Uuen (Wen) or Eogán mac Óengusa in Gaelic (commonly referred to by the

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''Eóganán'') was king of the

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between AD 837–839.

Life

Uuen was a son of Onuist II

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Uurguist rguist(in Gaelic: Óengus II mac Fergusa, died 834) and succeeded his cousin Drest mac Caustantín as king in 836 or 837. The sole notice of Uuen in the Irish annals is the report of his death, together with his brother Bran and "Áed mac Boanta, and others almost innumerable" in a battle fought by the men of Fortriu against

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in 839. This defeat appears to have ended the century-long domination of Pictland by the descendants of Onuist I

Wrguist (in Gaelic: Óengus I mac Fergusa). If the annalistic record is short, there are other traditions relating to Uuen. He is named by the St Andrews foundation tale as one of the sons of Onuist who met with Saint Regulus at

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when the Saint supposedly brought the relics of Saint Andrew to Scotland. Along with his uncle Caustantín, Uuen appears to have been a patron of the

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n monasteries as he is named in the ''Liber Vitae Dunelmensis'', which contains a list of those for whom prayers were said, dating from around 840. Uuen, his father, his uncle and his cousin Domnall appear in the ''

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'', a praise poem from the reign of Máel Coluim (III) mac Donnchada listing Máel Coluim's predecessors as

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, of Alba and of

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from

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and his brothers onwards. Their inclusion in this source and its like is thought to be due to their importance to the foundation traditions of

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and St Andrews.Broun, "Pictish Kings", p. 81. On Uuen's death the Pictish Chronicle king lists have him followed by the short reigns of

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(Ferat) and Uurad's sons Bridei, Cináed and Drest, by Bridei son of Fochel (Uuthoil) and by Cináed mac Ailpín (Ciniod

Elphin), the eventual victor and founder of a new ruling clan.

Notes

References

* Anderson, Alan Orr, ''Early Sources of Scottish History A.D 500–1286'', volume 1. Reprinted with corrections, Stamford: Paul Watkins, 1990. * Broun, Dauvit, "Pictish Kings 761-839: Integration with Dál Riata or Separate Development" in Sally Foster (ed.) ''The St Andrews Sarcophagus: A Pictish masterpiece and its international connections.'' Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1998. * Clancy, Thomas Owen, "Caustantín son of Fergus (Uurgust)" in M. Lynch (ed.) ''The Oxford Companion to Scottish History.'' Oxford & New York: Oxford UP, 2002. * Forsyth, Katherine, "Evidence of a lost Pictish source in the ''Historia Regum Anglorum'' of

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", in Simon Taylor (ed.) ''Kings, clerics and chronicles in Scotland, 500-1297: essays in honour of Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson on the occasion of her ninetieth birthday.'' Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2000. * Smyth, Alfred P. ''Warlords and Holy Men: Scotland AD 80-1000.'' Reprinted, Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP, 1998.

External links

Annals of Ulster, part 1, at CELT

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