Dunchad may refer to any of several historical figures, several of them of the
Clan Duncan
The personal name Duncan can be found in Scotland’s oldest records in its Gaelic form Dunchad/Donchadh/Donachie/Donnchadh and other spelling variants.
Origins
The Clan Donnachaidh is the official registered Clan With Chief appointed, this s ...
; see also
Donnchadh:
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Dúnchad Muirisci
Dúnchad Muirisci mac Tipraite (died 683) was a King of Connacht from the Ui Fiachrach branch of the Connachta. He was of the Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe sept based along the River Moy. This line was descended from Fiachnae, a brother of Ailill Molt wh ...
(died 683), king of Connacht
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Dunchad I of Iona, abbot of
Iona
Iona (; , sometimes simply ''Ì'') is an island in the Inner Hebrides, off the Ross of Mull on the western coast of Scotland. It is mainly known for Iona Abbey, though there are other buildings on the island. Iona Abbey was a centre of Gaeli ...
707-717
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Cellach mac Dunchad, one of the
kings of Leinster
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Dúnchad mac Conaing
Dúnchad mac Conaing (or Dúnchad mac Dubáin) (died 654) was king of Dál Riata (modern western Scotland). He was joint ruler with Conall Crandomna until he was defeated and killed by Talorgan son of Eanfrith, king of the Picts
The Picts ...
or Dúnchad mac Dubáin, king of Dál Riata (died 654)
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Dúnchad Bec (died 721), a king in Dál Riata
*Duchad of Reims, master of one of the
Carolingian Schools
Carolingian schools comprised a small number of educational institutions which had a major share in the Carolingian Renaissance, specifically cathedral schools and monastic schools.
Precursors
Under the Merovingian Kings of the Frankish kingdoms, ...
important in the
Carolingian Renaissance
The Carolingian Renaissance was the first of three medieval renaissances, a period of cultural activity in the Carolingian Empire. Charlemagne's reign led to an intellectual revival beginning in the 8th century and continuing throughout the 9th ...
*Duchad, abbot of
Dunkeld
Dunkeld (, , from , "fort of the Caledonians") is a town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The location of a historic cathedral, it lies on the north bank of the River Tay, opposite Birnam. Dunkeld lies close to the geological Highland Boundar ...
, killed in the battle of Dorsum Crup (Duncrub in Perthshire), 965
*A "Dunchad" was the ninth-century writer of glosses on
Martianus Capella
Martianus Minneus Felix Capella () was a jurist, polymath and Latin literature, Latin prose writer of late antiquity, one of the earliest developers of the system of the seven liberal arts that structured early medieval education. He was a native ...
's didactic encyclopedia
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