Báeth of Fotharta Fea - Greybeard's Ghosts

Commentary

Stewart Baldwin: 'Báeth, who would probably have lived in the late sixth or early seventh century, can reasonably regarded as historical, as he is only a century (or a bit more) earlier than the probable composition date of WUD, and it is likely that Sárnat's father's name would have at least been correctly remembered along with his patronym when her pedigree was being collected by the author of WUD. According to his official pedigree, Báeth was the son of Nannid, son of Fiacc, son of Iar (or Mac Ieir), son of Cathbad (the earliest name in WUD), son of Adnach, son of Artt Cerp, of whom the last can reasonably be regarded as pseudohistorical. Because the immediate ancestors of Báeth apparently do not appear in other sources, and because the Fotharta Fea pedigrees show no cadet lines from Báeth or his immediate ancestors, the accuracy of this pedigree is exceptionally difficult to judge. Stopping the ancestor table at this point (rather than including three or four more generations) is perhaps overcautious, but seems reasonable, given the lack of support from other sources.'

Family

Claim	Detail	Evidence
Child +	Eochu mac Báeth (e582-) [S2730]	research

Attributes

Claim	Detail	Evidence
Gender	Male
Name	Báeth of Fotharta Fea [S2730]	research

Timeline

Claim	Date	Detail	Age	Evidence
Birth	est 550
Flourishing	abt 600	[S2730] late 6th or early 7th century		research

Sources

Index	Title
[S2730]	Baldwin, Stewart, "Medieval Genealogy Newsgroup: Llywelyn ap Iorwerth Ancestor Table" (http://sites.rootsweb.com/~medieval/llywelyn.htm).