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Ferat son of Bargoit (died 842?) was king of the Picts, perhaps from 839 onwards. The Pictish Strathpeffer eagle stone, Highland, Scotland. ...


No two versions of the king-lists known as the Pictish Chronicle give exactly the same version of his name.[1] Ferat, or Uurad in Pictish, is the most common reading, but Feradach may be intended.[2] 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. ... The Picts inhabited Caledonia (Scotland), north of the River Forth. ...


Thomas Owen Clancy's interpretation of the Drosten Stone would make Ferat one of only two Pictish monarchs, the other being Caustantín mac Fergusa, whose name is read on a Pictish stone. Dr. Thomas Owen Clancy is an American academic and historian who specializes in the literature of the Celtic Dark Ages, especially that of Scotland. ... The Drosten Stone is a carved Pictish stone of the 9th century at St Vigeans, near Arbroath, Scotland. ... Caustantín (Scottish Gaelic: Caustantín mac Fergusa) was king of Dál Riada and king of the Picts or Fortriu, in modern Scotland, from 789 until 820. ...


His sons may have included Bruide, Ciniod and Drest who contested for power in Pictland with kin groups led by Bruide son of Fokel and Cináed mac Ailpín. Bridei (Scottish Gaelic: Bridei) son of Uurad was king of the Picts, in modern Scotland, in c. ... Ciniod (Scottish Gaelic: Cináed) was king of the Picts, in modern Scotland, ruling in c. ... Drest X (Scottish Gaelic: Drust X) was anti-king of the Picts from c. ... Bridei (Scottish Gaelic: Brude) was king of the Picts, in modern Scotland, from c. ... Kenneth MacAlpin (c. ...


Notes

  1. ^ Early Sources, p. cxxvii.
  2. ^ In the case of Alpín, Uuroid is read as Feradach.

Alpín son of Uuroid (Old Irish: Alpín mac Feredaig) was king of the Picts. ...

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

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

External links

  • Pictish Chronicle
Preceded by:
Uen		 King of the Picts
839–842		 Succeeded by:
Bridei VI
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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Uurad of the Picts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (213 words)
Ferat son of Bargoit (died 842?) was king of the Picts, perhaps from 839 onwards.
Ferat, or Uurad in Pictish, is the most common reading, but Feradach may be intended.
Thomas Owen Clancy's interpretation of the Drosten Stone would make Ferat one of only two Pictish monarchs, the other being Caustantín mac Fergusa, whose name is read on a Pictish stone.
The Pictish Kings (2249 words)
In the beginning of time, there was a Pict king named Cruithne, son of Cing, and Cruithne reigned for 100 years.
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).
The Picts won that day, and massacred the entire English Anglo-Saxon host including its proud king as well as "cleansing" the land by killing or enslaving the remaining Northumbrians who had settled in Pictland.
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