Talorc III of the Picts
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Talorc son of Foith or son of Uuid (died 653) was a king of the Picts
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The Pictish Chronicle
king give him a reign of twelve years following his brother Bruide II
. A third brother, Gartnait III
, was king before Bruide.
His death is reported by the Annals of Ulster
and the Annals of Tigernach
. He was followed by Talorgan
son of Eanfrith
.
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 give him a reign of twelve years following his brother Bruide II
Bridei II of the Picts
Bruide son of Foith or son of Uuid was a king of the Picts.The Pictish Chronicle king give him a reign of five years following his brother Gartnait III.His death is reported by the Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Tigernach...
. A third brother, Gartnait III
Gartnait III of the Picts
Gartnait son of Foith or son of Uuid was a king of the Picts.The Pictish Chronicle king lists give him a reign of four years, corresponding with the Irish annals, although variants say five and eight years....
, was king before Bruide.
His death is reported by the Annals of Ulster
Annals of Ulster
The Annals of Ulster are annals of medieval Ireland. The entries span the years between AD 431 to AD 1540. The entries up to AD 1489 were compiled in the late 15th century by the scribe Ruaidhrí Ó Luinín, under his patron Cathal Óg Mac Maghnusa on the island of Belle Isle on Lough Erne in the...
and the Annals of Tigernach
Annals of Tigernach
The Annals of Tigernach is a chronicle probably originating in Clonmacnoise, Ireland. The language is a mixture of Latin and Old and Middle Irish....
. He was followed by Talorgan
Talorcan of the Picts
Talorcan mac Enfret was a King of the Picts . He was the son of Eanfrith of Bernicia, who had fled into exile among the Picts after his father, Æthelfrith of Northumbria, was killed around the year 616...
son of Eanfrith
Eanfrith of Bernicia
Eanfrith was briefly King of Bernicia from 633 to 634. He was the son of Æthelfrith, a Bernician king who had also ruled Deira to the south before being killed in battle around 616 against Raedwald of East Anglia, who had given refuge to Edwin, an exiled prince of Deira.Edwin became king of...
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External links
- CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork includes the Annals of Ulster, Tigernach, the Four Masters and Innisfallen, the Chronicon Scotorum, the Lebor Bretnach (which includes the Duan Albanach), Genealogies, and various Saints' Lives. Most are translated into English, or translations are in progress.
- Pictish Chronicle