Uuen son of Onuist (; died 839), commonly referred to by the

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''Eóganán'', was

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between A.D. 837–839.

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Uuen was a son of Onuist II

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Uurguist rguist(in

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: Óengus II mac Fergusa (Óengus II), died 834) and succeeded his cousin Drest mac Caustantín (Drest IX) as king in 837. The sole notice of Uuen in the

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is the report of his death, together with his brother Bran and "Áed mac Boanta, and others almost innumerable" in a battle of 839 fought by the men of

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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

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foundation tale as one of the sons of Onuist who met with

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at Forteviot when the Saint supposedly brought the relics of

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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 Fergus Mór 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 death of Uuen, the

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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

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(Ciniod

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

References

Sources

* 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 and New York: Oxford University Press, 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 A.D. 80–1000'', Reprinted, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1998.

External links

Annals of Ulster, part 1, at CELT

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