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 cxlvi ■ PKEFACE. tween the termination of the " Pictish Chronicle " and the reign of Malcolm the Second shows the value of that authority, and the danger of trusting exclusively to the Latin lists. The two royal From the abovc short sketch of the reigns of the thl^priudpai successors of Kenneth Mac Alpin, it is plain that ^^^- after the termination of the reign of Grig, the son of Dungal, the kings belonged to two families, both descended from Kenneth Mac Alpin through his two sons Constantin and Aed, and that the mem- bers of each family occupied the throne alternately. It will also be apparent that the one family was more peculiarly connected with the northern dis- tricts, and the other with the southern. Thus, Donald, son of Constantin, died at Dun/other. His son Malcolm is said by the "Pictish Chronicle" to have invaded Moray, and died also at Fetteresso, or Dun/other. One of his sons, Dubh, died at Forres ; his other son, Kenneth, died at Fettercairn, and founded the church of Brechin ; and his son Mal- colm at Glammis. On the other hand, Constantin fights in Lothian, and retires to St. Andrews, where he dies. His brother Donald is elected king of Strathclyde. His son Indulf acquires Dunedin and the territory around it, and also dies at St. Andrews. Indulf's son, Culen, is slain in Lothian by the Britons, and his son Constantin is slain at Inver- amon, on the Tay. This family seems to have come to an end in the person of Constantin, when their possessions probably fell to the other house, which