The People of Scotland

Britons of Strathclyde

The Britons established the Kingdom of Strathclyde with its capital at Dumbarton around the 5th century. This area was made up of much of modern Strathclyde, Galloway and the English Lake District in Cumbria. At one point the kingdom also included Lothian.

In the mid 7^th century, Angles from Northumbria reached the Solway, separating Cumbria from the rest of the kingdom. In 756, Oengus McFergus, the king of the Picts, joined the Angles in a siege of Dumbarton.

In 870 the king of Strathclyde was killed by Constantine I and the following year the capital was sacked following a Norse invasion.

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