Person:Fergus Mór (1)
Fergus Mór, of Dál Riata
b.Abt 445 Dalriada, Northern Ireland
d.501 Drowned at Carrickfergus (Rock of Fergus), Ulster, Ireland
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  1. Loarn mac Eirc434 -
  2. Fergus Mór, of Dál RiataAbt 445 - 501
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  • H.  Fergus Mór, of Dál RiataAbt 445 - 501
  1. Domangart mac FergusaAbt 465 - 507
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Name[3] Fergus Mór, of Dál Riata
Alt Name Long Head
Alt Name Fergus Scotland
Alt Name[2] Fergus Mor Mac Ercc
Alt Name Fergus Mor King of Dal Riata MacErc
Gender Male
Alt Birth? 440 Dalriada,,Argyllshire,Scotland
Birth[2] Abt 445 Dalriada, Northern Ireland
Marriage to Unknown
Death? 501 Drowned at Carrickfergus (Rock of Fergus), Ulster, Ireland
Alt Death? 501 Dunadd,Dalriada,Argyllshire,Scotland
Alt Death[3] Abt 501 (?)
Reference Number? Q558767?
Title (nobility)[1] (late fifth century) King of Dál Riata


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Fergus Mór mac Eirc (; English: 'Fergus the Great') was a legendary king of Dál Riata. He was the son of Erc of Dalriada.

While his historicity may be debatable, his posthumous importance as the founder of Scotland in the national myth of Medieval and Renaissance Scotland is not in doubt. Rulers of Scotland from Cináed mac Ailpín until the present time claim descent from Fergus Mór.

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"In A.D. 498, Fergus Mor Mac Earca, in the twentieth year of the reign of his father, Muredach, son of (Eugenius, or) Owen, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, with five more of his brothers, viz., another Fergus, two more named Loarn, and two named Aongus (or Æneas), with a complete army, went into Scotland to assist his grandfather Loarn, who was king of Dalriada, and who was much oppressed by his enemies the Picts, who were in several battles and engagements vanquished and overcome by Fergus and his party. Whereupon, on the king's death, which happened about the same time, the said Fergus was unanimously elected and chosen king, as being of the Blood Royal, by his mother; and the said Fergus was the first absolute king of Scotland, of the Milesian Race: so the succession continued in his blood and lineage ever since to this day."-- Four Masters. According to the Scottish chroniclers, it was A.D. 424, that Fergus Mor Mac Earca went from Ireland to Scotland. Before him, the Milesian kings in that country were kings only of that part of it called "Dalriada," of which Loarn, the grandfather of Fergus Mor Mac Earca (Mac Earca: Irish, son of Earca, daughter of Loarn) was the last king (see Part IX., c. iv. under "The Genealogy of the Kings of Dalriada").

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References
  1. ↑ Fergus Mór, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree (3). (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA;;)
    Database online.

    Record for Marca

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Fergus Mór of Dál Riata, in Baldwin, Stewart, and Todd Farmerie. The Henry Project (King Henry II ): Ancestors of King Henry II.

    Baldwin discusses the evidence for his ancestry.

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