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SCANDINAVIAN ANTIQUITIES OF DUBLIN. 57
CHAPTER VI.
Reginald and Sitric, sons of Godfrey, King of Dublin, return to Northumberland
In their absence the Irish attempt to recover Dublin.
Reginald and Sitric made Kings of different divisions of Northumbria.
Death of Reginald.
THESE victories were followed by events which left
to Sitric the sole dominion of "the foreigners of
Ireland." For Reginald sailed into Scotland to assist
Ottar in founding a kingdom there, and from thence
into England to pursue his own designs on Mercia.
BOOK I
CHAP. VI.
It was in 916 that Reginald, with " Ottar and the Reginald's
foreigners, went from Waterford to Alba 1
they were encountered by Constantino, son of Aedh,
King of the Scots, and in the battle Ottar was slain.
." where Scotland, A. D.
910
Ottar's death terminated the attempt on Scotland. His attempt on
unsuccess- 9 u.
Reginald's attempt on Mercia was equally
to add Mercia to his Northumbrian
ful. Intending
kingdom, Reginald had privily contracted marriage
with Alfwyn, daughter of Ethelflced, " the Lady of
the Mercians." After Ethelflced's death in 917 the
contemplated marriage became known to King Edward
(Alfwyn's guardian), who, jealous of the power
of the Danes, sent her prisoner into Wessex, and,
alleging that the marriage had been contracted
1 Ann. 4 Mast., 916; Ann. Ult. and Gragava), the third by the
917. young lords, and the fourth by
The Ann. Ult., describing the Raghnall" (or Reginald). That
battlo, says, that "the army of the night terminated the conflict, in
Gentiles " was formed into four which, according to one authority,
"
divisions one commanded by both Ottar and Reginald were
Godfrey O'IIivar(son of Reginald), slain ; but others only mention the
another by the two Earls (Ottar death of Ottar.