Eochaid "Eochu" Ap Rhun 5th King of Scots

• Preferred Name: Eochaid "Eochu" Ap Rhun 5th King of Scots^{[1] [2] [3]}
  
• Alternate Name: Eochaid Of Scots Ap Rhun
  
• Alternate Name: Eochaid Scotland
  
• Alternate Name: Eochaid Macalpin
  
• Gender: M
  
• Birth: 855 in Scotland
  
• Death: 889
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: last King of STRATHCLYDE
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: 5th King of the ScotsBET 878 AND 889
  
• FSID: 9CC1-QZT
  
• Ruled: BET 878 AND 889 with note: Description: Joint rule with cousin Giric. Both deposed. from merge
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  last king of original dynasty
  was co-king of Scotland with Scottish King Giric I; was expelled by the Scottish King Donald II and fled to Wales to the court of King Anarawd [ap Rhodri] of Gwynedd along with the remaining members of Strathclyde's royal family, whereupon Strathcylde became an appanage of the Scottish kingdom
  [note: Eochu had issue of a son, Hobert [Hoah], & a dau, Lund, wife of (1) Cadell, King of Seisyllwg (d909); (2) Niall "Glundub", King of Ireland (d919), & (3) Cadwyr, a Cornish-Dumnonian prince
  Eochaid (fl. 878–889) was a ninth-century Briton who may have ruled as King of Strathclyde and/or King of the Picts.[note 1] He was a son of Rhun ab Arthgal, King of Strathclyde, and descended from a long line of British kings. Eochaid's mother is recorded to have been a daughter of Cináed mac Ailpín, King of the Picts. This maternal descent from the royal Alpínid dynasty may well account for the record of Eochaid reigning over the Pictish realm after the death of Cináed's son, Áed, in 878. According to various sources, Áed was slain by Giric, a man of uncertain ancestry, who is also accorded kingship after Áed's demise.
  
  It is uncertain if Eochaid and Giric were relatives, unrelated allies, or even rivals. Whilst it is possible that they held the Pictish kingship concurrently as allies, it is also conceivable that they ruled successively as opponents. Another possibility is that, whilst Giric reigned as King of the Picts, Eochaid reigned as King of Strathclyde. Eochaid's floruit dates about the time when the Kingdom of Strathclyde seems to have expanded southwards into lands formerly possessed by the Kingdom of Northumbria. The catalyst for this extension of British influence appears to have been the Viking conquest of this northern English realm.
  
  According to various sources, Eochaid and Giric were driven from the kingship in 889. The succeeding king, Domnall mac Custantín, was an Alpínid, and could well have been responsible for the forced regime change. The terminology employed by various sources suggests that during the reigns of Eochaid and Giric, or during that of Domnall and his successors, the wavering Pictish kingdom—weakened by political upheaval and Viking invasions—redefined itself as a Gaelic realm: the Kingdom of Alba.
  
  Eochaid is not attested after 889. Likewise, nothing is recorded of the Kingdom of Strathclyde until the first quarter of the next century, when a certain Dyfnwal, King of Strathclyde is reported to have died. Whilst the parentage of this man is unknown, it is probable that he was a member of Eochaid's kindred, and possibly a descendant of him. A daughter of Eochaid may have been Lann, a woman recorded to have been the mother of Muirchertach mac Néill, King of Ailech.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eochaid,_son_of_Rhun
  
  === !#4568-v1-p21*; !King of Scots, 878-889; ===
  !#4568-v1-p21*; !King of Scots, 878-889; !King of Strathclyde, 889-?; !Dalriada, Kingdom of Scots who emigrated from Ireland in 506;
  
  === deposed ===
  deposed
  
  === Ruled 878 - 889. ===
  Ruled 878 - 889.
  
  === http://www.geocities.com/craigs_kahunas/ ===
  http://www.geocities.com/craigs_kahunas/report_duncan.htm Niall Mor Noighiallach 126th Monarch of Ireland states that he was Eocha (Giric) of Scotland, King of Scotland, and sonof Eochaid MacAlpin and Run of Strathclyde. The Book of McKee, p 408 states that Gregory (Gairig Mac Dungail) was king 17 years, 878-895.
  
  === King of Scotland ===
  King of Scotland
  
  === Still Living. ===
  Still Living.
  
  === "Bloodline of the Holy Grail" by Laurenc ===
  "Bloodline of the Holy Grail" by Laurence Gardner. page 274

• m. BEF 885 in Europe

1. Ingrid Briorn Gothland, b. in Gotland, Sweden     d. AFT 851 in Scotland
2. Lann Ingen Eochaid, b. 885 in Scotland    

1. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Eocha King of -
   Author: Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2941801618
   
2. Title: THE SCOTTISH ROYAL DYNASTIES 842–1625
   Author: "." . N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Apr. 2014..
   Publication: Name: https://www.royal.gov.uk/pdf/scottish.pdf;
   Note: This source was added by the free service available at RecordSeek.com.
   
3. Title: History of the Monarchy > The early Scottish Monarchs > Giric
   Author: "History of the Monarchy > The early Scottish Monarchs > Giric." History of the Monarchy > The early Scottish Monarchs > Giric. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Apr. 2014..
   Publication: Name: https://www.royal.gov.uk/HistoryoftheMonarchy/Scottish%20Monarchs(400ad-1603)/TheearlyScottishMonarchs/Giric.aspx;
   Note: The father of Giric is disputed; most historians claim that his father was a man called Dungal. He seems to have ruled jointly with Eochaid, who does not appear on the early lists of kings but had some claim to the Pictish throne. Giric invaded Northumbria at least once. He died at Dundurn, in Perthshire, in 889. This source was added by the free service available at RecordSeek.com.