Aidan mac Gabhran

525 - 605  (80 years)

• Name	Aidan mac Gabhran
  Born	525
  Gender	Male
  Died	605
  Person ID	I0184	Bayne Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Sep 2022

  
  

  Father	Gabhran mac Domangairt,   d. 539
  Family ID	F1776	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Eochaid Buidhe mac Aidon,   d. ca. 629
  Last Modified	4 Sep 2022
  Family ID	F1775	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Aidon mac Gabhran is considered the dynastic founder of the kingdom of Dalraida. He was an aggressive, plundering, warrior king who led his hungry aristocracy in warfare wth the Picts, and British, but also allied himself with the British against the Picts. He was defeated at the Battle of Degsastan in Northumbria in 03 and retired in 608. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] Dictionary of the Middle Ages, Vol. 4, Joseph R. Strayer, Editor, (Charles Scribner and Sons, N.Y. 1989) (Reliability: 3).