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'Ceretic Guletic of Alt Clut' was a king of Alt Clut (modern Dumbarton) in the fifth century. He appears in the writings of St. Patrick with the Latin name ''Corocticus'', and this appearance in a contemporary historical source makes him the first historical king. Of Patrick's two surviving letters, one is addressed to this Corocticus, and in it Patrick lambasts the ''milites Coroctici'' ("warband of Ceretic") for his involvement with the Picts and the Scots, and for selling newly-christianized Gaels into the hands of the Picts. Ceretic's dates therefore depend on the conclusions of the vast scholarship devoted to discovering the ''floruit'' of St Patrick, but the sometime in the fifth century is probably safe. Ceretic appears also in the ''Harleian genealogies'' of the rulers of Alt Clut, from which we know his father (Cynloyp), grand-father (Cinhil) and great-grandfather (Cluim).^[1] It is from the latter source that we get his nickname, ''Guletic'' ("Land-holder"). In the Book of Armagh, he is called ''Coirthech rex Aloo'', "Ceretic, King of the Height [of the Clyde]" ^[2]

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Notes

1. Harleian genealogy 5; see also, Williams, Smyth, and Kirby (eds.), ''A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain'', (London, 1991), s.v. "Ceretic", pp. 78-8
2. Alan MacQuarrie, "The Kings of Strathclyde", in A. Grant & K.Stringer (eds.) ''Medieval Scotland: Crown, Lordship and Community, Essays Presented to G.W.S. Barrow'', (Edinburgh, 1993), p. 3.

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★ Smyth, Alfred, ''Warlords and Holy Men'', (Edinburgh, 1984)

★ MacQuarrie, Alan, "The Kings of Strathclyde", in A. Grant & K.Stringer (eds.) ''Medieval Scotland: Crown, Lordship and Community, Essays Presented to G.W.S. Barrow'', (Edinburgh, 1993), pp. 1-19.

★ Williams, Anne, Smyth, Alfred P., and Kirby, D.P., (eds.), ''A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain'', (London, 1991), s.v. "Ceretic", pp. 78-8

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★ Harleian genealogy 5

★ David Nash Ford's "Early British Kingdoms"