Drest VIII of the Picts
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Drest son of Talorgan was king of the Picts
from 782 to 787, succeeding his father Talorgan.
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...
from 782 to 787, succeeding his father Talorgan.
See also
- House of ÓengusHouse of ÓengusThe House of Óengus can refer to a still theoretical dynasty of Pictland who may have ruled as Kings of the Picts, as well as overlords of the Kings of Dál Riata and possibly of all of northern Great Britain, for approximately a century from the 730s to the 830s AD...