Feradaich mac Fergus King of Dál Riata

• Preferred Name: Feradaich mac Fergus King of Dál Riata^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}
  
• Alternate Name: Ferchar Fota of Loarn
  
• Alternate Name: Feradaig Finn Mac Fergusa
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: 697 in Dunolly Castle, Argyllshire, Scotland at LATI: N6.25 LONG: E5.25 with note: Same person
  
• Birth: ABT 625 in Cenel Loairn, Dal Riata, Ireland at LATI: N3 LONG: E8
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King of Loarn and Argyll with note: Modified | History 26 May 2012 by Judy Nelson
  
• FSID: LTWD-BMR
  
• Alternate Death Date: ABT 700 in Scotland with note: Death date from date of son becoming king. Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for Commoners, Revised Second Edition, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1995, Line 355-47, his authorities: ES,II:88; Hartwell.B1; Moriarty, 278; Pirie.S, I:1-7 (1959); II:1,2 (1960). Modified | History 31 March 2013 by ShirleyGreerHolmes
  
• Notes:

  === Rerchar Fota, seventh in descent from Lo ===
  Rerchar Fota, seventh in descent from Loarn, brother of Fergus Mor mac Erc, King of Loarn in Dunolly 676-697. [Plantagnet Ancestry 278]
  
  === In 695 Ferchar, frustrated by the contin ===
  In 695 Ferchar, frustrated by the continuing weakness of the Dal Riatan kings and the continued domination by the Picts, challenged the king Domnall Donn, leading to Domnall's death and Ferchar's assuming the leadership of the kingdom. This was followed by a two year battle with the natural successor, Eochaid son of Domanagart until Ferchar died in 697.

1. Ferchar Fota, b. 634 in Scotland     d. 697

1. Title: Geni: Ferchar Fota, King of Dalriada
   Publication: Name: https://www.geni.com/people/Ferchar-Fota-King-of-Dalriada/6000000008630655393;
   Note: Ferchar Fota (the Long) of Dalriada, Loarn Also Known As: "Ferchar", "Farquhard or Ferchard I", "Ferchar Mac Connad", "Farquhard II" Birthdate: circa 628 (69) Birthplace: Scotland Death: 697 (65-73) Scotland Immediate Family: Son of Feradaig Finn, King of Alba and Rossa of Finn Husband of ? ??? Father of Selbach Mac Ferchair Ri na Dal Riata and Ambchellach mac Ferchair, King of Dalriada\ Scots Brother of Fearcorbda (Princess) of ALBA; Ainbhcellach MacFerchar of Dalriada and Maclean of Morvern Occupation: King of Dalriada; Ruled with Donal Breacc Managed by: Private User Last Updated: July 12, 2016
   
2. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Ferchar Fota mac Feradaich King of Loarn & Argyll -
   Author: Royalty for Commoners, 2nd Ed; Roderick W Stuart {1988}, Page number: 355-47
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3. Title: Wikiwand: List of kings of Dál Riata
   Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/List_of_kings_of_D%C3%A1l_Riata;
   Note: This is a List of the kings of Dál Riata, a kingdom of Irish origin which was located in Scotland and Ireland. Most kings of Dál Riata, along with later rulers of Alba and of Scotland, traced their descent from Fergus Mór mac Eirc, and even in the 16th century, James VI of Scotland called himself the "happie monarch sprung of Ferguse race". Background It is not until the middle of the 6th century that Irish annals plausibly report the deaths of kings of Dál Riata, with the death of Comgall mac Domangairt, c. 538–545, and of his brother Gabrán, c. 558–560. After the disastrous Battle of Moira in 637, Irish Dál Riata lost possession of its Scottish lands.[1] It was during the 8th-century, the rival Dál nAraidi had overrun Irish Dál Riata,[2] though the area retained its name well into the 14th-century. The last attested king of Scottish Dál Riata is Fergus mac Echdach, brother and successor to Áed Find, whose death is reported in the Annals of Ulster in 781. Dál Riata was divided into a number of kingroups or dynasties, called cenéla, of which was the Cenél nGabráin of Kintyre, who claimed descent from Gabrán mac Domangairt, and the Cenél Loairn, who claimed descent from Loarn mac Eirc. Sources The main sources for the kings of Dál Riata include: The Annals of Ulster The Annals of Tigernach The Senchus Fer n-Alban The Synchronisms of Flann Mainistrech of Monasterboice The Duan Albanach Adomnán of Iona's Life of Saint Columba A variety of genealogies for later kings of Alba. Less reliable sources may include: The Annals of Innisfallen The Chronicon Scotorum The Annals of the Four Masters The Annals of Clonmacnoise Interpretation of these sources remains problematic. Many entries which appear to refer to Dál Riata lack context, many persons named lack patronyms or other identifying bynames. There are many disagreements among sources. Some entries have been amended and expanded at a later time.
   
