Eugein II of Alt Clut
Eugein II may have been ruler of Alt Clut, the Brittonic kingdom later known as Strathclyde, for some time in the late-8th century.[1] He is known only from the Harleian genealogies (British Library, Harley MS 3859), which indicate that he was the son of King Dumnagual III of Alt Clut;[2] there is no direct evidence that he ruled as king himself. Dumnagual is presumed to be the monarch who submitted to the joint army of Kings Óengus I of the Picts and Eadberht of Northumbria in 756; after this event, Alt Clut seems to have remained under foreign power and the royal line is known exclusively through the Harleian genealogies for more than a century.[3] If Eugein was king, he may have been in power during the "burning of Ail Cluaithe" recorded in the Annals of Ulster as having occurred in 780.[4] According to Harleian, he was the father of Riderch II.[2]
Notes
References
- MacQuarrie, Alan (1993). "The Kings of Strathclyde". Medieval Scotland: Crown, Lordship and Community. A. Grant & K. Stringer (editors). Edinburgh University Press: 1–19.
External links
- Annals of Ulster
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Preceded by | King of Alt Clut fl. late 700s | Succeeded by |
- v
- t
- e
- Ceretic Guletic
- Cinuit
- Dumnagual I Hen
- Clinoch
- Tutagual
- Rhydderch I Hael
- Neithon
- Beli I
- Eugein I
- Guret
- Elfin
- Dumnagual II
- Beli II
- Teudebur
- Rotri
- Dumnagual III
- Eugein II
- Riderch II
- Dumnagual IV
- Arthgal
- Rhun (uncertain)