Galan of the Picts
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Galan Erilich was a king of the Picts
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The Pictish Chronicle
king lists have him reign for fifteen years between Drest Gurthinmoch
and the joint rule of Drest son of Uudrost
and Drest son of Girom
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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 reign for fifteen years between Drest Gurthinmoch
Drest II of the Picts
Drest Gurthinmoch was a king of the Picts.The Pictish Chronicle king lists all give him a reign of 30 years between Nechtan and Galan. The meaning of the epithet Gurthinmoch is unknown, but the first part may be related to the Welsh gwrdd, meaning great.-References:* Anderson, Alan Orr, Early...
and the joint rule of Drest son of Uudrost
Drest III of the Picts
Drest son of Uudrost or son of Uudrossig was a king of the Picts.The Pictish Chronicle king lists associate him with Drest IV. Various reigns, separately and jointly, are assigned to the two Drests, varying from one to fifteen years.-References:...
and 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...
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