Drest (Drest mac Domnal or Drest mac Dúngail; died 677) was king of the

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from 663 until 672. 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. He is presumed to have been the leader of the failed Pictish Revolt against

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in 671. The Annals of Ulster and the

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for 671 record that he was deposed as king, presumably by Bridei. He died in 677.Annals of Ulster U678.6

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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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