Gartnait son of Donuel ( sga, Gartnait mac Domnaill or sga, Gartnait mac Dúngail, label=none; died 663) was king of the Picts from 657 until 663. He succeeded

Talorgan son of Eanfrith Talorgan son of Eanfrith ( sga, Talorcan mac Enfret; died 657) was a King of the Picts from 653 to 657. As with his successors Gartnait son of Donuel and Drest son of Donuel, he reigned as a puppet king under the Northumbrian king Oswiu. Talor ...

on the latter's death in 657. Like his predecessor Talorgan and his successor

Drest son of Donuel Drest son of Donuel ( sga, Drust mac Domnaill or sga, Drust mac Dúngail, label=none; died 677) was king of the Picts from 663 until 672. Like his brother and predecessor Gartnait son of Donuel, and Gartnait's predecessor Talorgan son of Eanfr ...

, Gartnait reigned as a puppet king under the Northumbrian king Oswiu. Gartnait and Drest may have been sons of

Domnall Brecc Domnall Brecc (Welsh: ''Dyfnwal Frych''; English: ''Donald the Freckled'') (died 642 in Strathcarron) was king of Dál Riata, in modern Scotland, from about 629 until 642. He was the son of Eochaid Buide. He was counted as Donald II of Scotland b ...

, who was king of Dál Riata from 629 until he was killed in 642. The Northumbrian writer

Bede Bede ( ; ang, Bǣda , ; 672/326 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, The Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable ( la, Beda Venerabilis), was an English monk at the monastery of St Peter and its companion monastery of St Paul in the Kingdom o ...

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 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 Gartnait a reign of five, six or six and a half years, corresponding with the notice of his death in the ''

Annals of Ulster The ''Annals of Ulster'' ( ga, Annála Uladh) are annals of medieval Ireland. The entries span the years from 431 AD to 1540 AD. The entries up to 1489 AD were compiled in the late 15th century by the scribe Ruaidhrí Ó Luinín, ...

'' and the '' Annals of Tigernach'' in 663. The king lists record that he was succeeded by his brother Drest, though Oswiu may have forced an

interregnum An interregnum (plural interregna or interregnums) is a period of discontinuity or "gap" in a government, organization, or social order. Archetypally, it was the period of time between the reign of one monarch and the next (coming from Latin '' ...

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.

Notes

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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