4. Title: Wikiwand: List of Scottish monarchs
   Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/List_of_Scottish_monarchs;
   Note: The monarch of Scotland was the head of state of the Kingdom of Scotland. According to tradition, the first King of Scots (Middle Scots: King of Scottis, Modern Scots: King o Scots Scottish Gaelic: Rìghrean Albannaich) was Kenneth MacAlpin (Cináed mac Ailpín), who founded the state in 843. The distinction between the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of the Picts is rather the product of later medieval myth and confusion from a change in nomenclature i.e. Rex Pictorum (King of the Picts) becomes Rí Alban (King of Alba) under Donald II when annals switched from Latin to vernacular around the end of the 9th century, by which time the word Alba in Gaelic had come to refer to the Kingdom of the Picts rather than Great Britain (its older meaning). The Kingdom of the Picts just became known as Kingdom of Alba in Gaelic, which later became known in Scots and English as Scotland; the terms are retained in both languages to this day. By the late 11th century at the very latest, Scottish kings were using the term rex Scottorum, or King of Scots, to refer to themselves in Latin. The title of King of Scots fell out of use in 1707, when the Kingdom of Scotland was merged with the Kingdom of England to form a single Kingdom of Great Britain. Thus Queen Anne became the last monarch of the ancient kingdoms of Scotland and England and the first of Great Britain, although the kingdoms had shared a monarch since 1603 (see Union of the Crowns). Her uncle Charles II was the last Scottish monarch actually to be crowned in Scotland, at Scone in 1651.
   
