Kingdom of Strathclyde
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Date: 2022-01-08

Kingdom_of_Strathclyde:
The Christianisation of southern Scotland, if Patrick's letter to Coroticus was indeed to a king in Strathclyde, had therefore made considerable progress when the first historical sources appear. Powerful neighbouring kings, whether in Alt Clut, Dál Riata, Pictland or Bernicia, would have imposed tribute on these petty kings, and wars for the overlordship of this area seem to have been regular events in the 6th to 8th centuries. Later in the 8th century, it appears that the Pictish king Óengus made at least three campaigns against Alt Clut, none successful. Little is heard of Alt Clut or its kings until the 9th century. King Artgal map Dumnagual, called "King of the Britons of Strathclyde", was among the captives, and it is reported that he was killed in Dublin in 872 at the instigation of Causantín mac Cináeda. Athelstan defeated the men of Strathclyde in 934 and at the battle of Brunanburh in 937.Following the battle of Brunanburh, Dyfnwal ab Owain became king of Strathclyde, perhaps reigning from c. 937 until 971. If the kings of Alba imagined, as John of Fordun did, that they were rulers of Strathclyde, the death of Cuilén mac Iduilb and his brother Eochaid at the hands of Rhydderch ap Dyfnwal in 971, said to be in revenge for the rape or abduction of his daughter, shows otherwise. In 1054, the English king Edward the Confessor dispatched Earl Siward of Northumbria against the Scots, ruled by Mac Bethad mac Findláich, along with an otherwise unknown "Malcolm son of the king of the Cumbrians", in Strathclyde.

keywords: late, magnate, Britons, Roman, kingdom, top executive, century, Clut, Strathclyde, Alt, north, king

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