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Encyclopedia > Drest X of the Picts
Drest X
King of the Picts
Reign 845848
Predecessor Bridei VII
Successor Cináed I
Father Uurad

Drest (Scottish Gaelic: Drust) was king of the Picts from before 845 until 848, a rival of Cináed mac Ailpín. According to the Pictish Chronicle, he was the son of Uurad. This list of kings of the Picts is based on the Pictish Chronicle, which has survived in a late copy, and did not record the dates the kings reigned. ... Events March 28 - Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collect a huge ransom in exchange for leaving. ... Events The Borobudur is completed. ... Bridei (Scottish Gaelic: Brude) was king of the Picts, in modern Scotland, from c. ... Kenneth MacAlpin (c. ... Ferat son of Bargoit (died 842?) was king of the Picts, perhaps from 839 onwards. ... The Scottish language may refer to: Scots - A series of Germanic dialects used in lowland Scotland. ... A replica of the Hilton of Cadboll Stone. ... Kenneth MacAlpin (c. ... The Pictish Chronicle is a name often given by (especially older) historians to an pseudo-historical account 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. ... Ferat son of Bargoit (died 842?) was king of the Picts, perhaps from 839 onwards. ...


The myth of MacAlpin's Treason was attached to a king named Drest, and it may be this king who is intended. MacAlpins treason is a medieval myth which purports to explain the replacement of Pictish language and culture by Scots (Gaelic) language and culture in the 9th and 10th centuries. ...

Preceded by:
Bruide
King of the Picts
before 845–848
Cináed

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The Picts held most of modern Scotland north of the region between the Firths of Clyde in the west and Forth in the east.
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Adomnan refers to the Miathi as barbarians, perhaps indicating that they were not associated with either the ruling branches of the Picts or the British (Sharpe 1995:269).
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