Eadberht of Northumbria allied with the Pictish king Angus mac Fergusa to campaign against Strathclyde, seizing the district of Kyle in modern Ayrshire. It was a remarkable show of Northumbrian power given the kingdom chronic internal instability, demonstrating that capable kings could still project force northward even after Nechtansmere.
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