Editing Indulf (section)

== Biography ==
Indulf was probably baptised in 927. According to [[William of Malmesbury]], [[Æthelstan]] stood godfather to a son of [[Constantine II of Scotland | Constantine]] at the [[St Andrew's Church, Dacre|Church of Dacre]]. The [[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]] dates the meeting of Æthelstan with the northern kings at [[Eamont Bridge|Eamont]] to the 12 July 927. So, it is likely that this baptism occurred on, or around, the Feast of [[Hidulf|St Hildulf]], which Alex Woolf suggests may be the source of his uncommon name.<ref>Woolf, ''From Pictland to Alba'', p. 192–193.</ref>

[[John of Fordun]] and others supposed that Indulf had been [[king of Strathclyde]] in the reign of his predecessor, based on their understanding that the [[kingdom of Strathclyde]] had become a part of the [[kingdom of Alba]] in the 940s. This, however, is no longer accepted.<ref>Duncan, pp.40–41.</ref>

The [[Chronicle of the Kings of Alba]] says: "In his time ''oppidum Eden''", usually identified as [[Edinburgh]],<ref>Duncan, p. 24; ''Early Sources'', p.468, note 4.</ref> "was evacuated, and abandoned to the Scots until the present day." This has been read as indicating that [[Lothian]], or some large part of it, fell to Indulf at this time. However, the conquest of Lothian is likely to have been a process rather than a single event, and the frontier between the lands of the kings of Alba and [[Bernicia]] may have lain south and east of Edinburgh many years before Indulf's reign.<ref>Duncan, p. 247–325; Smyth, pp. 221–223.</ref>

Indulf's death is reported by the [[Chronicon Scotorum]] in 962, the [[Chronicle of the Kings of Alba]] adding that he was killed fighting [[Vikings]] near [[Cullen, Moray|Cullen]], at the [[Battle of Bauds]]. The [[Prophecy of Berchán]], however, claims that he died "in the house of the same holy apostle, where his father [died]", that is at the [[culdee|céli dé]] [[monastery]] of [[St Andrews]]. He was buried on [[Iona]].<ref>''Early Sources'', pp. 468–471; Duncan, p. 20 follows the Chronicle.</ref>

Indulf was succeeded by [[Dub of Scotland|Dub]] (Dub mac Maíl Coluim), son of his predecessor. His sons [[Cuilén of Scotland|Cuilén]] and [[Amlaíb of Scotland|Amlaíb]] were later kings. Eochaid, a third son, was killed with Cuilén by the men of [[kingdom of Strathclyde|Strathclyde]] in 971.