Editing Cuilén (section)

== Interment and offspring ==
[[File:Custantín mac Cuiléin (Oxford Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson B 488, folio 15v).jpg|left|thumb|The name of Cuilén's son, [[Constantine III of Scotland|Custantín mac Cuiléin]], as it appears on folio 15v of Oxford Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson B 488: "''Constantin mac Cuilindaín''".<ref>[[#T3|''The Annals of Tigernach'' (2010)]] § 997.1; [[#A2|''Annals of Tigernach'' (2005)]] § 997.1; [[#B15|''Bodleian Library MS. Rawl. B. 488'' (n.d.)]].</ref>]]

Cuilén appears to have been buried at [[St Andrews]], the site of his father's burial.<ref>[[#H2|Hudson, B.T. (1994)]] p. 91.</ref> According to ''The Prophecy of Berchán'', he was laid to rest "above the edge of the wave", a location which seems to refer to St Andrews.<ref>[[#H5|Hudson, B.T. (1996)]] pp. 49 § 168, 88 § 168, 88, note 100; [[#H2|Hudson, B.T. (1994)]] p. 93; [[#A4|Anderson (1930)]] p. 48 § 166; [[#A1|Anderson (1922)]] p. 477; [[#S3|Skene (1867)]] p. 95.</ref> In other sources, he is sometimes stated to have been buried on [[Iona]].<ref>[[#B4|Broun (2004b)]]; [[#S2|Skene (1872)]] pp. 161–162; [[#S1|Skene (1871)]] pp. 169–170.</ref> After an apparent two decade lull in the aforesaid Alpínid kin-strife,<ref>[[#B7|Broun (2004e)]].</ref> Cuilén's son, [[Constantine III of Scotland|Custantín]] (died 997), eventually became king after Cináed's assassination in 995.<ref>[[#B4XXX|Broun (2015b)]]; [[#O1|Oram (2011)]] ch. 5; [[#W4|Woolf (2009)]] p. 260; [[#B13|Busse (2006a)]]; [[#B4|Broun (2004b)]]; [[#H2|Hudson, B.T. (1994)]] pp. 104–105.</ref>{{#tag:ref|Custantín is the first Scottish king for which a pedigree survives. This genealogy stretches back to Cináed mac Ailpín and beyond, revealing that the dynasty claimed to be patrilineally descended from the [[kings of Dál Riata]]. Whether this was indeed the case is uncertain. The pedigree certainly reveals that the Alpínids wished to be regarded as Gaels by the end of the tenth century.<ref name="W4-260">[[#W4|Woolf (2009)]] p. 260.</ref>|group=note}}

Custantín had no known male offspring.<ref>[[#B4|Broun (2004b)]].</ref> He was the last of Clann Áeda meic Cináeda to hold the kingship,<ref>[[#B4XXX|Broun (2015b)]]; [[#B5XXX|Broun (2015g)]]; [[#M4|McGuigan (2015)]] pp. 160, 274; [[#C5|Clancy (2006b)]]; [[#B4|Broun (2004b)]]; [[#H2|Hudson, B.T. (1994)]] pp. 104–105.</ref> or even appear on record.<ref name="W4-260"/> There is a possibility that Cuilén had another son, a certain Máel Coluim mac Cuiléin who appears in a note preserved in the ninth–twelfth century ''[[Book of Deer]]'' detailing donors to the [[monastery of Deer]].<ref>[[#B16|Broun (2015h)]] p. 50, note 193; [[#J1|Jackson (2008)]] pp. 33–34, 42–43, 49–50; [[#W1|Woolf (2007)]] p. 345; [[#R2|Ross, AD (2003)]] p. 143; [[#W3|Woolf (2000)]] p. 158.</ref> Certainly, ''Cuilén'' was a relatively rare personal name.<ref>[[#J1|Jackson (2008)]] p. 43; [[#W3|Woolf (2000)]] p. 158.</ref> However, none of the names that precede his in the note can be linked to known historical personages, making such an identification questionable.<ref>[[#W3|Woolf (2000)]] p. 158.</ref> Nevertheless, the names that are recorded immediately after this man are certainly identifiable with known royal figures: [[Máel Coluim mac Cináeda]] (died 1034), [[Máel Coluim of Moray|Máel Coluim mac Maíl Brigte]] (died 1029), and [[Máel Snechtai|Máel Snechta mac Lulaig]] (died 1085).<ref>[[#J1|Jackson (1972)]] pp. 33–34, 42, 48–49; [[#W3|Woolf (2000)]] p. 158.</ref>{{#tag:ref|Máel Coluim mac Cináeda was a member of the Clann Custantín meic Cináeda branch of the Alpínids. Máel Coluim mac Maíl Brigte and Máel Snechta were members of [[Clann Ruaidrí (Moray)|Clann Ruaidrí]], a kindred that contested the kingship with the Alpínids after the extinction of the Clann Áeda meic Cináeda branch.<ref>[[#M4|McGuigan (2015)]] p. 275; [[#W3|Woolf (2000)]] pp. 146 tab. 1, 158.</ref>|group=note}} If Máel Coluim mac Cuiléin was indeed a son of Cuilén, this attestation could reveal that he represented Clann Áeda meic Cináeda for a time during Cináed's reign (971–995).<ref>[[#W3|Woolf (2000)]] p. 158; [[#R2|Ross, AD (2003)]] p. 143.</ref>