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  Kingdom of Strathclyde - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Strathclyde was one of the kingdoms of ancient Scotland in the post-Roman period.
Strathclyde's capital was at Dumbarton Rock, or, on the Firth of Clyde.
Strathclyde's independence effectively came to an end with the death of (Owen) the Bald, who died in 1018, when the dynasty of Kenneth f Alpin began to rule the region.
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 Strathclyde - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Strathclyde (Srath Chluaidh in Gaelic) was one of the regional council areas of Scotland from 1975 to 1996.
In the context of the development of the history of Scotland and Wales, Strathclyde is the Kingdom of Strathclyde.
Strathclyde was a British kingdom, while Argyll was the heartland of the (Irish) Scottish kingdom of Dalriada having been taken over, probably from Picts.
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 Surname History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
kingdom of Northumbria on the east and the Scotish-Pictish (Scots) kingdom of Alba on the north.
The kingdoms of Strathclyde and Rheged are the legendary lands of Arthur, fabled king of the Britons.
Strathclyde, greatly weakened by the loss of its army and much of its population was finally defeated by the Angles and ceded to the king of Scotland, Malcolm I, in 945 on condition of unity and aid.
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 ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Strathclyde
Strathclyde, former administrative region, south-western Scotland, that was bounded on the north by Highland region, on the east by Central and...
Strathclyde, University of, institution of higher education in Glasgow, south-west central Scotland.
Following the departure of the Romans, the region became part of the kingdom of Strathclyde.
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 Kingdom of Strathclyde   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Strathclyde was one of the kingdoms of ancient Scotland in thepost- Roman period.
Strathclyde's history beyond this point is at best sketchy, although there is evidence which suggests that some of theStrathclyde nobility fled to Gwynedd in north Wales.
Strathclyde's independenceeffectively came to an end with the death of Ywain (Owen) the Bald, who died in 1018, when the dynasty of Kenneth f Alpin began to rule the region.
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 Kingdom of Strathclyde - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Strathclyde (Welsh: Ystrad Clud) was one of the kingdoms of ancient Scotland in the post-Roman period.
On their arrival in Gwynedd, the Strathclyde Britons were welcomed by Anarawd ap Rhodri of Gwynedd.
Donald f Aed, for instance, was definitely part of the royal Scottish dynasty, and some other Strathclyde kings may also have been.
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 Britons of Strathclyde
An important kingdom in the history of Scotland is that of the Britons: specifically the Britons of Strathclyde.
That which was later called Strathclyde was based on the British tribal division of the Damnonii around Dumbarton, or Alcluith, “the Rock of the Clyde.” At its greatest extent, Strathclyde stretched as far south and southeast as to include Galloway and Cumbria.
Strathclyde effectively merged with Scotland after Owen the Bald, fighting alongside the Scots, was killed at the Battle of Carham in 1018.
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 Kings of Strathclyde
One of the kingdoms of Scotland that arose at the end of the Roman occupation of Britain was that of Strathclyde.
This incensed the Strathclyde prince, who considered himself to be the true heir through marriage to the legimate daughter.
In 1034, the Kingdom of Strathclyde was formally merged with that of Alba, and Scotland was formally born, albeit at this time without the Western Isles and the Orkneys and Shetland which were still under Norse rule.
www.templum.freeserve.co.uk /history/strathclyde/localkings.htm   (2109 words)

  
 Caledonia: A Light in the North
Caledonia is divided among the following lands: the Kingdom of Alban, the Northern Islands, and the Borders, which include the Kingdom of Strathclyde, Galloway, and the northern portions of the Kingdom of Northumbria.
Strathclyde is the last British kingdom in the north, centered on the great keep on Dumbarton Rock, a stronghold in which they successfully resisted the attacks of Picts, Scots, and Angles.
Centuries ago it was part of the British kingdom of Rheged, but when that kingdom fell to the Angles it became something of a no-man's land, claimed by Strathclyde to the north, Northumbria to the east, and the Isle of Man (to which the heirs of Rheged had fled) to the south.
www.bol.ucla.edu /~smartin/caledonia/caledonia.html   (1811 words)

