Rhun ab Arthgal
King of Strathclyde · Historical Figures · Died 878
Rhun ab Arthgal was a ninth-century King of Strathclyde. He is the only known son of Arthgal ap Dyfnwal, King of Alt Clut. In 870, during the latter's reign, the fortress of Alt Clut was captured by Vikings, after which Arthgal and his family may have been amongst the mass of prisoners taken back to Ireland.
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![The fortress of Alt Clut occupied Alt Clut ("the rock of the Clyde").[29] The mediaeval citadel that sat atop this geological formation formed the capital of the Kingdom of Alt Clut until the late ninth century.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Dumbarton_Castle%2C_27_July_2006.jpg/1280px-Dumbarton_Castle%2C_27_July_2006.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
The fortress of Alt Clut occupied Alt Clut ("the rock of the Clyde").[29] The mediaeval citadel that sat atop this geological formation formed the capital of the Kingdom of Alt Clut until the late ninth century.![The names of Amlaíb and Ímar, two Irish-based Viking kings, as they appear on folio 25v of Oxford Bodleian Library Rawlinson B 489 (the Annals of Ulster).[39]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Amla%C3%ADb_and_%C3%8Dmar_%28Oxford_Bodleian_Library_MS_Rawlinson_B_489%2C_folio_25v%29.jpg/330px-Amla%C3%ADb_and_%C3%8Dmar_%28Oxford_Bodleian_Library_MS_Rawlinson_B_489%2C_folio_25v%29.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
The names of Amlaíb and Ímar, two Irish-based Viking kings, as they appear on folio 25v of Oxford Bodleian Library Rawlinson B 489 (the Annals of Ulster).[39]![The early mediaeval Jordanhill Cross, an example of the so-called 'Govan School' of sculpture that incorporates Celtic and Scandinavian artistry.[51] Several dozen stone monuments make up this collection,[52] perhaps the most significant assemblage of Viking Age sculpture in Britain.[53]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Govan_cross_4.jpg/1280px-Govan_cross_4.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
The early mediaeval Jordanhill Cross, an example of the so-called 'Govan School' of sculpture that incorporates Celtic and Scandinavian artistry.[51] Several dozen stone monuments make up this collection,[52] perhaps the most significant assemblage of Viking Age sculpture in Britain.[53]![The title of Rhun's father, Arthgal ap Dyfnwal, as it appears on folio 25v of Oxford Bodleian Library Rawlinson B 489 (the Annals of Ulster).[68]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Arthgal_ap_Dyfnwal_%28Oxford_Bodleian_Library_MS_Rawlinson_B_489%2C_folio_25v%29.jpg/500px-Arthgal_ap_Dyfnwal_%28Oxford_Bodleian_Library_MS_Rawlinson_B_489%2C_folio_25v%29.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
The title of Rhun's father, Arthgal ap Dyfnwal, as it appears on folio 25v of Oxford Bodleian Library Rawlinson B 489 (the Annals of Ulster).[68]![The name of Hálfdan as it appears on folio 131v of British Library Cotton Tiberius B I (the "C" version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle): "Healfdene".[74]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/H%C3%A1lfdan_%28British_Library_Cotton_MS_Tiberius_B_I%2C_folio_131v%29.jpg/500px-H%C3%A1lfdan_%28British_Library_Cotton_MS_Tiberius_B_I%2C_folio_131v%29.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
The name of Hálfdan as it appears on folio 131v of British Library Cotton Tiberius B I (the "C" version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle): "Healfdene".[74]![The name of Rhuns's son, Eochaid, as it appears on folio 29r of Paris Bibliothèque Nationale Latin 4126: "Echodíus".[87]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Eochaid%2C_son_of_Rhun_%28Lat._4126%2C_folio_29r%29.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
The name of Rhuns's son, Eochaid, as it appears on folio 29r of Paris Bibliothèque Nationale Latin 4126: "Echodíus".[87]About this person
Two years later Arthgal is recorded to have been slain at the behest of Causantín mac Cináeda, King of the Picts. The circumstances surrounding this regicide are unknown. The fact that Rhun seems to have been Causantín's brother-in-law could account for Causantín's interference in the kingship of Alt Clut.