Uurad or Ferat son of Bargoit (died 842?) was king of the Picts

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...

, perhaps from 839 onwards.

No two versions of the king-lists known as the Pictish Chronicle

Pictish Chronicle

The Pictish Chronicle is a name often given by historians to a list 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...

 give exactly the same version of his name. Ferat, or Uurad in Pictish

Pictish language

Pictish is a term used for the extinct language or languages thought to have been spoken by the Picts, the people of northern and central Scotland in the Early Middle Ages...

, is the most common reading, but Feradach may be intended.

Thomas Owen Clancy

Thomas Owen Clancy

Professor Thomas Owen Clancy is an American academic and historian who specializes in the literature of the Celtic Dark Ages, especially that of Scotland. He did his undergraduate work at New York University, and his Ph.D at the University of Edinburgh. He is currently at the University of Glasgow,...

's interpretation of the Drosten Stone

Drosten Stone

The Drosten Stone is a carved Pictish stone of the 9th century at St Vigeans, near Arbroath, Scotland. In academic contexts it is sometimes called St Vigeans 1....

 would make Ferat one of only two Pictish monarchs, the other being Caustantín mac Fergusa

Caustantín of the Picts

Causantín or Constantín mac Fergusa was king of the Picts , in modern Scotland, from 789 until 820. He was until the Victorian era sometimes counted as Constantine I of Scotland; the title is now generally given to Causantín mac Cináeda...

, whose name is read on a Pictish stone.

One version of the origin tale of St Andrews

St Andrews

St Andrews is a university town and former royal burgh on the east coast of Fife in Scotland. The town is named after Saint Andrew the Apostle.St Andrews has a population of 16,680, making this the fifth largest settlement in Fife....

 states that it was written by one Thana son of Dudabrach, at Meigle

Meigle

Meigle is a village in Strathmore, Scotland. It lies in the council area of Perth and Kinross in the Coupar Angus and Meigle ward. The nearest town is Forfar in neighbouring Angus. Other smaller settlements nearby are Balkeerie, Kirkinch and Kinloch. Meigle is accessed from the north and south...

, in the reign of "Pherath son of Bergeth".

His sons may have included Bridei

Bridei VI of the Picts

Bridei 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....

, Ciniod

Ciniod II of the Picts

Ciniod was king of the Picts, in modern Scotland, ruling circa 842. His name is given as Kineth in the king lists of the Pictish Chronicle. His family's claim may not have been uncontested, and it did not endure. According to the Pictish Chronicle, he was the son of Uurad and brother of king Drest....

, and Drest

Drest X of the Picts

Drest 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....

, who contested for power in Pictland with kin groups led by Bruide son of Fokel

Bridei VII of the Picts

Bridei 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 ....

, and Kenneth MacAlpin (Cináed mac Ailpín).

External links

• Pictish Chronicle