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The Picts are often thought to have practised matrilineal kingship succession on the basis of Irish legends and a statement in Bede's history. [48] [49] The kings of the Picts when Bede was writing were Bridei and Nechtan, sons of Der Ilei, who indeed claimed the throne through their mother Der Ilei, daughter of an earlier Pictish king. [50]
Irish annals (the Annals of Ulster, Annals of Innisfallen) refer to some kings as king of Fortriu or king of Alba. The kings listed are thought to represent overkings of the Picts, at least from the time of Bridei son of Maelchon onwards. In addition to these overkings, many less powerful subject kings existed, of whom only a very few are known ...
The verse is written in Old Irish and has four lines, each of seven syllables, grouped into two rhyming pairs. [2]It exists as part of a detached section of the Lebor Bretnach called "Concerning Pictish Origins" (Old Irish: Do Bunad Cruithnech) that was added to the main text at the same time as the related list of Pictish Kings was extended forward to include Causantín son of Cinaed, and ...
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Talorgan was the son of Eanfrith of Bernicia, who had fled into exile among the Picts after his father, the Bernician king Æthelfrith, was killed around the year 616. [2] Talorgan's mother is likely to have been a member of a powerful Pictish royal dynasty, [ 2 ] and may have been the sister of his predecessor Talorg son of Uuid , as "Talorgan ...
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This is a list of notable Irish people, who were born on the island of Ireland, in either the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland, and have lived there for most of their lives. Also included on the list are people who were not born in Ireland, but have been raised as Irish, have lived there for most of their lives or in regards to the ...
Gartnait, son of Domelch, (died 595) was a king of the Picts from 584 to 595.. The Pictish Chronicle king lists contained in the Poppleton Manuscript have Gartnait following Bridei I whose death c. 586 is recorded by the Irish annals.