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offers the provisional conclusion that, within the emendations and additions, there lies an authentic 9th century Litany. The significance of this Litany for the question of Giric's authenticity and kingship is contained in a prayer for the king and the army, where the king named is Giric:
256:, St Cyricus was Giric's patron saint, not only because his name is homophonous with the Latin form of the saint's name, Ciricum, but also because the first church dedicated to St Cyricus was established during Giric's reign at a place called 599:
argues that the association of Giric and Eochaid in the kingship is spurious, that Giric alone was king of the Picts, which he claimed as the son of a daughter of Kenneth MacAlpin, and that the report that he was Eochaid's guardian
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And Eochaid, son of Run, the king of the Britons grandson of Kenneth by his daughter reigned for eleven years; although other say that Giric, the son of another, reigned at this time because he became Eochaid's foster-father and
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Two scholars have defined the two in political rather than kinship terms. A. Weeks, commentator, speculated, "Possibly Giric was not of royal blood, so he used Eochaid as a puppet". In 1904, Sir
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And in second year, Áed, Niall's son, died; and his ninth year, on the very day of Cyricus, an eclipse of the sun occurred. Eochaid with his foster-father was now expelled from the kingdom.
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to describe relationship of Giric to Eochaid. Translator T. H. Weeks chose to translate that phrase into English as "teacher and prime minister", yet in the same section offered "
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writings add anything, and the meagre information which survives is contradictory. Modern historians disagree as to whether Giric was the sole king or ruled jointly with
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more or less subject to him". What is known of the two is that in 878 Giric killed Aed (uncle of Eochaid) "in battle" in the town of Nrurim, which was probably north of
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By the 12th century, Giric had acquired legendary status as liberator of the Scottish church from Pictish oppression and, fantastically, as conqueror of
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However, this cousin kinship is only speculation since the ancestry of Giric is obscure. Rhun, the father of Eochaid, is known to have been "a
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Various theories have been put forward regarding the relationship between Eochaid and Giric, who by all accounts was the elder of the two.
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Ut regem nostrum Girich cum exercito suo ab omnibus inimicorum insiidis tuearis et defendas, te rogamus audi nos.
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Although little is now known of Giric, he appears to have been regarded as an important figure in
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Giric, Dungal's son, reigned for twelve years; and he died in Dundurn, and was buried in
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The rule of the Son of Fortune in his land in the east will cast misery from Scotland.
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The surviving lists and their origins and relationships are discussed extensively by
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found the best solution, referring to Giric as Eochaid's "rather shadowy kinsman".
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There is a tendency in popular history books and web sites to refer to the two as "
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wrote of Giric as "King Gregory the Great" and told how he had conquered half of
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The Prophecy of BerchĂĄn: Irish and Scottish High-Kings of the Early Middle Ages
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The Britons will be low in his time; high will be Alba of melodious boats.
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Seventeen years (in fortresses of valour) in the sovereignty of Scotland.
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List "D", which may be taken as typical, contains this account of Giric:
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account, from Skene, op. cit., pp. 22, 224, is quoted in A.O. Anderson,
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Alternatively, "he shall knead Alba into one kingdom"; A. O. Anderson,
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dynasty of Kenneth MacAlpin and his kin, was a member of the northern
