Drest son of Girom was a 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 e ...
from 522 to 531.
The ''
Pictish Chronicle'' king lists associate him with
Drest III. Various reigns, separately and jointly, are assigned to the two Drests, varying from one to fifteen years. After the joint rule, this Drest appears alone in the lists with a reign of five or four years.
Drest is the first of three possible brothers, all called son of Girom, found in the king lists, the other being his successors
Gartnait I
Gartnait son of Girom was a king of the Picts from 531 to 537.
The '' Pictish Chronicle'' king lists have him ruling for six or seven years between Drest IV and Cailtram.
Cailtram is said to have been Gartnait's brother and three sons of Girom ...
and
Cailtram
Cailtram son of Girom was a 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 wha ...
.
References
*
Anderson, Alan Orr, ''Early Sources of Scottish History A.D 500–1286'', volume 1. Reprinted with corrections. Paul Watkins, Stamford, 1990.
External links
Pictish Chronicle
531 deaths
Pictish monarchs
6th-century Scottish monarchs
Year of birth unknown
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