5. Title: Wikiwand: Dál Riata
   Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/D%C3%A1l_Riata;
   Note: Dál Riata or Dál Riada (also Dalriada) (/dælˈriːədə/) was a Gaelic overkingdom that included parts of western Scotland and northeastern Ireland, on each side of the North Channel. At its height in the late 6th–early 7th centuries, it encompassed roughly what is now Argyll in Scotland and part of County Antrim in the Irish province of Ulster. In Argyll, it consisted of four main kindreds each with their own chief: Cenél Loairn (kindred of Loarn) in north and mid-Argyll, who gave their name to the district of Lorn Cenél nÓengusa (kindred of Óengus) based on Islay Cenél nGabráin (kindred of Gabrán) based in Kintyre Cenél Comgaill (kindred of Comgall) based in east Argyll, who gave their name to the district of Cowal Latin sources often referred to the inhabitants of Dál Riata as Scots (Scoti), a name originally used by Roman and Greek writers for the Irish who raided Roman Britain. Later, it came to refer to Gaelic-speakers, whether from Ireland or elsewhere. They are referred to herein as Gaels, an unambiguous term, or as Dál Riatans. The hillfort of Dunadd is believed to have been its capital. Other royal forts included Dunollie, Dunaverty and Dunseverick. Within Dál Riata was the important monastery of Iona, which played a key role in the spread of Celtic Christianity throughout northern Britain, and in the development of Insular art. Iona was a centre of learning and produced many important manuscripts. Dál Riata had a strong seafaring culture and a large naval fleet. Dál Riata is said to have been founded by the legendary king Fergus Mór (Fergus the Great) in the 5th century. The kingdom reached its height under Áedán mac Gabráin (r. 574–608). During his reign Dál Riata's power and influence grew; it carried out naval expeditions to Orkney and the Isle of Man, and assaults on the Brittonic kingdom of Strathclyde and Anglian kingdom of Bernicia. However, King Æthelfrith of Bernicia checked its growth at the Battle of Degsastan in 603. Serious defeats in Ireland and Scotland during the reign of Domnall Brecc (d. 642) ended Dál Riata's "golden age", and the kingdom became a client of Northumbria for a time. In the 730s the Pictish king Óengus I led campaigns against Dál Riata and brought it under Pictish overlordship by 741. There is disagreement over the fate of the kingdom from the late 8th century onwards. Some scholars have seen no revival of Dál Riatan power after the long period of foreign domination (c.637 to c.750 or 760), while others have seen a revival under Áed Find (736–778). Some even claim that the Dál Riata usurped the kingship of Fortriu. From 795 onward there were sporadic Viking raids in Dál Riata. In the following century, there may have been a merger of the Dál Riatan and Pictish crowns. Some sources say Cináed mac Ailpín (Kenneth MacAlpin) was king of Dál Riata before becoming king of the Picts in 843, following a disastrous defeat of the Picts by Vikings.[4] The kingdom's independence ended sometime after, as it merged with Pictland to form the Kingdom of Alba. Name The name Dál Riata is derived from Old Irish. Dál, cognate to English dole and deal, German Teil / Theil, and Latin tāliō and descendants including French taille and Italian taglia, means "portion" or "share" (as in "a portion of land"); Riata or Riada is believed to be a personal name. Thus, the name refers to "Riada's portion" of territory in the area. The Dalradian geological series, a term coined by Archibald Geikie in 1891, was named after Dál Riata because its outcrop has a similar geographical reach to that of the former kingdom. People, land and sea Dál Riata spanned the North Channel and included parts of western Scotland and northeastern Ireland. In Scotland, it corresponded roughly to Argyll (from Airer Goídel, "coast of the Gaels") and later grew to include Skye. In Ireland, it took in the northeast of County Antrim, roughly corresponding to the baronies of Cary and Glenarm. The modern human landscape of Dál Riata differs a great deal from that of the first millennium. Most people today live in settlements far larger than anything known in early times, while some areas, such as Kilmartin, and many of the islands, such as Islay and Tiree, may well have had as many inhabitants as they do today. Many of the small settlements have now disappeared, so that the countryside is far emptier than was formerly the case, and many areas that were formerly farmed are now abandoned. Even the physical landscape is not entirely as it was: sea-levels have changed, and the combination of erosion and silting will have considerably altered the shape of the coast in some places, while the natural accumulation of peat and man-made changes from peat-cutting has altered inland landscapes. As was normal at the time, subsistence farming was the occupation of most people. Oats and barley were the main cereal crops. Pastoralism was especially important, and transhumance (the seasonal movement of people with their livestock between fixed summer and winter pastures) was the practice in many places. Some areas, most notably Islay, were especially fertile, and good grazing would have been available all year