Gartnait (Gartnait mac Domnaill or Gartnait mac Dúngail) (died 663) was king of the

Picts The Picts were a group of peoples who lived in what is now northern and eastern Scotland (north of the Firth of Forth) during Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. Where they lived and what their culture was like can be inferred from ea ...

from 657 until 663. He succeeded Talorgan mac Enfret on the latter's death in 657. 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 lists give him a reign of six or six and a half years, corresponding with the notice of his death in the ''

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'' and the '' Annals of Tigernach'' in 663. The king lists record that he was succeeded by his brother

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

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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includes the ''Annals of Ulster'', ''Tigernach'', ''the Four Masters'' and ''Innisfallen'', the ''Chronicon Scotorum'', the ''Lebor Bretnach'' (which includes the ''Duan Albanach''), Genealogies, and various Saints' Lives. Most are translated into English, or translations are in progress.
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