Teudebur of Alt Clut (or ''Teudebur map Beli'') was the ruler of

Alt Clut Dumbarton Castle ( gd, Dùn Breatainn, ; ) has the longest recorded history of any stronghold in Scotland. It sits on a volcanic plug of basalt known as Dumbarton Rock which is high and overlooks the Scottish town of Dumbarton. History Dumba ...

(the area around modern

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), in the early-to-mid eighth century (probably 722–52). According to the ''

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'', he was the son of Beli II, his probable predecessor as king. Such information is confirmed by both the Irish and Welsh annals. We know from the ''Harleian genealogy'' that he was the father of Dumnagual III, one of his successors. His reign coincided with that of the illustrious Pictish king Óengus mac Fergusa (Onuist map Uurguist). The ''

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'' reports that in 750, the Britons defeated a Pictish army at ''Mocetauc'' (''Mygedawc''), in which, according to the ''

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'', Óengus' brother Talorgen was killed. Mygedawc is often identified with modern Mugdock, on the boundary between

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and

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, but this identity is by no means certain. The ''Annals of Tigernach'', which styles him ''Taudar mac Bile,

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Alo Cluaide'', put his death at 752,AT 752.2
here
and for this reason, we can be certain Teudebur was the British king responsible for the British victory.

Notes

References

* * Anderson, Alan Orr, Early Sources of Scottish History: AD 500–1286, 2 Vols, (Edinburgh, 1922), vol. i, p. 239-40 * MacQuarrie, Alan, "The Kings of Strathclyde", in A. Grant & K.Stringer (eds.) ''Medieval Scotland: Crown, Lordship and Community, Essays Presented to G.W.S. Barrow'', (Edinburgh, 1993), pp. 1–19 * Williams, Anne, Smyth, Alfred P., and Kirby, D.P., (eds.), ''A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain'', (London, 1991), s.v. "Teudebur (Teudubr) map Bili", pp. 221–2

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