcolm proclaimed his young grandson, Thorfinn, as earl of Caithness, even though he was only five. The young boy seemed to be much loved by the nobility of Orkney and by the king of Norway, so that he soon obtained claims on parts of Orkney until he became sole earl in 1030.

     In 1018, Malcolm turned his attention to Bernicia and, with the help of Owen of Strathclyde, defeated Earl Eadulf at Carham on Tweed. He bestowed much bounty on the church at Durham and claimed overlordship of southern Bernicia. That same year he installed his grandson, Duncan, as kink of Strathclyde. Malcolm was now in his sixties and now ruled the territory of Scotland much as we know it today.³

     Unknown Mackey married Mary Joyner, daughter of Joseph Joyner and Elizabeth Smelly.¹