Fergus mac Fogartaig (died 751) (or Fergal) was King of South
Brega
Brega , also known as ''Mersa Brega'' or ''Marsa al-Brega'' ( ar, مرسى البريقة , i.e. "Brega Seaport"), is a complex of several smaller towns, industry installations and education establishments situated in Libya on the Gulf of Sidra, ...
of the Uí Chernaig sept of
Lagore of the
Síl nÁedo Sláine branch of the southern
Ui Neill. He was the son of the high king
Fogartach mac Néill (died 724). He ruled from 738 to 751.
The annals do not mention any events regarding him other than his death obit. His death obit, though, in the ''Annals of Ulster'' has significance as the first time the title King of Southern Brega (''regis Deisceird Breg'') is used.
[''Annals of Ulster'' AU 751.2]
His sons included
Máel Dúin mac Fergusa (died 785) and
Cernach mac Fergusa
Cernach mac Fergusa (died 805) was a King of in South Brega of the Uí Chernaig sept of Lagore of the Síl nÁedo Sláine branch of the Southern Uí Néill. He was the son of Fergus mac Fogartaig (died 751) and brother of Máel Dúin mac Fergusa ( ...
(died 805), both called Kings of Loch Gabor as well as
Ailill mac Fergusa (died 800), styled King of South Brega.
Notes
See also
*
Kings of Brega
References
* ''Annals of Ulster'' a
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Textsa
University College Cork* Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2000), ''Early Christian Ireland'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
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Kings of Brega
751 deaths
8th-century Irish monarchs
Year of birth unknown
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