Drest was
king of the Picts
The list of kings of the Picts is based on the Pictish Chronicle king lists. These are late documents and do not record the dates when the kings reigned. The various surviving lists disagree in places as to the names of kings, and the lengths ...
, in modern
Scotland
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, from about 834 until 837. He was the son of King
CaustantÃn and succeeded his uncle,
Óengus, to the throne.
The length of his reign is based on the various Pictish king lists, where he is associated with Talorgan son of Uuthoil. Some sources, such as
John of Fordun
John of Fordun (before 1360 – c. 1384) was a Scottish chronicler. It is generally stated that he was born at Fordoun, Mearns. It is certain that he was a secular priest, and that he composed his history in the latter part of the 14th ...
, conflate the two kings as "Durstolorger", perhaps under the influence of the earlier "
Dubthalorc".
It was once thought that Pictish kings in this period were also kings of
Dál Riata
Dál Riata or Dál Riada (also Dalriada) () was a Gaels, Gaelic Monarchy, kingdom that encompassed the Inner Hebrides, western seaboard of Scotland and north-eastern Ireland, on each side of the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North ...
, but this is no longer supported.
See also
*
House of Óengus
References
Sources
*
Anderson, Alan Orr; ''Early Sources of Scottish History A.D. 500–1286'', volume 1. Reprinted with corrections, Paul Watkins, Stamford, 1990.
*
Broun, Dauvit; "Pictish Kings 761–839: Integration with Dál Riata or Separate Development" in Sally Foster (ed.), ''The St Andrews Sarcophagus: A Pictish masterpiece and its international connections'', Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1998.
837 deaths
Pictish monarchs
9th-century Scottish monarchs
Year of birth unknown
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