round, just as it was in Ireland. Tiree was famed in later times for its oats and barley, while smaller, uninhabited islands were used to keep sheep. The area, until lately, was notable for its inshore fisheries, and for plentiful shellfish, therefore seafood is likely to have been an important part of the diet. The Senchus fer n-Alban lists three main kin groups in Dál Riata in Scotland, with a fourth being added later: The Cenél nGabráin, in Kintyre, supposedly the descendants of Gabrán mac Domangairt. The Cenél nÓengusa, in Islay and Jura, supposedly the descendants of Óengus Mór mac Eirc. The Cenél Loairn, in Lorne, perhaps also Mull and Ardnamurchan, supposedly the descendants of Loarn mac Eirc. The Cenél Comgaill, in Cowal and Bute, a later addition, supposedly the descendants of Comgall mac Domangairt. The Senchus does not list any kindreds in Ireland, but does list an apparently very minor kindred called Cenél Chonchride in Islay descended from another son of Erc, Fergus Becc. Another kindred, Cenél Báetáin of Morvern (later Clan MacInnes), branched off from Cenél Loairn about the same time that Cenél Comgaill separated from its parent kindred. The Morvern district was formerly known as Kinelvadon, after the Cenél Báetáin. The Cenél Loairn may have been the largest of the "three kindreds", as the Senchus reports it being divided further into Cenél Shalaig, Cenél Cathbath, Cenél nEchdach, Cenél Murerdaig. Among the Cenél Loairn it also lists the Airgíalla, although whether this should be understood as being Irish settlers or simply another tribe to whom the label was applied is unclear. Bannerman proposes a tie to the Uí Macc Uais. The meaning of Airgíalla 'hostage givers' adds to the uncertainty, although it must be observed that only one grouping in Ireland was apparently given this name and it is therefore very rare, perhaps supporting the Ui Macc Uais hypothesis. There is no reason to suppose that this is a complete or accurate list. Among the royal centres in Dál Riata, Dunadd appears to have been the most important. It has been partly excavated, and weapons, quern-stones and many moulds for the manufacture of jewellery were found in addition to fortifications. Other high-status material included glassware and wine amphorae from Gaul, and in larger quantities than found elsewhere in Britain and Ireland. Lesser centres included Dun Ollaigh, seat of the Cenél Loairn kings, and Dunaverty, at the southern end of Kintyre, in the lands of the Cenél nGabráin. The main royal centre in Ireland appears to have been at Dunseverick (Dún Sebuirge). Dál Riata had a strong seafaring culture. It was an archipelago with many islands and peninsulas. This, and the difficulty of overland travel, meant that travel by sea was the easiest means of moving any distance. As well as long distance trade, local trade must also have been significant. Currachs were probably the most common seagoing craft, and on inland waters dugouts and coracles were used. Large timber ships, called "long ships," perhaps similar to the Viking ships of the same name, are attested to in a variety of sources. Dál Riata had a large war fleet manned by skilled sailors, capable of undertaking far-reaching expeditions. It had an organized system for manning the fleet. Houses were grouped into twenties for the purpose of naval recruitment, with each group having to provide a quota of 28 oarsmen. Religion and art No written accounts exist for pre-Christian Dál Riata, and the earliest known records come from the chroniclers of Iona and Irish monasteries. Adomnán's Life of St Columba implies a Christian Dál Riata. Whether this is true cannot be known. The figure of Columba looms large in any history of Christianity in Dál Riata. Adomnán's Life, although useful as a record, was not intended to serve as history, but rather as hagiography. Because the writing of the lives of the saints in Adomnán's day had not reached the stylised formulas of the High Middle Ages, the Life contains a great deal of historically valuable information. It is also a vital linguistic source indicating the distribution of Gaelic and P-Celtic placenames in northern Scotland by the end of the 7th century. It famously notes Columba's need for a translator when conversing with an individual on Skye. This evidence of a non-Gaelic language is supported by a sprinkling of P-Celtic placenames on the remote mainland opposite the island.
   
6. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Feradaich mac Fergus -
   Author: Genealogies from Rawlinson B502 , Page number: 1697, original 162e
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7. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Ferchar Fota mac Feradaich King of Loarn & Argyll -
   Author: Genealogies from Rawlinson B502 , Page number: 1697, original 162e
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8. Title: Wikipedia, Feredach mac Fergusa
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferchar_Fota;
   
9. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Ferchar Fota mac Feradaich King of Loarn & Argyll -
   Author: Plantagenet Ancestry of King Edward III and Queen Philippa: George Andrews Moriarity {1985}, Page number: 278
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