- Teudebur of Alt Clut
Teudebur of Alt Clut (or "Teudebur map Beli") was the ruler of
Alt Clut (the area around modernDumbarton Rock ), in the early-to-mid eighth century (probably 722-52). According to the "Harleian genealogies ", he was the son of Beli II, his probable predecessor as king. Such information is confirmed by both the Irish and Welsh annals. [Alan MacQuarrie, "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), p. 10.] We know from the "Harleian genealogy" that he was the father of Dumnagual III, ["Harleian genealogy of the Kings of Alt Clut", [http://www.kmatthews.org.uk/history/harleian_genealogies/5.html here] ,] one of his successors. His reign coincided with that of the illustrious Pictish king Óengus mac Fergusa (Onuist map Uurguist). The "Annales Cambriae " reports that in 750, the Britons defeated a Pictish army at "Mocetauc" ("Mygedawc"), in which, according to the "Annals of Tigernach ", Óengus' brother Talorgen was killed. [AT 750.4, [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G100002/text014.html here] .] Mygedawc is often identified with modern Mugdock, on the boundary betweenDunbartonshire andStirlingshire , [Williams, Smyth, and Kirby, (eds.), "A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain", (London, 1991), s.v. "Teudebur (Teudubr) map Bili", p. 222.] but this identity is by no means certain. The "Annals of Tigernach", which styles him "Taudar mac Bile, rí Alo Cluaide", put his death at 752, [AT 752.2, [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G100002/text014.html here] .] and for this reason, we can be certain Teudebur was the British king responsible for the British victory.Notes
References
* Anderson, Alan Orr, Early Sources of Scottish History: AD 500–1286, 2 Vols, (Edinburgh, 1922), vol. i, p. 239-40
* 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
* Williams, Anne, Smyth, Alfred P., and Kirby, D.P., (eds.), "A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain", (London, 1991), s.v. "Teudebur (Teudubr) map Bili", pp. 221-2External links
* [http://www.kmatthews.org.uk/history/annales_cambrie/ac_a.html Annales Cambriae]
* [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G100002/text014.html Annals of Tigernach]
* [http://www.kmatthews.org.uk/history/harleian_genealogies/5.html Harleian genealogy 5]###@@@KEY@@@###s-reg
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