Gartnait son of Donuel ( sga, Gartnait mac Domnaill or sga, Gartnait mac Dúngail, label=none; died 663) was king of the

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from 657 until 663. He succeeded Talorgan son of Eanfrith on the latter's death in 657. Like his predecessor Talorgan and his successor Drest son of Donuel, Gartnait reigned as a

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under the Northumbrian king

Oswiu Oswiu, also known as Oswy or Oswig ( ang, Ōswīg; c. 612 – 15 February 670), was King of Bernicia from 642 and of Northumbria from 654 until his death. He is notable for his role at the Synod of Whitby in 664, which ultimately brought the chu ...

. Gartnait and Drest may have been sons of Domnall Brecc, who was king of

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from 629 until he was killed in 642. The Northumbrian writer Bede implies that Oswiu subdued "the greater part of the Picts" in 658, suggesting Oswiu launched an offensive against the Picts after the death of his nephew Talorgan in 657. The '' Pictish Chronicle'' king lists give Gartnait a reign of five, six or six and a half years, corresponding with the notice of his death in the '' Annals of Ulster'' and the ''

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'' in 663. The king lists record that he was succeeded by his brother Drest, though Oswiu may have forced an interregnum on the kingdom from 663-666. Gartnait son of Donuel may be the Gartnait whose family are recorded by the ''Annals of Ulster'' and the ''Annals of Tigernach'' going to Ireland in 668.

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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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