Drest
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Drest is the name of several Pictish
people, including:
Picts
The Picts were a group of Late Iron Age and Early Mediaeval people living in what is now eastern and northern Scotland. There is an association with the distribution of brochs, place names beginning 'Pit-', for instance Pitlochry, and Pictish stones. They are recorded from before the Roman conquest...
people, including:
- Drest I of the PictsDrest I of the PictsDrest 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 Chronicle tells that Drest reigned for 100 years and triumphed in 100 battles, which should be read as tradition rather than fact...
, Drest son of Erp, supposedly contemporary with Saint PatrickSaint PatrickSaint Patrick was a Romano-Briton and Christian missionary, who is the most generally recognized patron saint of Ireland or the Apostle of Ireland, although Brigid of Kildare and Colmcille are also formally patron saints.... - Drest II of the PictsDrest II of the PictsDrest Gurthinmoch was a king of the Picts.The Pictish Chronicle king lists all give him a reign of 30 years between Nechtan and Galan. The meaning of the epithet Gurthinmoch is unknown, but the first part may be related to the Welsh gwrdd, meaning great.-References:* Anderson, Alan Orr, Early...
, Drest Gurthinmoch - Drest III of the PictsDrest III of the PictsDrest son of Uudrost or son of Uudrossig was a king of the Picts.The Pictish Chronicle king lists associate him with Drest IV. Various reigns, separately and jointly, are assigned to the two Drests, varying from one to fifteen years.-References:...
, Drest son of Uudrost - Drest IV of the PictsDrest IV of the PictsDrest son of Girom was a king of the Picts.The Pictish Chronicle king lists associate him with Drest III. Various reigns, separately and jointly, are assigned to the two Drests, varying from one to fifteen years...
, Drest son of Girom - Drest V of the PictsDrest V of the PictsDrest son of Munait was a king of the Picts.The Pictish Chronicle king lists have him reign for one year between Talorc II and Galam Cennalath. He reigned until 580.-References:...
, Drest son of Munait - Drest VI of the PictsDrest VI of the PictsDrest was king of the Picts from 662 to 671.He succeeded his brother Gartnait IV on the latter's death in 662. The Pictish Chronicle king lists give him a reign of six or seven years...
, Drest son of Dúngal, deposed 672 - Drest VII of the PictsDrest VII of the PictsDrest was king of the Picts from 724 until 726 or 729. He succeeded Nechtan mac Der-Ilei when the latter abdicated and entered a monastery in 724....
, killed 729 - Drest VIII of the PictsDrest VIII of the PictsDrest son of Talorgan , was king of the Picts from 782 to 787, succeeding his father Talorgan.-See also:* House of Óengus-External links:*...
, Drest son of Talorgan, died 787 ? - Drust IX of the PictsDrust IX of the PictsDrest mac Caustantín was king of the Picts, in modern Scotland, from about 834 until 836 or 837. He was the son of King Caustantín and succeeded his uncle, Óengus, to the throne....
, Drest son of Caustantín, died 836 or 837 ? - Drest X of the PictsDrest X of the PictsDrest was king of the Picts from before 845 until 848, a rival of Kenneth MacAlpin . According to the Pictish Chronicle, he was the son of Uurad....
, Drest son of Ferat, fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
840s - Saint DrostanDrostanSaint Drostan , also Drustan, Dustan, and Throstan, was the founder and abbot of the monastery of Old Deer in Aberdeenshire. His relics were translated to the church at New Aberdour and his holy well lies nearby. Saint Drostan's day is July 11.-Biography:A Scottish abbot who flourished about A.D....
, founder of the monastery at Old DeerOld DeerOld Deer a parish and village in the district of Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The population as of 1901 was 4,313. The village lies on the Deer or South Ugie Water, 10.1 miles west of Peterhead, and two miles from Mintlaw station on the Great North of Scotland Railway Company's branch line...
, fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
early 7th century