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Encyclopedia > Nechtan I of the Picts

Nechtan son of Erip was a king of the Picts. The Pictish Chronicle king lists claim that he was the brother of Drest. The Pictish Strathpeffer eagle stone, Highland, Scotland. ... 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. ... Drest or Drust, son of Erp, is a legendary king of the Picts whose reign is recorded in the king lists of the Pictish Chronicle. ...


The king lists supply a number of epithets for Nechtan: Morbet and Celchamoth and the Latin Magnus (the Great). He is said to have reigned for twenty-four years.[1] In a rare change from a bald statement of names and years, the king lists provide a tradition linking Nechtan to the foundation of Abernethy: An epithet (Greek - επιθετον and Latin - epitheton; literally meaning imposed) is a descriptive word or phrase. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Abernethy is a village in Perthshire, Scotland, situated eight miles south east of Perth. ...

"So Nectonius the Great, Wirp's son, the king of all the provinces of the Picts, offered to Saint Brigid, to the day of judgement, Abernethy, with its territories ... Now the cause of the offering was this. Nectonius, living in a life of exile, when his brother Drest expelled him to Ireland, begged Saint Brigid to beseech God for him. And she prayed for him, and said: "If thou reach thy country, the Lord will have pity on thee. Thou shalt possess in peace the kingdom of the Picts."[2] Saint Brigid of Ireland Saint Brigid of Ireland (Bridget, Bridgit, Brigit; in English St. ...

A life of Saint Boite, after whom Monasterboice is named, claims that Buite raised Nechtan from the dead, and associated him with Kirkbuddo in Strathmore.[3] Categories: Ireland-related stubs | County Louth ... Strathmore, from the Scottish Gaelic for large valley, can refer to a number of places in Scotland, or places named by Scottish emigrants: // Scotland Several places in Scotland are known as Strathmore including: Strathmore, Angus and Perth & Kinross, where Glamis Castle can be found Strathmore, Sutherland, home of Rob Donn...


It has been suggested that these traditions should be associated with a later Pictish king, with the very similar name of Nechtan son of Irb.[4] Nechtan nepos (grandson or nephew) of Irb or Uerb, was king of the Picts from 597 to c. ...


Nothing else can be said of Nechtan with any certainty.


Notes

  1. ^ Variants read thirty-four and ten years.
  2. ^ Early Sources, pp. cxx–cxxi, quoting Skene's Chronicles of the Picts & Scots.
  3. ^ Early Sources, pp. cxx–cxxi.
  4. ^ Smyth, p. 82.

References

  • Anderson, Alan Orr, Early Sources of Scottish History A.D 500–1286, volume 1. Reprinted with corrections. Paul Watkins, Stamford, 1990. ISBN 1-871615-03-8
  • Smyth, Alfred P. Warlords and Holy Men: Scotland AD 80-1000. Reprinted, Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP, 1998. ISBN 0-7486-0100-7

Alan Orr Anderson (1879-1958) was a Scottish historian and compiler. ...

External links

  • Pictish Chronicle
Preceded by:
Talorc II		 King of the Picts
unknown		 Succeeded by:
Drest II
Monarchs of Scotland (Alba)
Traditional Kings of Picts: (Legendary Kings) | Drest of the 100 Battles | Talorc I | Nechtan I | Drest II | Galan | Drest III | Drest IV | Gartnait I | Cailtram | Talorc II | Drest V | Galam Cennalath | Bruide I | Gartnait II | Nechtan II | Cinioch | Gartnait III | Bruide II | Talorc III | Talorgan I | Gartnait IV | Drest VI | Bruide III | Taran | Bruide IV | Nechtan IV | Drest VII | Alpín I | Óengus I | Bruide V | Cináed II | Alpín II | Talorgan II | Drest VIII | Conall | Caustantín | Óengus II | Drest IX | Eogán | Ferat | Bruide VI | Cináed II | Bruide VII | Drest X
Traditional Kings of Scots: Cináed I | Domnall I | Causantín I | Áed | Eochaid | Giric | Domnall II | Causantín II | Máel Coluim I | Idulb | Dub | Cuilén | Cináed II | Amlaíb | Cináed II | Causantín III | Cináed III | Máel Coluim II | Donnchad I | Mac Bethad | Lulach | Máel Coluim III | Domnall III Bán | Donnchad II | Domnall III Bán | Edgar | Alexander I | David I | Máel Coluim IV | William I | Alexander II | Alexander III | Margaret | First Interregnum | John | Second Interregnum | Robert I | David II | Edward | David II | Robert II | Robert III | James I | James II | James III | James IV | James V | Mary I | James VI* | Charles I* | The Covenanters | The Protectorate | Charles II* | James VII* | Mary II* | William II* | Anne*
* Also Monarch of Ireland and England

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Nechtan next tried his strength with Ungus, in 728, at a place called Monacurna by the Annalists - possibly Moncur in the Carse of Gowrie - but he was defeated, and many of his followers perished.
This event, no doubt, hastened the downfall of the Pictish monarchy; and as the Picts were unable to resist the arms of Kenneth, the Scottish king, he carried into execution, in the year 843, a project he had long entertained, of uniting the Scots and Picts, and placing both crowns on his head.
The Picts were recognised as a distict people even in the tenth century, but before the twelfth they lost their characteristic nominal distinction by being amalgamated with the Scots, their conquerors.
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