  
 The Law School :: The University Of Strathclyde :: Welcome
As Strathclyde Law School celebrates 40 years of success this year, the LLM/PgDip in Construction Law is celebrating its 10th birthday with the appointment of new course director, Brandon Nolan.
Strathclyde University’s Law School is one of the leading research establishments in Scotland.
According to The Times newspaper, Strathclyde Law School is the best Law School in Scotland and one of the top 20 Law Schools in the UK (of which there are about 60).
www.law.strath.ac.uk   (763 words)

  
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The main problem is the old kingdom of Strathclyde, not part of Scotland which juts dangerously into Harald’s territory.
He states that ‘the proud people of Strathclyde will no longer stand for foreign princes ruling over them’ He soon acquires a large following of native Strathclyders and is joined by a number of disaffected Scots annoyed with Malcolm’s marriage to Margaret and his donation of Strathclyde to Edgar.
At a gathering of the lords of Strathclyde he is acclaimed as King.
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 The forming of Scotland
In order to realise the amalgamation of the Kingdom of Strathclyde with that of the Kingdom of Alba, an understanding of the political events preceding it is required.
The Scotland of the sixth century was a land of four distinct peoples:- the Britons of Strathclyde; the Scots of Dalriada; the Picts of Caledonia; and the newcoming Angles of Northumbria who advanced into the Lothians.
He was to be the last King of Strathclyde, for on the death of King Malcolm II of Alba in 1034, he also succeeded to that throne, thus joining the two kingdoms as one; Scotland.
www.templum.freeserve.co.uk /history/Scotland/alba.htm   (967 words)

  
 Republic of Strathclyde
The King works to ensure that he represents all Strathclyde citizens and enjoy a constitutional government free from corruption, which listens to the People and is accountable.
The King founded the micronation of Strathclyde under the premise that if the whole of Scotland cannot attain independence from rule at Westminster then at least part of her will and the rest can join later.
Strathclyde's heads of state no longer has the power to deprive a Strathclyde citizen of his citizenship for inactivity.
strathclyde2.homestead.com /Kingdom_of_Strathclyde_treaties.html   (482 words)

  
 Kingdom of Strathclyde -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Strathclyde's capital was at (Click link for more info and facts about Dumbarton) Dumbarton Rock, or Alt Cluid, on the (A firth on the southwestern coast of Scotland emptying into the North Channel) Firth of Clyde.
The (Any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries) Vikings had laid siege to Dumbarton for four months in 870, eventually defeating the inhabitants when they cut off their water supply.
Strathclyde's independence effectively came to an end with the death of Ywain ((English comparative anatomist and paleontologist who was an opponent of Darwinism (1804-1892)) Owen) the Bald, who died in 1018, when the dynasty of (Click link for more info and facts about Kenneth f Alpin) Kenneth f Alpin began to rule the region.
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 Early Inhabitants
Weakened by these attacks, the Kingdom of Strathclyde succumbed to the onslaught of the Scottish tribe from Ireland, from whom Scotland got its name, and the Picts from northern Scotland, united under the great king Kenneth MacAlpin.
Most of the nobles of Strathclyde fled to their kin in north Wales and the common people of the area around Overtoun became subjects of a descendent of the Scottish kings who finally united lowland Scotland into one kingdom in the middle of the 11th century.
As capital of the Briton kingdom of Strathclyde, Dumbarton is a possible candidate for Camelot the seat of King Arthur.
www.overtounhouse.com /early.html   (562 words)

