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The list of the kings of Strathclyde concerns the kings of Alt Clut, later Strathclyde, a Brythonic kingdom in what is now western Scotland. The kingdom was ruled from Dumbarton Rock , Alt Clut , the Brythonic name of the rock, until around 870 when the rock was captured and sacked by Norse-Gaels from the kingdom of Dublin after a four-month siege.
Strathclyde (lit. "broad valley of the Clyde", Welsh: Ystrad Clud, Latin: Cumbria) [1] was a Brittonic kingdom in northern Britain during the Middle Ages. It comprised parts of what is now southern Scotland and North West England , a region the Welsh tribes referred to as Yr Hen Ogledd (“the Old North").
The first recorded family member, John Lyon, Lord of Glamis, was a courtier and diplomat, who was appointed Keeper of the Privy Seal in 1371 on the accession of Robert II. He acquired significant lands, and on 18 March 1372, Robert II granted him "the free barony of Glamuyss in the sheriffdom of Forfar."
Dyfnwal Hen or Dumnagual Hen ("Dyfnwal the Old") was a ruler of the Brittonic kingdom of Alt Clut, later known as Strathclyde, probably sometime in the early 6th century.His biography is vague, but he was regarded as an important ancestor figure for several kingly lines in the Hen Ogledd or "Old North" of Britain.
Family Remarks Died 13 February 858 Kenneth MacAlpin: Ciniod son of Elphin Cináed mac Ailpín Coinneach mac Ailpein Cenioyth [11] Ceniod [11] Unknown, but his descendants made him a member of the Cenél nGabráin of Dál Riata: Died 862 Domnall: Domnall mac Ailpín Dòmhnall mac Ailpein Donald MacAlpin Donald I Brother of Cináed Died 877 ...
Map of northern Britain, locations relating to the life and times of Eochaid. Eochaid was a son of Rhun ab Arthgal, King of Strathclyde. [8] Rhun's patrilineal ancestry is evidenced by a pedigree preserved within a collection of tenth century Welsh genealogical material known as the Harleian genealogies.
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