Brude
Encyclopedia
Bridei is a name shared by a number of Pictish people, including:
- Bridei I of the PictsBridei I of the PictsBridei son of Maelchon, was king of the Picts until his death around 584 to 586.Bridei is first mentioned in Irish annals for 558–560, when the Annals of Ulster report "the migration before Máelchú's son i.e. king Bruide". The Ulster annalist does not say who fled, but the later Annals of...
(Brude son of Maelchon), a contemporary of Saint Columba, died c. 584 - Bridei II of the PictsBridei II of the PictsBruide son of Foith or son of Uuid was a king of the Picts.The Pictish Chronicle king give him a reign of five years following his brother Gartnait III.His death is reported by the Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Tigernach...
(Brude son of Foith), died c. 642 - Bridei III of the PictsBridei III of the PictsKing Bridei III was king of Fortriu and overking of the Picts between 671 and his death in 693....
(Brude son of Bile), died 693 - Bridei IV of the PictsBridei IV of the PictsBruide mac Der-Ilei was king of the Picts. He became king when Taran was deposed in 697.He was the brother of his successor Nechtan. It has been suggested that Bruide's father was Dargart mac Finguine of the Cenél Comgaill, a kingroup in Dál Riata who controlled Cowal and the Isle of Bute...
(Brude son of Der-Ilei and Dargart), died 706 - Bridei V of the PictsBridei V of the PictsBridei V was king of Fortriu from 761 until 763. He was the brother of Óengus. His death is recorded by the Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Tigernach.-See also:*House of Óengus...
(Brude son of Fergus), died 763 - Bridei VI of the PictsBridei VI of the PictsBridei son of Uurad was king of the Picts, in modern Scotland, circa 842. Two of his brothers, Ciniod and Drest, are also said, in the king lists of the Pictish Chronicle, to have reigned for a short time....
(Brude son of Ferat), fl. 840s - Bridei VII of the PictsBridei VII of the PictsBridei was king of the Picts, in modern Scotland, from ca. 842 until 845, contesting with Kenneth MacAlpin . According to the Pictish Chronicle, he was the son of Uuthoil ....
(Brude son of Fothel), fl. 840s - Brude son of Óengus I of the PictsÓengus I of the PictsÓengus son of Fergus , was king of the Picts from 732 until his death in 761. His reign can be reconstructed in some detail from a variety of sources.Óengus became the chief king in Pictland following a period of civil war in the late 720s...
, died 736