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Birth:          ABT  693 Dunolly Castle, Argyllshire, Dalriada/Scotland
Death:           733 Dunadd, Argyllshire, Dalriada/Scotland

Notes
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I00474
The following information from "The Mammoth Book of British Kings & Queens" by 
Mike Ashley was supplied in an e-mail from Betty Knoche, BGKnoche AT aol.com:

"Eochaid was the son of Eochaid (II), who was murdered in 697. At that time the 
younger Eochaid was probably still an infant but by 726, after the retirement of 
Selbach and the succession of Dungal, Eochaid must have been nearly thirty. He 
successfully deposed Dungal and restored the kingship of Dal Riata to the original 
Cenel Gabhran ruling family. Selbach sought to recover the kingship in the following 
year, but was defeated. Eochaid's hold was, however, tenuous. During this same 
period there was another inter-dynastic civil war for the throne of the Picts in which 
Dungal became involved. This brought the wrath of Angus (I) against the Cenel Loarn 
which was further aggravated when, in 728, Alpin, another of the Pictish claimants, 
sought refuge amongst the Dal Riata. It has been conjectured that Alpin may have 
been a brother or half-brother of Eochaid. Whether or not Alpin subsequently shared 
the kingdom with Eochaid is not clear, but certainly upon Eochaid's death in 733 (and 
since he was only in his late thirties his death may be suspicious) he claimed the 
throne. It would be nearly twenty years before Eochaid's son Aed Find reclaimed the 
throne of Deal Riata and succeeded in restoring the kingship to something of its old 
glory."

Does this help any?
Betty

Parents
____ Eochaid II (Findon) "Rianamhail" ("Crooked Nose") (ABT  660 - ABT  697)
____ Spondana (ABT  662 - )

Siblings
____ Fland (ABT  690 - )
____ Eochaid III (ABT  693 -  733)

Marriage To ----- ----- ()
    m.  

Notes


Children by ----- ----- 
FIONN Aodh( Hugh) ("the White") (ABT  720 -  778)

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