What is Constantine II of Scotland?
{{Infobox royalty |name=Constantine II |title=[[List of Scottish monarchs|King of Alba]] |image=Constantine_II_of_Scotland.jpg |reign=900 - 943 |predecessor=[[Donald II of Scotland|Donald II]] |successor=[[Malcolm I of Scotland|Malcolm I]] |house=[[House of Alpin|Alpin]] |father=[[Áed, king of Scots]] |birth_date=874 |death_date=952 (aged 77/78) <br/> St. Andrews, Scotland |death_place= }} {{for|Constantine the Great|Constantine the Great}}{{for|the Byzantine emperor|Constantine VII}} '''Constantine II''' (870s - 952) was the first [[List of Scottish monarchs|king of Alba]], he ruled from the year 900 until his [[abdication]] in 943. He was the son of [[Áed, king of Scots|Áed]], [[king of Scots]] who ruled from 877-878. He was succeeded by his 1st cousin once removed [[Malcolm I of Scotland|Malcolm]] in 943 when he abdicated. He died in 952. == Birth == Nothing apart from the fact that Constantine's birth happened in [[Scotland]] is known about it, although it may of happened in [[Iona]], Scotland in the 870s. == Reign == His reign began in the year 900, when he succeeded his cousin [[Donald II of Scotland]] and would continue to reign for 43 more years. In 904 he defeated [[Vikings]] at the Battle of Streathearn. He oversaw the founding of England by king [[Athelstan|Æthelstan]] in 927. He is defeated by [[Athelstan|Æthelstan]] in 937, who proclaims himself king of Britain. People in Scotland, Wales, England and [[Ireland]] began to call [[Athelstan|Æthelstan]] our father and our lord, and our king. He died in 939 and by 943 [[Edmund I of England]] began to invade Scotland to rule the whole of Britain. [[Constantine the Great|Constantine]], scared of being killed abdicated. Proclaiming he could not handle the English forces. == After his reign == After he abdicated, Constantine decided to become a monk, and moved to a monastery in [[St Andrews|St Andrews, Fife]]. 11 years later he dies childless, passing the [[throne]] to his 1st cousin once removed Malcolm I who ruled until 954, 2 years after the death of