Eugein I of Alt Clut
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Eugein I of Alt Clut (or Eugein map Beli) was the ruler of Alt Clut (modern Dumbarton Rock), sometime in the mid seventh century. According to the Harleian genealogies, he was the son of Beli,[1] presumably his predecessor as king. This would make him the brother or half-brother of King Bridei III of the Picts, the victor at the Battle of Dunnichen. A stanza interpolated in the poem Y Gododdin, often known as the "Strathcarron interpolation" or simply The Battle of Stratcarron calls him "Nwython's grandson", the slayer of "Dyfnwal Frych" (i.e. Domnall Brecc), the ruler of "Pentir" (i.e. Kintyre, or Dál Riata).[2] The Annals of Ulster tell us that Domnall Brecc was killed at the battle of Srath Caruin, by Hoan, rex Britonum ("king of the Britons").[3] The latter is without doubt Eugein map Beli. We do not know exactly when he died, but he was certainly dead by 658, when another king of Alt Clut, Guret, has his death recorded by the Annals of Ulster.[4].
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- Clancy, Thomas Owen (ed.), The Triumph Tree: Scotland's Earliest Poetry, 550–1350, (Edinburgh, 1998)
- MacQuarrie, Alan, "The Kings of Strathclyde", in A. Grant & K.Stringer (eds.) Medieval Scotland: Crown, Lordship and Community, Essays Presented to G.W.S. Barrow, (Edinburgh, 1993), pp. 1-19
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| Preceded by: Beli |
King of Alt Clut fl. 642 |
Succeeded by: ?Guret |
