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• FSID: G8ZQ-WSZ

Family/Spouse: mac Eochaid, King Erc. Erc was born in UNKNOWN; died in 474 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• House: 5th generation of Colla Uais
• FSID: LCXK-38X
• Birth: 450, Ulster, Ireland
• Appointments / Titles: Between 498 and 501, Argyll, Scotland; King of Dalriata

Notes:

King of Dál Riada and Scotia Minor and Alba

Fergus Mor, son of Erc, another name for Mac Nisse Mor, had one son i. Domangart

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Birth of Scottish Dál Riada

See 498 CE - Birth of Scottish Dal Riada. "Very little is known about the early Kingdom of Scottish Dal Riada or its first King Fergus. It is believed that Fergus' father Erc MacEochaid and possibly his older brother held the throne before him in Ireland. Erc died in 474, leaving a space of as much as 24 years unaccounted for in the lists of Kings. Some genealogical charts show that Erc, son of Eachach Muinremair and descendant of Cairbre Riada, and father of Fergus, ruled Dalriada in 503 A.D. For example, see the chart in Jim's Two Irish Surnames—Maguire. The Annals of the Four Masters report, however, that Eirc, son of Eochaidh Muinreamhar, died in 474. O'Donovan's notes identify him as "the ancestor of the Dalriadic kings of Scotland."

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Fergus Mór mac Erc was a legendary king of Dál Riata. While his historicity may be debatable, his posthumous importance as the founder of Scotland in the national myth of Medieval and Renaissance Scotland is not in doubt. Rulers of Scotland from Cináed mac Ailpín until the present time claim descent from Fergus Mór.

The historical record, such as it is, consists of an entry in the "Annals of Tigernach," for the year 501, which states: "Feargus Mor mac Earca cum gente Dal Riada partem Britaniae tenuit, et ibi mortuus est" (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.

The genealogy of Fergus is found in the king lists of Dál Riata, and later of Scotland, of which the "Senchus Fer n-Alban" and the "Duan Albanach" can be taken as examples. The "Senchus" states that Fergus Mór also was 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.

The "Senchus" and the "Duan" name Fergus's father as Erc, son of Eochaid Muinremuir. A Middle Irish genealogy of the kings of Alba gives an extensive genealogy for Fergus: [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. While some believe Fergus claimed lineage to King Arthur, the historian John Morris has suggested, instead, that Fergus was allowed to settle in Scotland as a federate of Arthur, as a bulwark against the Picts.

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, Ceretic of Alt Clut, and even this identification rests upon a later gloss to Saint Patrick's "Letter to Coroticus." The existence of the first kings of Dál Riata that are reasonably confirmed are Fergus's grandsons Gabrán mac Domangairt and Comgall, or perhaps his great-grandson Áedán mac Gabráin.

In the contexts of Patrician tradition, legendary accounts and symbolic description, the figure twelve is mentioned with reference to the sons of Ere.

Andrew of Wyntoun's early 15th century "Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland" 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 Stone of Scone 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.

If Wyntoun's account adds little to earlier ones, at the end of the 16th century George Buchanan in his "Rerum Scoticarum Historia" added much, generally following John of Fordun. In this version, the Scots had been expelled from Scotland when the Romans under one Maximus conquered all of Britain. His father Eugenius had been killed by the Romans, and Fergus, Fergusius II according to Buchanan's count, was raised in exile in Scandinavia. He later fought with the Franks, before eventually returning to Scotland and reconquering the Scottish lands. He was killed in battle against Durstus, king of the Picts, and was succeeded by his son Eugenius. A linked tradition traces the origin of Clan Cameron to the son of the royal family of Denmark who assisted Fergus II in the above restoration to Scotland.

Buchanan's king, James VI, shared the scholar's view of the origins of his line, describing himself in one of many verses written to his wife Anne of Denmark, as the "happie Monarch sprung of Ferguse race." Nor was James VI the last ruler to share this belief. The Great Gallery of the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh was decorated with 89 of Jacob de Wet's portraits of Scottish monarchs, from Fergus to Charles II, produced to the order of James's grandson.

