Angias
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Angias or Angas, daughter of Ailill Tassach, son of Eochu Liathán, was the wife of Lóegaire mac Néill
, High King of Ireland
, and mother of Lugaid mac Lóegairi, who later became High King.
Her brother was Bressal mac Ailello
, a possible King of Munster. Their dynastic kindred, known as the Uí Liatháin
, ruled over a kingdom on the southern Irish coast, and were also very active in British affairs.
Angias features in the Vita tripartita Sancti Patricii
, in which she beseeches Saint Patrick
to allow her unborn son to one day become High King of Ireland.
Lóegaire mac Néill
Lóegaire , also Lóeguire, is said to have been a son of Niall of the Nine Hostages. The Irish annals and king lists include him as a King of Tara or High King of Ireland. He appears as an adversary of Saint Patrick in several hagiographies...
, High King of Ireland
High King of Ireland
The High Kings of Ireland were sometimes historical and sometimes legendary figures who had, or who are claimed to have had, lordship over the whole of Ireland. Medieval and early modern Irish literature portrays an almost unbroken sequence of High Kings, ruling from Tara over a hierarchy of...
, and mother of Lugaid mac Lóegairi, who later became High King.
Her brother was Bressal mac Ailello
Bressal mac Ailello
Bressal mac Ailello Thassaig was an early king of the Uí Liatháin who may also have been King of Munster. His sister, Angias, was the Queen of Lóegaire mac Néill, High King of Ireland....
, a possible King of Munster. Their dynastic kindred, known as the Uí Liatháin
Uí Liatháin
The Uí Liatháin were an early kingdom of Munster in southern Ireland. They belonged the same kindred as the Uí Fidgenti, and the two are considered together in the earliest sources, for example The Expulsion of the Déisi...
, ruled over a kingdom on the southern Irish coast, and were also very active in British affairs.
Angias features in the Vita tripartita Sancti Patricii
Vita tripartita Sancti Patricii
The Vita tripartita Sancti Patricii is a bilingual Life of Patrick, written partly in Irish and in parts in Latin from the late 9th century. It is the earliest example of a saint's Life written in the Irish language and it was meant to be read in three parts over the three days of the saint's...
, in which she beseeches Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick was a Romano-Briton and Christian missionary, who is the most generally recognized patron saint of Ireland or the Apostle of Ireland, although Brigid of Kildare and Colmcille are also formally patron saints....
to allow her unborn son to one day become High King of Ireland.