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Strathclyde (lit. "broad
valley of the Clyde", Welsh:
Ystrad Clud, Latin: ****bria) was a
Brittonic kingdom in
northern Britain during the
Middle Ages....
- the mid-7th century. His
father was Beli, king of the
British kingdom of
Altclut, and his
mother probably a
daughter of
Edwin of Northumbria,
though his...
- he was the son of
Neithon son of Guipno, king of the
British kingdom of
Altclut, who may, in turn, be the same
person as the
Nechtan grandson of Uerb recorded...
- Talargan,
Talrgan Brother of Óengus
Killed in
battle against the
Britons of
Altclut 761–763
Bridei V
Bridei son of
Fergus Brother of
Onuist King of Fortriu...
- the same
person as the
Neithon son of
Guipno who
ruled the
kingdom of
Altclut.
According to the
Pictish Chronicle,
Nechtan reigned for 20 or 21 years...
-
Llanerc (Lanark),
Cadzow (Hamilton), and
Rhynfrwd (Renfrew). The
fortress of
Altclut fell in the
Siege of
Dumbarton of 870 AD, when a
force of Norse-Irish raiders...
- Dúngal
burnt Tarbert. The
history of the
fourth group, the
Britons of
Altclut,
later the
kingdom of Strathclyde,
leaves little trace in the record. King...
-
centralised to form Strathclyde.
Letters by
Saint Patrick write of the "king of
Altclut" (Ceretic Guletic) in the
early 400s, with his
ancestors being ****onii...
- Leven, but it is more
likely to have been at the
hands of the
Britons of
Altclut than the Picts.
Conflict in Skye in 701,
where Conaing son of Dúnchad was...
