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Óengus of Moray (
Oenghus mac inghine Lulaich, ri Moréb) was the last
King of Moray of the native line, ruling
Moray from some unknown date until his death in
1130.
Óengus is known to have been the son of the daughter of
Lulach.
1 This was perhaps how he attained the Kingship of the
Men of Moray. There is a large temporal gap between Óengus and his last known predecessor,
Máel Snechtai (d.
1085). It doesn't seem likely that Óengus had been ruling since that point, but of course it remains a possibility. If he were ruling during this whole period, then he'd have been the one who incurred the wrath of King
Alexander I, when the Moravians murdered Ladhmunn, the son of Domnall, the son of King
Máel Coluim III Cenn Mór by Ingibjorg (for example Alexander's nephew).
Orderic Vitalis wrote that in the year
1130, Óengus with
Máel Coluim mac Alaxandair invaded
Scotia with 5000 warriors. The Moravians were met by David's general, an old
Anglo-Saxon noble named
Edward Siwardsson. The
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle reported "a great slaughter" .
2 The
Annals of Ulster tells that 4000 Moravians were killed, and only 1000 Albanians.
3 The
Annals of Innisfallen make clear what Orderic Vitalis said, that the battle took place in "
Scotland", and was hence an invasion.
4 Siward defeated the Moravians and Óengus was killed. The royal Scottish army invaded Moray, which, as Orderic Vitalis puts it, "lacked a defender and lord."
5
After Óengus' defeat, Moray was probably regranted to
William fitz Duncan, and after his death in
1147, it was to some extent colonized by David's French, Flemish and English followers, although in the longer term, most of these were Gaelicized.
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