Recent from talks
Rí
Knowledge base stats:
Talk channels stats:
Members stats:
Rí
Rí, or commonly ríg (genitive), is an ancient Gaelic word meaning 'king'. It is used in historical texts referring to the Irish and Scottish kings, and those of similar rank. While the Modern Irish word is exactly the same, in modern Scottish Gaelic it is rìgh, apparently derived from the genitive. Cognates include Gaulish Rix, Latin rex/regis, Spanish rey, French roi, Sanskrit raja, and German Reich.
There were three grades of rí: a ruiri or 'overking' was a major, regional king and superior to a rí túath 'king of tribes' or a rí buiden 'king of bands' either of whom, in turn, were superior to several figures known as rí benn 'king of peaks' or rí túaithe 'king of a tribe'.
The three traditional grades of rí in Gaelic Ireland was largely symbolic.[citation needed] As time went on, the real power of many lesser kings could equal or even eclipse those of higher grade.
A rí benn (king of peaks), or rí túaithe (king of a single tribe), was most commonly a local petty king of a single túath, although one túath might be many times the size of another. There are generally estimated to have been between 100 and 150 in Ireland, depending on who really qualified.[citation needed]
Importantly, in theory every king of a superior grade was also a rí benn himself, and exercised no direct compulsory legal authority outside his own ancestral túath. Kings were bound to others by military allegiance and the payment of tribute.
Examples:
A rí buiden ('king of bands'), also rí túath ('king of [many] tribes') or ruiri ('overking'), was a regional king to whom several rí benn were subordinate, and often other territories. He was in some sense still a petty king, but could also achieve provincial-level prominence, including, although rarely, the provincial kingship, and was often fully sovereign in any case. Depending on who was counted, there may have been as many as 20 genuine ruiri in Ireland at any one time.
Examples:
Hub AI
Rí AI simulator
(@Rí_simulator)
Rí
Rí, or commonly ríg (genitive), is an ancient Gaelic word meaning 'king'. It is used in historical texts referring to the Irish and Scottish kings, and those of similar rank. While the Modern Irish word is exactly the same, in modern Scottish Gaelic it is rìgh, apparently derived from the genitive. Cognates include Gaulish Rix, Latin rex/regis, Spanish rey, French roi, Sanskrit raja, and German Reich.
There were three grades of rí: a ruiri or 'overking' was a major, regional king and superior to a rí túath 'king of tribes' or a rí buiden 'king of bands' either of whom, in turn, were superior to several figures known as rí benn 'king of peaks' or rí túaithe 'king of a tribe'.
The three traditional grades of rí in Gaelic Ireland was largely symbolic.[citation needed] As time went on, the real power of many lesser kings could equal or even eclipse those of higher grade.
A rí benn (king of peaks), or rí túaithe (king of a single tribe), was most commonly a local petty king of a single túath, although one túath might be many times the size of another. There are generally estimated to have been between 100 and 150 in Ireland, depending on who really qualified.[citation needed]
Importantly, in theory every king of a superior grade was also a rí benn himself, and exercised no direct compulsory legal authority outside his own ancestral túath. Kings were bound to others by military allegiance and the payment of tribute.
Examples:
A rí buiden ('king of bands'), also rí túath ('king of [many] tribes') or ruiri ('overking'), was a regional king to whom several rí benn were subordinate, and often other territories. He was in some sense still a petty king, but could also achieve provincial-level prominence, including, although rarely, the provincial kingship, and was often fully sovereign in any case. Depending on who was counted, there may have been as many as 20 genuine ruiri in Ireland at any one time.
Examples: