183:(Fergus Mór mac Eirc, with the people of Dál Riata, held part of Britain, and he died there.) However, the forms of Fergus, Erc and Dál Riata are later ones, written down long after the 6th century. The record in the Annals has given rise to theories of invasions of Argyll from Ireland, but these are not considered authentic.
171:, although copied in the 9th century it is written in 8th-century language, possibly even 7th-century, predating the supposed invention of myth proposed by Campbell 200 to 300 years later, proving that Fergus Mór is not a product of 10th-century propaganda. The historical record, such as it is, consists of an entry in the
381:"'... and they won land among the Picts by friendly treaty or the sword': How a re-examination of early historical sources and an analysis of early medieval settlement in north Co. Antrim confirms the validity of traditional accounts of Dál Riatic migration to Scotland from Ulster"
194:
can be taken as examples. The
Senchus states that Fergus Mór was also known as Mac Nisse Mór. These sources probably date from the 10th and 11th centuries, respectively, between 20 and 30 generations after Fergus may have lived.
209:
These sources, while they offer evidence for the importance of Fergus Mór in
Medieval times, are not evidence for his historical career. Indeed, only one king in the 6th century in Scotland is known from contemporary evidence,
206:
gives an extensive genealogy for Fergus: m. h-Eircc m. Echdach
Muinremuir m. Óengusa Fir m. Feideilmid m. Óengusa m. Feideilmid m. Cormaicc, and a further 46 generations here omitted.
336:, declaring, "We conducted a Fergus to Scotland; we welcome in James the Second the undoubted heir of Fergus by the lineal descent of one hundred and ten crowned heads".
256:
with him from
Ireland, that he was succeeded by a son named Dúngal. A list of kings follows which is corrupt but bears some relation to those found in earlier sources.
616:
833:
252:
says that Fergus was the first Scot to rule in
Scotland, and that Cináed mac Ailpín was his descendant. In addition, he writes that Fergus brought the
237:
In the contexts of
Patrician tradition, legendary accounts and symbolic description, the figure twelve is mentioned with reference to the sons of Erc.
823:
498:
818:
609:
477:
291:, before eventually returning to Scotland and reconquering the Scottish lands. He was killed in battle against Durstus, king of the
314:, as the "happie Monarch sprung of Ferguse race". Nor was James VI the last ruler to share this belief. The Great Gallery of the
361:
828:
602:
625:
576:
30:
701:
310:, shared the scholar's view of the origins of his line, describing himself in one of many verses written to his wife
260:
661:
231:
792:
751:
726:
333:
721:
266:
121:
651:
223:
848:
787:
315:
154:
279:
under one
Maximus conquered all of Britain. His father Eugenius had been killed by the Romans, and Fergus,
756:
716:
696:
691:
646:
227:
323:
741:
731:
186:
The
Genealogy of Fergus is found in the king lists of Dál Riata, and later of Scotland, of which the
843:
838:
746:
681:
656:
345:
329:
211:
187:
173:
393:"tories of Dalriadic origins cannot be held to be worthy of acceptance as history", Sally Foster,
769:
199:
410:
The early part of Fergus's ancestry is shared with that given for Senán son of
Gerrgenn in the
797:
641:
586:
494:
473:
245:
73:
782:
686:
222:. The first kings of Dál Riata whose existences are reasonably sure are Fergus's grandsons
415:
355:
311:
203:
139:
101:
180:"Feargus Mor mac Earca cum gente Dal Riada partem Britaniae tenuit, et ibi mortuus est."
736:
569:
530:
526:
398:
351:
272:
253:
167:
17:
542:
536:
520:
812:
676:
666:
380:
215:
191:
150:
145:
While his historicity may be debatable, his posthumous importance as the founder of
711:
706:
550:
465:
319:
296:
276:
135:
295:, and was succeeded by his son Eugenius. A linked tradition traces the origin of
259:
If
Wyntoun's account adds little to earlier ones, at the end of the 16th century
764:
671:
284:
774:
153:
of medieval and Renaissance Scotland is not in doubt. Rulers of Scotland from
307:
146:
300:
275:. In this version, the Scots had been expelled from Scotland when the
594:
288:
165:
There is reference to the Fergus Mór tradition in the Irish notulae,
418:; compare Rawlinson B. 502 para 1696 "Genelach Ríg n-Alban and the
292:
510:
598:
348:, a genealogical figure who was alleged to be a son of Fergus
303:
who assisted Fergus II in the above restoration to Scotland.
332:'s Irish partisans welcomed the king at Kilkenny during the
198:
The Senchus and the Duan name Fergus's father as Erc son of
214:, and even this identification rests upon a later gloss to
553:
contains a scanned edition of James Aikman's translation (
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according to Buchanan's count, was raised in exile in
157:
until the present time claim descent from Fergus Mór.
514:
431:
John W. M. Bannerman, "Kinship, Church and Culture",
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from the Book of Lismore (no translation available)
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97:
89:
79:
69:
61:
53:
41:
29:"Fergus I" redirects here. Not to be confused with
401:. See also Ewan Campbell, "Were the Scots Irish?".
322:'s portraits of Scottish monarchs, from Fergus to
491:Picts, Gaels, and Scots: Early Historic Scotland.
482:Campbell, Ewan, "Were the Scots Irish ?" in
523:from Rawlinson B.502 (no translation available)
318:in Edinburgh was decorated with eighty-nine of
610:
326:, produced to the order of James's grandson.
8:
264:
202:. A Middle Irish genealogy of the kings of
178:
617:
603:
595:
563:
38:
470:The Oxford Companion to Scottish History.
372:
468:, "Dál Riata" in Michael Lynch (ed.),
7:
486:, 75 (2001), pp. 285–292.
453:Aikman's edition, pp. 202–218.
834:People whose existence is disputed
299:to the son of the royal family of
177:, for the year 501, which states:
25:
717:Eochaid mac Domangairt
511:CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts
271:added much, generally following
230:, or perhaps his great-grandson
433:Collected essays & studies
362:Origins of the Kingdom of Alba
250:Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland
1:
824:6th-century Scottish monarchs
747:Eochaid mac Echdach
31:Fergus I (mythological king)
788:Conall mac Áedáin
543:Betha Shenáin meic Geirginn
412:Betha Shenáin meic Geirginn
358:, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
287:. He later fought with the
865:
819:6th-century Irish monarchs
783:Conall mac Taidg
493:Birlinn, Edinburgh, 2014.
444:See chapters xliv and liv.
422:", at line 1792 and after.
28:
632:
583:
574:
566:
559:Rerum Scoticarum Historia
539:(translation in progress)
472:Oxford UP, Oxford, 2001.
267:Rerum Scoticarum Historia
134:) was a possible king of
57:to 501 (possibly 498–501)
46:
798:Áed mac Boanta
557:) of George Buchanan's
555:The History of Scotland
537:The Annals of Tigernach
515:University College Cork
316:Palace of Holyroodhouse
18:Fergus II (son of Earc)
395:Picts, Gaels and Scots
265:
248:'s early-15th-century
179:
126:Fearghas Mòr Mac Earca
125:
687:Conall Crandomna
587:Domangart mac Ferguso
224:Gabrán mac Domangairt
527:The Annals of Ulster
138:. He was the son of
642:Domangart Réti
346:Gofraid mac Fergusa
220:Letter to Coroticus
212:Ceretic of Alt Clut
188:Senchus Fer n-Alban
174:Annals of Tigernach
118:Fergus Mór mac Eirc
829:Kings of Dál Riata
677:Domnall Brecc
667:Eochaid Buide
626:Kings of Dál Riata
489:Foster, Sally M.,
200:Eochaid Muinremuir
806:
805:
712:Ferchar Fota
707:Domnall Donn
593:
592:
584:Succeeded by
577:King of Dál Riata
499:978-1-78027-191-0
306:Buchanan's king,
246:Andrew of Wyntoun
232:Áedán mac Gabráin
155:Cináed mac Ailpín
115:
114:
48:King of Dál Riata
36:King of Dál Riata
16:(Redirected from
856:
737:Dúnchad Bec
672:Connad Cerr
619:
612:
605:
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567:Preceded by
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397:, p. 4, quoting
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131:Fergus the Great
39:
21:
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637:Fergus Mór
628:
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416:Book of Lismore
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356:Kilkerran House
342:
312:Anne of Denmark
261:George Buchanan
243:
163:
140:Erc of Dalriada
122:Scottish Gaelic
102:Erc of Dalriada
84:
37:
34:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
862:
860:
852:
851:
849:Stone of Scone
846:
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831:
826:
821:
811:
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804:
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795:
790:
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777:
772:
767:
762:
759:
754:
749:
744:
739:
734:
729:
724:
719:
714:
709:
704:
702:Máel Dúin
699:
694:
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674:
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630:
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570:Loarn mac Eirc
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399:David Dumville
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352:Clan Fergusson
349:
341:
338:
334:Williamite War
273:John of Fordun
254:Stone of Scone
242:
241:Later accounts
239:
168:Book of Armagh
162:
159:
113:
112:
109:
105:
104:
99:
95:
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93:12 October 501
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74:Domangart Réti
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24:
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837:
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827:
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765:Áed Find
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478:0-19-211696-7
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467:
466:Broun, Dauvit
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421:
420:Betha Shenáin
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360:
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216:Saint Patrick
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196:
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192:Duan Albanach
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181:
176:
175:
170:
169:
161:Early sources
160:
158:
156:
152:
151:national myth
148:
143:
141:
137:
133:
132:
127:
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119:
110:
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68:
64:
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49:
45:
40:
32:
27:
19:
779:Interregnum?
636:
575:
558:
554:
551:Google Books
490:
483:
469:
449:
440:
432:
427:
419:
411:
406:
394:
389:
375:
328:
320:Jacob de Wet
305:
297:Clan Cameron
281:Fergusius II
280:
258:
249:
244:
236:
219:
208:
197:
185:
172:
166:
164:
144:
130:
129:
117:
116:
47:
26:
761:Interregnum
722:Ainbcellach
531:translation
521:Genealogies
517:including:
285:Scandinavia
128:; English:
85:29 June 430
62:Predecessor
844:501 deaths
839:430 births
813:Categories
775:Donncoirce
727:Fiannamail
460:References
324:Charles II
83:Fergus Mór
42:Fergus Mór
752:Muiredach
697:Domangart
484:Antiquity
414:from the
136:Dál Riata
70:Successor
65:New title
581:unknown
340:See also
330:James II
308:James VI
190:and the
147:Scotland
793:Domnall
732:Selbach
692:Dúnchad
682:Ferchar
647:Comgall
301:Denmark
263:in his
228:Comgall
149:in the
770:Fergus
742:Dúngal
657:Conall
652:Gabrán
497:
476:
289:Franks
277:Romans
108:Mother
98:Father
757:Eógan
662:Áedán
368:Notes
354:, of
293:Picts
54:Reign
495:ISBN
474:ISBN
226:and
204:Alba
111:Mist
90:Died
80:Born
513:at
218:'s
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