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Dunchad

Dunchad may refer to any of several historical figures, several of them of the Clan Duncan; see also Donnchadh: *Dúnchad Muirisci (died 683), king of Connacht *Dunchad I of Iona, abbot of Iona 707-717 *Cellach mac Dunchad, one of the kings of Leinster *Dúnchad mac Conaing or Dúnchad mac Dubáin, king of Dál Riata (died 654) *Dúnchad Bec (died 721), a king in Dál Riata *Duchad of Reims, master of one of the Carolingian Schools important in the Carolingian Renaissance *Duchad, abbot of Dunkeld, killed in the battle of Dorsum Crup (Duncrub in Perthshire), 965 *A "Dunchad" was the ninth-century writer of glosses on Martianus Capella's didactic encyclopedia

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Dunchad may refer to any of several historical figures, several of them of the Clan Duncan; see also Donnchadh: *Dúnchad Muirisci (died 683), king of Connacht *Dunchad I of Iona, abbot of Iona 707-717 *Cellach mac Dunchad, one of the kings of Leinster *Dúnchad mac Conaing or Dúnchad mac Dubáin, king of Dál Riata (died 654) *Dúnchad Bec (died 721), a king in Dál Riata *Duchad of Reims, master of one of the Carolingian Schools important in the Carolingian Renaissance *Duchad, abbot of Dunkeld, killed in the battle of Dorsum Crup (Duncrub in Perthshire), 965 *A "Dunchad" was the ninth-century writer of glosses on Martianus Capella's didactic encyclopedia

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