James II's Irish partisans welcomed the king at Kilkenny during the Williamite War, 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."

-- from Wikiwand: Fergus Mór

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Irish King List - on the origin of Fergus Mor mac Erc.

"In the 20th year of the reign of the monarch Lughaidh, son of Laeghaire, with a complete army, Fergus Mor mac Earca (along with five of his brothers, Fergus Og, Loarn Mor, Loarn Og, Aongus Mor, and Aongus Og) went into Scotland to assist his grandfather, King Loarn (note: his grandmother's name was Earca Loarn), who was much oppressed by his enemies, the Picts; who were vanquished by Fergus and his party, who prosecuted the war so vigorously, followed the enemy to their own homes, and reduced them to such extremity, that they were glad to accept peace upon the conqueror's own conditions; whereupon, on the King's death, which happened about the same time, the said Fergus Mor was unanimously elected and chosen King as being of the blood royal by his mother. And the said Fergus, for a good and lucky omen, sent to his brother, who was then Monarch of Ireland, for the Marble Seat, called "Saxum Fatale" (in Irish, "Liath Fail," and "Cloch-na-Cinneamhna," implying in English, "The Stone of Destiny" to be crowned thereupon; which happened accordingly, for, as he was the first absolute King of all Scotland of the Miesian Race, so the succession continued in his blood and lineage ever since to this day."

-- unknown source

Seeking to obtain land in East and Strathclyde to the South; King of the Scots of Dalriada, Fergus Mor fights both the Picts to the east and the Britons of Strathclyde to the south for land.

Fergus married verch Duach, DuinseachArgyll, Scotland. Duinseach (daughter of mac Tengae, Diu) was born in 448 in Kingdom of Dál Riata, Scotland; died in DECEASED in Kingdom of Dál Riata, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• House: 6th generation of Colla Uais
• FSID: 94LR-HMT
• Appointments / Titles: Between 497 and 507, Argyll, Scotland; King of Dál Riata

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Senchus Fer n Alban Domangart, moreover, had two sons i. Gabran and Comgell, two sons of Fedelm, daughter of Brion, son of Eocho Mugmedon.

Reign of Domangart, son of Fergus Mor #1, son of Erc (or son of Mac Misi Mor, son of Fergus?) Born in Scotland. He married Fedelmia, daughter of Eochy Mogmedon. Died in 506. Father of Gabhran, #5. (501–507) The Tripartite Life of St. Patrick says that Domangart was present at Patrick's death bed. The Annals of the Four Masters note that, in the year 462, "Domhangort, son of Nissi" died. According to O'Donovan's notes, this Domanghort was King of Alba.

Wikipedia
Domangart Réti was king of Dál Riata in the early 6th century, following the death of his father, Fergus Mór.

He had at least two sons: Comgall and Gabrán, both of whom became kings in succession. The Tripartite Life of St. Patrick states that he was present at the death of the saint, c. 493. Domangart died around 507 and was succeeded by Comgall.

His byname, Réti, appears in Adomnán's Life of Saint Columba, in the form Corcu Réti, perhaps a synonym for Dál Riata. Corcu, a Primitive Irish language term for a kin group, usually combined with the name of a divine or mythical ancestor, is apparently similar to the term Dál. Alternatively, rather that representing an alternative name for all of Dál Riata, it has been suggested Corcu Réti was the name given to the kin group which later divided to form the Cenél nGabráin of Kintyre and the Cenél Comgaill of Cowal, thus excluding the Cenél nÓengusa of Islay and the Cenél Loairn of middle and northern Argyll.

