Kingdom of Ce

The Kingdom of Ce (c. 1 - 900 AD) was a legendary ancient Pictish kingdom in Scotland. The author of the Pictish Chronicle records that the kingdom was formed after the division of Alba among the seven sons of Cruithne. Ce was the first and eponymous king, and his reign lasted fifteen years. Some sources dispute this and give him reign of eleven, twelve or twenty years. The kingdom of Ce encompassed Banff, Buchan, and other areas of Aberdeenshire, such as a region known in present day as Mar.

After Roman period a number of Pictish kingdoms formed in the Eastern Scotland. Kingdom of Circind, that was further divided in kingdoms of Fotla (Atholl), Fib (Fife) and Circind (county of Argus), bordered the kingdom of Ce in south. In the west around modern Inverness might have been the kingdom of Fidach. In the far north and in the Northern Isles was kingdom of Cat that later gave the name of the county of Caithness.

The seven sons, or provinces, of Cruithne represent division within the Pictish nation. The kingdoms were ruled by hereditary chiefs (later known as mormaers). However, the Irish sources sometimes refer to them as kings (righ). In times of weak central control, these local rulers have certainly been more independent.

1500

Year 1500 (MD) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

The year was seen as being especially important by many Christians in Europe, who thought it would bring the beginning of the end of the world. Their belief was based on the phrase "half-time after the time", when the apocalypse was due to occur, which appears in the Book of Revelation and was seen as referring to 1500.

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397

Year 397 (CCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesarius and Atticus (or, less frequently, year 1150 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 397 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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