Beli I of Alt Clut
Beli I was a ruler of
Dumbarton Rock
, some time in the 7th century. Very little is known of him, but his family appears to have been very well connected in northern Britain.
The
Bridei III of the Picts, as the Elegy for Bruide mac Bili attributed to Adomnán calls Bridei mac rígh Ala Cluaithe ("son of the King of Alt Clut").[2][3] The Historia Brittonum says that Bridei was the fratruelis or maternal first cousin of Ecgfrith of Northumbria,[4] indicating that Beli's wife might have been of the Northumbrian nobility, though Bridei must have had some Pictish connection to become king of Fortriu.[2] The Annales Cambriae entry for 627 refers to the death of a certain Belin, who may be identified with Beli map Neithon.[2][5] He was certainly dead by 642, the year Irish sources record King Oan or Hoan of Alt Clut (apparently Beli's son Eugein) fighting the Battle of Strathcarron.[2]
Notes
- ^ Harleian genealogy 5.
- ^ a b c d MacQuarrie, p. 9.
- ^ Clancy, p. 115
- ^ Historia Brittonum, ch. 57.
- ^ Annales Cambriae, 627
References
- ISBN 0-7083-1386-8.
- MacQuarrie, Alan (1993). "The Kings of Strathclyde". In A. Grant; K. Stringer (eds.). Medieval Scotland: Crown, Lordship and Community. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 10–19.