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Picts - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (4563 words) |
 | The Picts were probably tributary to Northumbria until the reign of Bridei map Beli, when the Anglians suffered a defeat at the battle of Dunnichen which halted their expansion northwards. |
| In the reign of Cínaed's grandson, Caustantín mac Áeda (900–943), the kingdom of the Picts became the kingdom of Alba. |
| The Picts are often said to have practised matrilineal succession on the basis of Irish legends and a statement in Bede's history. |
| The Pictish Kings (2249 words) |
| We are also told that Columba needed interpreters to speak to the king, clear evidence that the Picts did not speak the Celtic language of the Irish and Scots (or at the very least not the Gael version of the Celtic tongue). |
| Bridei was succeeded by Gartnait IV, the 37th king in the list, who reigned for about 20 years. |
| Bridei was followed by Taran, son of Enfidach and he was in form followed by Brude/Bridei IV, possibly the grandson of the Brude of Nechtansmere fame. |
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