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# ID: I068452
# Name: Mormaer of Angus Cuncar
# Sex: M
# Birth: ABT 935 in Forfar, Angus, Scotland
# Note:

    Cuncar of Angus
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    Cuncar of Angus was Mormaer of Angus somewhere in the mid or later tenth century, which makes it quite possible that he was the successor of Dubacan. One divergent source calls him thanus (i.e. toísech), but otherwise he is comes (i.e. Mormaer). The tradition called by Anderson the Chronicle of the Kings of Scotland records in several manuscripts that Cuncar's daughter Finnguala was responsible for the death of king Cináed II, because the aforementioned King of Scots had put her son to death. Otherwise, Cuncar is obscure. Even the name "Cuncar" is obscure, and may not be authentic, respresenting either the Gaelic name Conchobar or the Brythonic name Cincar. John of Fordun calls him Cruchne, which is clearly equivalent to Cruithne, as in Fordun's period, owing to French influence, cs often replace ts. Cruithne was the Gaelic word for a Pict, but why Fordun gives Cuncar this name is even more obscure than Cuncar himself





Father: Mormaer of Angus Dubacan b: ABT 900 in Forfar, Angus, Scotland

Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown

Children

   1. Has No Children Finnguala b: ABT 965 in Forfar, Angus, Scotland
   2. Has Children Mormaer of Angus Dubfagan b: ABT 970 in Forfar, Angus, Scotland
The cited information was sourced from Website / URL published on April 29th, 2009 <http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=clcaldwell&id=I068452> The author/originator was Michael Neuman.
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