Bruide son of Foith or son of Uuid (died 641) was a king of the

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from 635 to 641. The ''

Pictish Chronicle The Pictish Chronicle is a name used to refer to a 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. Version A The ...

'' king-list gives him a reign of five years following his brother

Gartnait III Gartnait son of Foith or son of Uuid (died 635) was a king of the Picts from 631 to 635. The ''Pictish Chronicle'' king lists give him a reign of four years, corresponding with the Irish annals, although variants say five and eight years. His dea ...

. His death is reported by the ''

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'' and the ''

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''. He was followed by another brother,

Talorc III Talorc son of Foith or son of Uuid (died 653) was a king of the Picts from 641 to 653. The '' Pictish Chronicle'' king lists give him a reign of twelve years following his brother Bruide II. A third brother, Gartnait III, was king before Bruide. ...

, according to the king lists. Bridei II might have been the father of the "Pictish princess" married to

Eanfrith of Bernicia Eanfrith (590–634Bede's dates are usually taken as he gives them, but some historians have treated these dates as being one year earlier, based on the idea that Bede did not start his years at the same time as modern years are started, so by thi ...

, and might explain why their son

Talorgan I Talorcan (or Talorgan) mac Enfret (died 657) was a King of the Picts from 653 to 657. He was the son of Eanfrith of Bernicia, who had fled into exile among the Picts after his father, Æthelfrith of Northumbria, was killed around the year 616. Ean ...

became the king of the Picts from 653–657.

References

* Anderson, Alan Orr, ''Early Sources of Scottish History A.D 500–1286'', volume 1. Reprinted with corrections. Paul Watkins, Stamford, 1990.

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