Cailtram of the Picts
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Cailtram son of Girom was a king of the Picts
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The Pictish Chronicle
king lists have him ruling for one or six years between his brother Gartnait son of Girom
and Talorc son of Muircholach
. No two lists which give a possibly authentic version of his name agree on its form, variants including Cailtarni and Cailtaine. Later versions include Kelhiran, Kelturan and Kyburcan.
He is the third son of Girom listed as king, although Drest son of Girom
is not explicitly stated to have been a brother of Cailtram and Gartnait.
Picts
The Picts were a group of Late Iron Age and Early Mediaeval people living in what is now eastern and northern Scotland. There is an association with the distribution of brochs, place names beginning 'Pit-', for instance Pitlochry, and Pictish stones. They are recorded from before the Roman conquest...
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The Pictish Chronicle
Pictish Chronicle
The Pictish Chronicle is a name often given by historians to a list 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...
king lists have him ruling for one or six years between his brother Gartnait son of Girom
Gartnait I of the Picts
Gartnait son of Girom was a king of the Picts.The Pictish Chronicle king lists have him ruling for six or seven years between Drest IV and Cailtram....
and Talorc son of Muircholach
Talorc II of the Picts
Talorc son of Muircholach was a king of the Picts.The so-called Pictish Chronicle king lists have him reign for eleven years between Cailtram and Drest V. There are many variants of his father's name, including Mordeleg, Murtholoic and Mordeleth....
. No two lists which give a possibly authentic version of his name agree on its form, variants including Cailtarni and Cailtaine. Later versions include Kelhiran, Kelturan and Kyburcan.
He is the third son of Girom listed as king, although Drest son of Girom
Drest IV of the Picts
Drest son of Girom was a king of the Picts.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...
is not explicitly stated to have been a brother of Cailtram and Gartnait.