Domangart married ui Briuin,, Feldelmia Foltchain in 485 in Argyll, Scotland. Feldelmia (daughter of mac Echdach, King Briun O'Neil and ingen Cathair, Rossa) was born in 470 in Leinster, Ireland; died in 518 in Argyll, Scotland; was buried in 518 in Argyll, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• House: 7th generation of Colla Uais
• FSID: K4TX-Y9Y
• Appointments / Titles: Between 537 and 559, Kingdom of Dál Riata, Scotland; King of Dál Riata, Ulaid

Notes:

Reign of Gabrán, one of two sons of Domhangart #3. Brother of Congall #4. Married to Ingenach (Lleian) (Luan), daughter of Brychan, King of Brechin or Brecheiniog in Forfarshire (a Pictish kingdom in mid-Scotland). Father of Aedhan #7. When Eochaidh, King of Leinster, was banished to Alba by Niall of the Nine Hostages, Irish Kings #126, Gabhran extended his protection to Eochaidh. Slain in a battle with the Picts under their king Bridei. (538–558) [558 or 560] (535–570) {Dale thinks the Pictish King Drest, son of Girom, whose reign he estimates as from 536 to 538, may be the same person.}

Census of the men of Alba, Gabran, moreover, had five sons i. Aedan, Eoganan, Cuildach, Domnall, Domangart.

Gabrán mac Domangairt (Old Welsh: "Gawran map Dinwarch") or Gabrán the Traitor ("Gwran Wradouc") was King of Dál Riata, Ulaid, in the mid-6th century. He is the eponymous ancestor of the Cenél nGabráin. Gabrán was the son of Domangart Réti.

The historical evidence for Gabrán is limited to the notice of his death in the Irish and Welsh annals. It is possible that Gabrán's death should be linked to a migration or flight from Bridei mac Maelchon, but this may be no more than coincidence.

Gabrán's chief importance is as the presumed ancestor of the Cenél nGabráin, a king group that dominated the kingship of Dál Riata until the late 7th century and continued to provide kings thereafter. Kings of Alba and of Scotland traced their descent through Gabrán to his grandfather Fergus Mór, who was seen as the ultimate founder of the royal house as late as the 16th and 17th centuries, long after the Gaelic origins of the kingdom.

Unlike the "Cenél Loairn," the "Senchus Fer n-Alban" does not list any kindreds within the Cenél nGabráin. However, probable descendants of Gabrán, such as Dúnchad mac Conaing and his many kinsmen, would appear to have disputed the succession with the descendants of Eochaid Buide, grandson of Gabrán, so that this absence of explicit segments in the kindred may be misleading. A genealogy of David I of Scotland in the "Book of Ballymote" notes the following divisions:

. After Áedán mac Gabráin, between the main line, called "the sons of Eochaid Buide" and "the children of Cináed mac Ailpín," and the "sons of Conaing"
. After Eochaid Buide, between the main line and the "children of Fergus Goll" and the "children of Connad Cerr ... or the men of Fife," although modern studies make Connad Cerr a member of the Cenél Comgaill
. After Eochaid mac Domangairt, between the main line and the Cenél Comgaill

The domain of the Cenél nGabráin appears to have been centered in Kintyre and Knapdale and may have included Arran, Jura and Gigha. The title "King of Kintyre" is used for a number of presumed kings of the Cenél nGabráin. Two probable royal sites are known: Dunadd, which lies at the northern edge of their presumed lands; and Aberte (or Dún Aberte), which is very likely the later Dunaverty on the headland beside Southend, Kintyre.

Kilmartin may have been an important early Christian site by reason of its proximity to Dunadd and its dedication to Saint Martin of Tours, as may Kilmichael Glassary. However, there appears to be no religious site of the importance of Lismore in the lands of the rival Cenél Loairn.

-- Wikiwand: Gabrán mac Domangairt. “The Treacherous”, “The Traitor.”

Family/Spouse: verch Brychan, Lleian Ada. Lleian (daughter of ap Brycheiniog, King Brychan and ingen Dyfnwal, N.N.) was born in 500 in Kingdom of Dál Riata, Scotland; died in 550 in Kingdom of Dál Riata, Scotland; was buried in 550 in Kingdom of Dál Riata, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]