Dub Lémna ingen Tighearnáin
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Dub Lemna ingen Tighearnáin, Queen of Ireland, died 943.
Background[]
Dub Lemna was a daughter of , King of Breifne (died c. 888). Her brother, (fl. c. 893), was the eponym and ancestor of the clan Ó Ruairc, Kings of Breifne.
Marriage and children[]
Dub Lemna married Donnchad Donn of the Clann Cholmáin, who was King of Mide and High King of Ireland from 919 till his death in 944. She was his third wife. Her children by Donnchad are uncertain but they do not include , who appears to have been a son of of Ailech, who died in 929.
This leaves sons Conn (died 944) and Domnall Donn (died 952), daughters (died 940) and
Annalistic reference[]
The Chronicon Scotorum, sub anno 943, state that "Dub Léna daughter of Tigernán, king of Bréifne, wife of the king of Temair, i.e. Donnchad son of Flann, dies.."
See also[]
External links[]
- http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100016/index.html
- Doherty, Charles (2004). "Donnchad Donn mac Flainn (d. 944)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 15 February 2007.
References[]
- Byrne, Francis John, Irish Kings and High-Kings. Batsford, London, 1973. ISBN 0-7134-5882-8
- 9th-century births
- 943 deaths
- Irish royal consorts
- 10th-century Irish people
- 10th-century Irish women
- People from County Cavan
- People from County Meath