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Source: The Perry-Poole Family Tree - Person Sheet: Eochaid IV “The Venomous” , King of Dalriada

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Titre	The Perry-Poole Family Tree - Person Sheet: Eochaid IV “The Venomous” , King of Dalriada

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EOCHAID IV King Of Dal Riata DR01

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http://lmperry.net/Perry-Poole-Tree/ps02/ps02_356.htm

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Name Eochaid IV “The Venomous," King of Dalriada Birthabt 750, Dalriada Death 839, Scotland Father Aed Find “the White,” King of Dalriada (-778) Mother Fergina Misc. Notes Eochaid IV of Dalriada “the Poisonous” or “the Venemous” (Scottish Gaelic: Eochaid “Annuine”) was king of Dál Riata in 781. He was the son of Aed and Fergina and the father of Alpin II by his wife, Urgusia ingen Fergusa. Some sources state that he was the king of Scotland," but it remains unclear what this meant, as Scotland did not exist in any modern sense at that time. The title may well have been symbolic. Eochaid's wife is said to have been the sister and heiress of a king of the Picts. It is this Eochaid that is believed to have fought in 832 on the side of the Picts under King Angus MacFergus at the battle of Athelstanford in Northumbria against the Angles and their king Athelstan. The night before battle, Saint Andrew reportedly appeared to Angus in a vision, and on the field of battle the next day, a saltire, or x-shaped cross, similar to the one that Saint Andrew was crucified on, appeared in the sky, encouraging the Picts and Scots in their fight and causing the Northumbrians to flee the field, after their leader, Athelstan, was killed. The flag of Scotland dates back to this event and represents the white cross of St. Andrew against a field of blue. Spouses 1 Urgusia ingen Fergusa of Dalriada Birth abt 755 Father Fergus II , King of Dalriada (-781) Mother daughter of Feredach Wroid Children Alpin II (~778-834)

Name Eochaid IV “The Venomous," King of Dalriada
Birthabt 750, Dalriada
Death 839, Scotland
Father Aed Find “the White,” King of Dalriada (-778)
Mother Fergina
Misc. Notes
Eochaid IV of Dalriada “the Poisonous” or “the Venemous” (Scottish Gaelic: Eochaid “Annuine”) was king of Dál Riata in 781. He was the son of Aed and Fergina and the father of Alpin II by his wife, Urgusia ingen Fergusa.

Some sources state that he was the king of Scotland," but it remains unclear what this meant, as Scotland did not exist in any modern sense at that time. The title may well have been symbolic.

Eochaid's wife is said to have been the sister and heiress of a king of the Picts.

It is this Eochaid that is believed to have fought in 832 on the side of the Picts under King Angus MacFergus at the battle of Athelstanford in Northumbria against the Angles and their king Athelstan.

The night before battle, Saint Andrew reportedly appeared to Angus in a vision, and on the field of battle the next day, a saltire, or x-shaped cross, similar to the one that Saint Andrew was crucified on, appeared in the sky, encouraging the Picts and Scots in their fight and causing the Northumbrians to flee the field, after their leader, Athelstan, was killed. The flag of Scotland dates back to this event and represents the white cross of St. Andrew against a field of blue.
Spouses
1 Urgusia ingen Fergusa of Dalriada
Birth abt 755
Father Fergus II , King of Dalriada (-781)
Mother daughter of Feredach Wroid
Children Alpin II (~778-834)