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He will have in bondage in his house Saxons, Foreigners, and Britons.
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The Kingship of the Scots 842–1292: Succession and Independence
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Hostages signifying his rule over these peoples. Foreigners, (
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Pleasant to my heart and my body is what my spirit tells me:
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Skene, William F.; Weeks, T. H., trans.; Weeks, A. (1867).
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Local Saints and Local Churches in the Early Medieval West
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is 16 June, and on (or near) that day in 885 there was a
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Eochodius, cum alum(p)no suo, expulsus est nunc de regno
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saw a connection between this and the account in the
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For the saint known as Giric in Wales, see 30:For the like-named bishop of St Andrews, see 1142:Warlords and Holy Men: Scotland A.D. 80–1000 722:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 2407:Monarchs of England and Scotland after the 2584:Debated or disputed rulers are in italics. 1847: 1833: 1271: 1257: 557: 476:. This tale appears in the variant of the 58: 1106:, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002. 1089:, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997. 566:Litany", which was largely fabricated in 448:(CinĂĄed mac AilpĂ­n); Áed, Niall's son is 668: 244:Giric's name is associated with that of 166:record nothing of Giric's reign, nor do 1087:The Oxford Companion to British History 1060:Scottish Annals from English Chronicles 953:Catalog of Solar Eclipses: 0801 to 0900 14: 2597: 915:, is the fullest study of this source. 284:Relationship between Giric and Eochaid 1828: 1252: 1070:Kings and Kingship in Early Scotland 816: 459: 592:He shall rule over Alba as one Lord 318:" or "first cousins once removed". 254:Chronicles of the Kings of Scotland 24: 1177:The Chronicle of the Kings of Alba 981:, p. 365, note 2; A. O. Anderson, 931:, p. 9, quoted in A. O. Anderson, 472:. As a result, Giric was known as 25: 2626: 1170: 841: 801: 761: 672:Early Sources of Scottish History 544:This account is not found in the 355: 27:King of the Picts from 878 to 889 359: 179:Scotland in the High Middle Ages 1884:Monarchs of Scotland until 1603 1185:at the official website of the 1022: 1005: 992: 971: 958: 938: 918: 901: 888: 863: 850: 835: 697:Chronicles of the Kings of Alba 604:) is a misreading of an uncle ( 562:In a recent discussion of the " 433:is perhaps corrupt. It states: 239: 1881:Monarchs of England until 1603 810: 795: 770: 755: 730: 687: 662: 649: 637: 488:Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland 479:Chronicle of the Kings of Alba 430:Chronicle of the Kings of Alba 292:Chronicle of the Kings of Alba 225:Chronicle of the Kings of Alba 13: 1: 2605:9th-century Scottish monarchs 1280:Pictish and Scottish monarchs 631: 541:to defeat a Scots invasion. 523:Historia de Sancto Cuthberto 505:Giric's conquests appear as 185:. Scots chroniclers such as 7: 2491:British monarchs after the 669:Anderson, Alan Orr (1922). 32:Giric (bishop of the Scots) 10: 2631: 1134:, Greenwood, London, 1996. 1034: 989:from 883 to 24 August 895. 929:Chronicles of the Picts... 427:The entry on Giric in the 154:("Son of Fortune"), was a 40: 29: 2579: 2502: 2486: 2482: 2419: 2402: 2398: 1875: 1871: 1801: 1521: 1286: 1237: 1221: 1213: 1208: 1194: 1066:Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson 1000:Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson 482:which is interpolated in 222:and some versions of the 148:Gregory or Greg MacDougal 125: 113: 105: 101: 91: 81: 73: 66: 57: 52: 1062:, D. Nutt, London, 1908. 578:and Early Modern times, 424:, "the Son of Fortune". 250:Diocletianic persecution 1158:, Seaby, London, 1991. 913:The Prophecy of BerchĂĄn 911:, pp. 366–367. Hudson, 874: 558:Ut regem nostrum Girich 406:The Prophecy of BerchĂĄn 395:The Prophecy of BerchĂĄn 228:say that Giric died at 1288:Monarchs of the Picts 894:After A. O. 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Index

Giric of Scotland
Giric (bishop of the Scots)
Cyricus and Julitta
Sons of Fortune

King of the Picts
Áed
Donald II
Dundurn, Scotland
Modern Gaelic
king of the Picts
king of Alba
Irish annals
Anglo-Saxon
Eochaid
Scotland in the High Middle Ages
Late Middle Ages
John of Fordun
Andrew of Wyntoun
Hector Boece
humanist
George Buchanan
England
Ireland
Chronicle of Melrose
Chronicle of the Kings of Alba
Dundurn
Strathearn
St Cyricus
Diocletianic persecution

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