Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Fergus Mór, King Of Dál Riata
- Abt 501-
Name Fergus Mór Suffix King Of Dál Riata Gender Male Death Abt 501 [1, 2] Person ID I10944 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of AW, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of EK, Ancestor of GFS, Ancestor of JMF, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of LMW, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK, Ancestor of UKL, Ancestor of WPF Last Modified 3 Dec 2023
Children + 1. Domangart mac Fergusa, King Of Dál Riata d. Abt 506 Family ID F1960 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 18 Apr 2024
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Notes - He is the earliest of the kings of Dál Riata on whose existence the various early Irish genealogies agree. The Henry Project (citation details below) says that "[a]lthough there is no good reason to doubt that Fergus existed, he is more a figure of legend than of history." They further remark that one possibility is that "Fergus was the first member of the dynasty to rule from Scotland rather than Ireland. However, even though there were probably kings of the Dál Riata prior to Fergus, the evidence does not justify giving that title to any of the individuals who appear in the genealogy of Fergus."
It is reasonably possible that his father was a man named Ercc.
- He is the earliest of the kings of Dál Riata on whose existence the various early Irish genealogies agree. The Henry Project (citation details below) says that "[a]lthough there is no good reason to doubt that Fergus existed, he is more a figure of legend than of history." They further remark that one possibility is that "Fergus was the first member of the dynasty to rule from Scotland rather than Ireland. However, even though there were probably kings of the Dál Riata prior to Fergus, the evidence does not justify giving that title to any of the individuals who appear in the genealogy of Fergus."
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Sources - [S91] The Henry Project: The Ancestors of King Henry II of England, by Stewart Baldwin, Todd A. Farmerie, and Peter Stewart.
- [S145] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. 8th edition, William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, eds. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004, 2006, 2008.
- [S91] The Henry Project: The Ancestors of King Henry II of England, by Stewart Baldwin, Todd A. Farmerie, and Peter Stewart.