Bruide mac Der-Ilei (died 706) was

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of the

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from 697 until 706. He became king when Taran was deposed in 697. He was the brother of his successor Nechtan. It has been suggested that Bruide's father was

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(d. 686) of the

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, a kingroup in

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who controlled

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and the

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. The parentage of his mother,

Der-Ilei Der-Ilei (born late 7th century) is believed to have been a daughter, or less probably a sister, of Bridei map Beli, king of the Picts (died 693). There are no explicit mentions of Der-Ilei in the Irish annals or other sources, and her existence ...

, is not certainly known. As well as Nechtan, a number of other brothers, half-brothers or foster-brothers of Bruide can be tentatively identified in the Irish annals: Talorgan son of Drest, Congus son of Dargart and Cináed son of Der-Ilei.''Annals of Ulster'', s.a. 712 and 713. Bruide was one of many important men of

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who guaranteed the

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(''Lex Innocentium''; Law of Innocents) at Birr in 697. A battle between the Picts and Saxons in 698 in which Berhtred, son of Beornhaeth, was killed, is reported by the Irish chroniclers. A defeat of the Dál Riata is reported in 704, either at

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or by the

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, but it is more likely to have been at the hands of the Britons of

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than the Picts. Conflict in Skye in 701, where Conaing son of Dúnchad was killed, is most probably an internal conflict among the tribes of Dál Riata. It is reported in the ''

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'' that the winter of 700 was so cold that "the sea froze between Ireland and Scotland". Bruide died in 706, when his death is recorded by the '' Annals of Ulster'' and the ''

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''. He was succeeded by his brother Nechtan.

Notes

References and further reading

* Anderson, Alan Orr, ''Early Sources of Scottish History A.D 500–1286'', volume 1. Reprinted with corrections. Stamford: Paul Watkins, 1990. * Clancy, Thomas Owen, "Nechtan son of Derile" in M. Lynch (ed.) ''The Oxford Companion to Scottish History.'' Oxford & New York: Oxford UP, 2002. * Clancy, Thomas Owen, "Philosopher-King : Nechtan mac Der-Ilei." ''Scottish Historical Review'' vol. 83, no. 2, pp. 125–149. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2004. ISSN 0036-9241

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