Editing Scotia (section)

==In Irish sources==

One of the oldest sources recorded was from medieval Monarchy. In the year 1005, after [[Brian Boru]] was crowned king, he adopted the title Imperator Scotorum,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/crowning-of-irelands-last-scottish-high-king/ | title=Crowning of Ireland's Last, Scottish High King }}</ref> "Emperor of the Scoti" suggesting he saw himself as the overlord of all Scotia and Gaels.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/crowning-of-irelands-last-scottish-high-king/ | title=Crowning of Ireland's Last, Scottish High King }}</ref> The title was however adopted and not formally provided. 

Within Irish Mythology, [[Geoffrey Keating]]'s ''[[Foras Feasa ar Éirinn]]'', Ireland's "ninth name was Scotia; and it is the sons of [[Míleadh]] who gave that name to it, from their mother, whose name was [[Scota]], daughter of Pharao [[Nectanebo I|Nectonibus]]; or it is why they called it Scotia, because that they are themselves the Scottish race from [[Scythia]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://celt.ucc.ie/published/T100054.html|title=The History of Ireland|website=celt.ucc.ie}}</ref> According to the [[Middle Irish language]] synthetic history ''[[Lebor Gabála Érenn]]'', she was the daughter of Pharaoh [[Necho II]] of Egypt. Other sources say that Scota was the daughter of Pharaoh [[Neferhotep I]] of Egypt and his wife Senebsen, and was the wife of Míl, that is Milesius, and the mother of [[Donn|Éber Donn]] and [[Érimón]]. Míl had given Neferhotep military aid against ancient [[Ethiopia]] and was given Scota in marriage as a reward for his services. Writing in 1571, [[Edmund Campion]] named the pharaoh [[Amenophis]]; Keating named him [[Cincris]].