  
 Clans and Families of Ireland and Scotland - The Kingdom of the Picts: Christianity, Paganism and the Making of Gaelic ...
The time was the beginning of the seventh century A.D. The kingdom of the Northumbrian Angles occupied the eastern Lowlands southwards starting with Edinburgh: Its northern half was the sub-kingdom of Beornicia.
Just north of Strathclyde, in the region now known as Argyle, lay the kingdom of the Scots of Dal Riada, Scots being a generic term for these recent Erainnian immigrants.
Dominating the whole region was the kingdom of the Cruithne of Alba.
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 The Buchanan Clan Homepage - Clan Galbraith History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
GALBRAITH: Rendered in Gaelic, "Mac a' Bhreatnnaich" (son of the Briton), this description is in accord with the fact that the name is associated from an early date with the ancient kingdom of Strathclyde which had its capital at Dumbarton ('The fortress of the Britons').
It is conjectured that their early chiefs were of the royal house of Strathclyde and by such ancestry they had close affinity with, or married into, the family of the Celtic Earls of Lennox.
Lord Strathclydes’ family used the motto “AB OBICE SUAVIOR” which is said to be “Gentler Because of the Obstruction.” The Galbraith-Culcreuch Association also used this same version of the Clan Galbraith motto on their letterhead and correspondence.
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 Clan SNODGRASS
Strathclyde was never conquered by the Saxons who took Northumbria (the NE corner of England) part of which was east of the Clyde as it turns southward through Ayrshire, now known as Midlothian, Scotland.
St. Patrick of fame as the Bishop of Ireland was born and raised in the Dumbarton area of Strathclyde and was a Brythonic Celt and not a Gaedelic Celt such as the “native” Irish.
The inhabitants of Strathclyde were the first Christians in “Scotland” some having been converted from the pagan Druid religion by a native of Strathclyde, Ninian, the first Christian missionary to Scotland known by name.
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 GO BRITANNIA! Wales: A Sense of Wales
Most historians think that, apart from the area now known as Wales, the British (Brythonic) kingdoms that survived in the north and west were Rheged, Gododdin and Strathclyde (in present-day Scotland).
A new theory is that these kingdoms were in northern Wales, the confusion arising out of Geoffrey of Monmouth's identification of Britannia with the whole of Britain instead of with Wales alone.
Composed either in the northern kingdom of Strathclyde (in present day southwest Scotland, soon to be overrun by invaders from Ireland, speaking Gaelic), or in a north Wales kingdom, the earliest Welsh-language poems are part of what is known as the heroic tradition.
www.britannia.com /wales/whist2.html   (716 words)

  
 St David's Day (March 1st) - Stormfront White Nationalist Community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Kingdom of Strathclyde based around Dumbarton Rock in Scotland was a Kingdom of the Britons.
The Kingdom of Strathclyde may well have been a kingdom of the Britons in the north but, as a Roman province, the Romano-Britons flourished in southern England until the coming of Hengist and Horsa, the Jutish guests of King Vortigern.
No one is denying that English kingdoms were established, nor that the ruling elite were English, and yes, many Britons moved westwards to Wales, Cornwall and Cumbria and also to northern France (hence Brittony), but many of the people living in the Anglo/Saxon kingdoms were the same people that had been living there for centuries.
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 Ernie Whiteside exerpts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Britons of Strathclyde joined with the Britons of Rheged, to their south, in 573 and formed a larger kingdom of Strathclyde which bordered Cumbria on the south, the Angle (English) kingdom of Northumbria on the east and the Scottish-Pictish (Scots) kingdom of Alba on the north.
In 750, Northumbria succeeded in separating the Britons of Strathclyde from those on their south.
The kingdom of Strathclyde finally disappeared altogether in 1035, when Duncan, king of Strathclyde, ascended to the throne of Scotland and united the two kingdoms.
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 Uktravel.com - Castle Guide
The earliest reference is to St Patrick, the patron Saint of Ireland, who wrote in 450AD to the King of Strathclyde about a raid by the King's followers on some of St. Patrick's converts.
In the Dark Ages, the Kingdom of Strathclyde, with its capital at Dumbarton, spread south from the river Clyde to cover much of south-west Scotland.
Owen the Bald, the last King of Strathclyde, died at the Battle of Carham in 1018, and Strathclyde was absorbed into the Kingdom of Scots.
www.uktravel.com /castlecontent.asp?timeID=Dumbarton&offset=30   (834 words)

  
 Medieval Sourcebook: Cynthia Whidden Green: Saint Kentigern, Apostle to Strathclyde: A critical analysis of a northern ...
The history of the kingdom of Strathclyde, from the withdrawal of the Roman legions until its eventual annexation into the medieval kingdom of Scotland in the eleventh century, is filled with obscure references, unknown names, and little documentation in the way of written sources.
According to Bede, the traditional date for the foundation of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Bernicia is 547, and its stronghold on the rock of Bamburgh threatened the territory of the British kingdom of Gododdin.
Patrick, a native of either Strathclyde or Solway, was the son of a deacon and the grandson of a priest.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/basis/CynthiaWhiddenGreen-SaintKentigern1998.html   (18872 words)

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