Uen (Scottish Gaelic: Eógan or (dim.) Eóganán; English: Owen or Ewen) was king of the Picts, modern Scotland, from c. 837 until 839. According to the Pictish Chronicle, he was the son of king Angus, presumably Óengus mac Fergusa. He died in a battle against the Vikings in 839 along with "Bran son of Óengus, Aed son of Boant, and others almost innumerable" (Annals of Ulster, s.a. 839). Bran is taken to be the king's brother and Aed son of Boant to be king of Dalriada. The Scottish language may refer to: Scots - A series of Germanic dialects used in lowland Scotland. ... A diminutive is a formation of a word used to convey a slight degree of the root meaning, smallness of the object named, intimacy, or endearment. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The Picts inhabited Pictavia or Pictland - Caledonia (Scotland), north of the River Forth _ prior to the Scotticisation of the area. ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Events Pietro Tradonico elected Doge of Venice. ... Events Louis the Pious attempts to divide his empire among his sons. ... The Pictish Chronicle is a name often given by (especially older) historians to an pseudo-historical account of the kings of the Picts beginning many thousand years before history was recorded in Pictavia and ending after Pictavia had been enveloped by Scotland. ... Óengus (Scottish Gaelic: Óengus mac Fergusa), alternative translations: Onuist, Hungus or Angus, was king of Dál Riada and Fortriu from about 820 until 834. ... The name Viking is a loan from the native Scandinavian term for the Norse seafaring warriors who raided the coasts of Scandinavia, Europe and the British Isles from the late 8th century to the 11th century, the period of European history referred to as the Viking Age. ... The Annals of Ulster are a chronicle of medieval Ireland. ... Dalriada or Dál Riata (as it was called in Ireland) was the kingdom of the Scotti, who spread from eastern Ulster to Argyll and eventually gave their name to Scotland. ...
References
Dauvit Broun, "Pictish Kings 761-839: Integration with Dál Riata or Separate Development ?" in Sally M. Foster (ed.) The St Andrews Sarcophagus: A Pictish Masterpiece and its International Connections (Four Courts, Dublin, 1998) ISBN 1851824146
This event, no doubt, hastened the downfall of the Pictish monarchy; and as the Picts were unable to resist the arms of Kenneth, the Scottish king, he carried into execution, in the year 843, a project he had long entertained, of uniting the Scots and Picts, and placing both crowns on his head.
The Picts were recognised as a distict people even in the tenth century, but before the twelfth they lost their characteristic nominal distinction by being amalgamated with the Scots, their conquerors.
A civil war ensued between Aodgan or Aidan, the son of Gauran, and Duncha or Duncan, the son of Conal, for the vacant corwn, the claim to which was decided on the bloody field of Loro or Loco in Kintyre in 575, where Duncha was slain.
After Brude’s death the northern Picts appear to have regained their strength sufficiently to enable them to place Kenneth, a chief of that race, upon the throne, although they were opposed by Aodh, thee son of Angus and chief of the Piccardach.
In 839, Uen, the last king of the Picts of the line of Constantin, was killed by the Danes, and with him the power of the southern Picts again declined.
Alpin’s attack appears, from the register of St Andrews, to have been confined to Galloway, a province of the southern Picts; and it is expressly said by that chronicle, that it was his conquest of that territory which transferred the kingdom of the Picts to the Scots.
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