For the like-named bishop of St Andrews, see Giric (bishop of the Scots). For the saint known as Giric in Wales, see Cyricus and Julitta.
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Giric
King of the Picts
Reign
878–889
Predecessor
Áed
Successor
Donald II
Born
c. 832
Died
c. 890 Dundurn, Scotland
Father
Domnall mac Ailpín?
Giric mac Dúngail (Modern Gaelic: Griogair mac Dhunghail;[1] fl. c. 878–889), in modern English his name is Gregory or Greg MacDougal and nicknamed Mac Rath ("Son of Fortune"),[2] was a king of the Picts or the king of Alba. The Irish annals record nothing of Giric's reign, nor do Anglo-Saxon writings add anything, and the meagre information which survives is contradictory. Modern historians disagree as to whether Giric was sole king or ruled jointly with Eochaid, on his ancestry, and if he should be considered a Pictish king or the first king of Alba.
Although little is now known of Giric, he appears to have been regarded as an important figure in Scotland in the High Middle Ages and the Late Middle Ages. Scots chroniclers such as John of Fordun, Andrew of Wyntoun, Hector Boece and the humanist scholar George Buchanan wrote of Giric as "King Gregory the Great" and told how he had conquered half of England and Ireland too.
The Chronicle of Melrose and some versions of the Chronicle of the Kings of Alba say that Giric died at Dundurn in Strathearn.
Giric mac Dúngail (Modern Gaelic: Griogair mac Dhunghail; fl. c. 878–889), in modern English his name is Gregory or Greg MacDougal and nicknamed Mac Rath...
refer to him as Giric son of Kenneth son of Dub, which is taken to be an error. An alternate explanation is that Kenneth had a son, Giric, who ruled jointly...
Cináed's son, Áed, in 878. According to various sources, Áed was slain by Giric, whose ancestry is uncertain and who then proceeded to usurp the Alban throne...
Prophecy of Berchán. Donald became king on the death or deposition of Giric (Giric mac Dúngail), the date of which is not certainly known but usually placed...
ousted in 878, when Constantine I's brother, Áed mac Cináeda, was killed by Giric mac Dúngail, but they returned in 889, when Constantine I's son Donald II...
Gaelic words have not been translated into Latin. By the 12th century, Giric had acquired legendary status as liberator of the Scottish church from Pictish...
who is somehow connected with Giric, but all other lists say that Giric ruled after Áed and make great claims for him. Giric is not known to have been a...
Áed mac Cináeda of Scotland is killed in battle, by his rival Giric mac Dúngal. Giric becomes king of the Picts, and allies himself with Eochaid (grandson...
Details of the kings prior to Malcolm III are sparse, and the status of two – Giric and Eochaid – dubious; details of their wives are almost non-existent. Thus...
Lady Chapel Westminster Abbey website (accessed 20 June 2007) Eochaid & Giric Undiscovered Scotland (accessed 20 June 2007) Ross, David R (2003). Passion...
He may have never actually been king and if he was, he was co-king with Giric. ¤Amlaíb is known only by a reference to his death in 977, which reports...
saints, in Llanilid, but named as St. Ilid and St. Curig. The cult of "St. Giric" was formerly much more widespread in Celtic Britain, however. His feast...
or Constantine I (II), King (862–877) Áed mac Cináeda, King (877–878) Giric, King (878–889) Eochaid, disputed King (c.878–889) Donald II, King (889–900)...
301 days Malcolm IV 24 May 1153 9 December 1165 4,582 12 years, 199 days Giric (co-ruler with Eochaid?) 878 889 c. 4.000 c. 11 years Donald II 889 900...
title of "Archbishop" is accorded in Scottish and Irish sources to Bishop Giric and Bishop Fothad II. The problem was that this archepiscopal status had...
of Wessex Alfred the Great 849–899 King of the Anglo-Saxons r. 871–899 Giric c. 832–889 King of the Picts r. 878–889 Constantín I mac Cináeda d. 877...
858–862 Kenneth I MacAlpin King of the Picts 810–858/859 r. 841/843–858/859 Giric King of the Picts c. 832–889 r. 878–889 Constantín I mac Cináeda King of...
was temporarily lost after the first conquest of 878. Kings Eochaid and Giric of Alba and Strathclyde (modern Scotland) are deposed by Viking invaders...
the feasts of St Patrick (Gwyl Badric) on 17 March; St. Quiricus (Gwyl Giric) on 16 June; the Beheading of John the Baptist (called in Welsh Gwyl Ieuan...
House of Alpin (Scotland) unknown 877–878 878 Killed by his successor, Giric Edmund I West Saxons (England) c. 921 939–946 26 May 946 Murdered at a party...
Arthgal, and maternal grandson of Cináed Associated with Giric. Could have shared kingship with Giric, either as an equal partner or adversary. Could have...
812-862 Iona King Constantine I ?-877 Iona King Áed bef. 858–878 Iona King Giric ?-892 Iona? King Donald II ?-900 Iona King Constantine II bef. 879–952 Iona...
six-month of siege. 878 Kenneth mac Alpin's son Áed killed; Giric becomes king. 889 Death of Giric; Domnall mac Causantín, grandson of Kenneth, becomes king...
emerging from it to combat Constantine III and Kenneth III (or his son Giric). In 1000, Malcolm reportedly defended Cumbria against the invasion of Æthelred...
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