Bridei II of the Picts
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Bruide son of Foith or son of Uuid (died 642?) was a king of the Picts
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The Pictish Chronicle
king give him a reign of five years following his brother Gartnait III
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His death is reported by the Annals of Ulster
and the Annals of Tigernach
. He was followed by another brother, Talorc III
, according to the king lists.
Picts
The Picts were a group of Late Iron Age and Early Mediaeval people living in what is now eastern and northern Scotland. There is an association with the distribution of brochs, place names beginning 'Pit-', for instance Pitlochry, and Pictish stones. They are recorded from before the Roman conquest...
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The Pictish Chronicle
Pictish Chronicle
The Pictish Chronicle is a name often given by historians to a list of the kings of the Picts beginning many thousand years before history was recorded in Pictavia and ending after Pictavia had been enveloped by Scotland...
king give him a reign of five years following his brother Gartnait III
Gartnait III of the Picts
Gartnait son of Foith or son of Uuid was a king of the Picts.The Pictish Chronicle king lists give him a reign of four years, corresponding with the Irish annals, although variants say five and eight years....
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His death is reported by the Annals of Ulster
Annals of Ulster
The Annals of Ulster are annals of medieval Ireland. The entries span the years between AD 431 to AD 1540. The entries up to AD 1489 were compiled in the late 15th century by the scribe Ruaidhrí Ó Luinín, under his patron Cathal Óg Mac Maghnusa on the island of Belle Isle on Lough Erne in the...
and the Annals of Tigernach
Annals of Tigernach
The Annals of Tigernach is a chronicle probably originating in Clonmacnoise, Ireland. The language is a mixture of Latin and Old and Middle Irish....
. He was followed by another brother, Talorc III
Talorc III of the Picts
Talorc son of Foith or son of Uuid was a king of the Picts.The Pictish Chronicle king give him a reign of twelve years following his brother Bruide II. A third brother, Gartnait III, was king before Bruide....
, according to the king lists.
External links
- CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork includes the Annals of Ulster, Tigernach, the Four Masters and Innisfallen, the Chronicon Scotorum, the Lebor Bretnach (which includes the Duan Albanach), Genealogies, and various Saints' Lives. Most are translated into English, or translations are in progress.
- Pictish Chronicle