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Kingdom of Strathclyde

medieval kingdom in northern Britain

16 dated entries naming Kingdom of Strathclyde, drawn from 15 separate years between 560 CE and 1015 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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6th century

  • 560Elidyr of Strathclyde invades Gwynedd (Wales) and tries to expel his brother-in-law, King Rhun ap Maelgwn.source

8th century

  • 722Beli II, king of Strathclyde (approximate date)source
  • 752Teudebur, king of Alt Clut (Scotland)source
  • 756Battle of Newanbirig: Kings Óengus I of the Picts and Eadberht of Northumbria attack King Dumnagual III of Strathclyde, at Dumbarton Castle (modern Scotland). However, Eadberht's entire force is subsequently wiped out, probably by the Britons.source
  • 760Dumnagual III, king of Alt Clut (Scotland)source

9th century

  • 872King Artgal of Strathclyde is slain, through the connivance of King Constantine I of Alba (modern Scotland) and his Viking allies. Artgal's son, Run, succeeds to the Strathclyde throne.source
  • 872Artgal, king of Strathclyde (Scotland)source
  • 878Run of Alt Clut, king of Strathclyde (approximate date)source
  • 889Kings Eochaid and Giric of Alba and Strathclyde (modern Scotland) are deposed by Viking invaders. They are succeeded by Donald II, the son of the late Constantine I, who becomes king of Scotland.source
  • 890King Donald II of Scotland expels the British aristocracy of Strathclyde. They flee south to North Wales.source

10th century

  • 937Battle of Brunanburh: King Æthelstan defeats a combined Northern Army under the kings Olaf of Dublin, Constantine II of Scotland and Owain of Strathclyde. Though none of the British monarchs appear to have taken part, the people of Strathclyde were a major contingent under their Scottish king.source
  • 943King Edmund I ravages Strathclyde and defeats the Scottish king Constantine II, who has reigned as king of Alba since 900. Constantine, ruler of the 'Picts and Scots', abdicates to enter a monastery and yields control of his realm to his cousin Malcolm I.source
  • 945King Edmund I conquers Strathclyde, forms an alliance with Malcolm I (king of the 'Picts and Scots') and cedes Cumberland and Westmorland to him.source
  • 975Dyfnwal ab Owain, king of Strathclydesource
  • 997Máel Coluim, king of Strathclyde (Scotland)source

11th century

  • 1015Owain ap Dyfnwal, king of Strathclyde (Scotland)source

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