Bridei son of Der-Ilei (; died 706) was
king of the Picts
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from 697 until 706. He became king when
Taran was deposed in 697.
He was the brother of his successor
Nechtan. It has been suggested that Bruide's father was
Dargart mac Finguine (d. 686) of the
Cenél Comgaill
Comgall mac Domangairt was king of Dál Riata in the early 6th century. He was the son of Domangart Réti and grandson of Fergus Mór. The ''Annals of Ulster'' report his death in 538, 542 and 545, the ''Annals of Tigernach'' in 537.
Comgall
...
, a kingroup in
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 ...
who controlled
Cowal
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and the
Isle of Bute
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Formerly a constituent island of the larger County of ...
. The parentage of his mother,
Der-Ilei, is not certainly known.
As well as Nechtan, a number of other brothers, half-brothers, or foster-brothers of Bruide can be tentatively identified in the
Irish annals
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: Talorgan son of Drest, Congus son of Dargart and Cináed son of Der-Ilei.
[''Annals of Ulster'', s.a. 712 and 713.]
Bruide was one of many important men of
Ireland
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and
Scotland
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who guaranteed the
Cáin Adomnáin
The ''Cáin Adomnáin'' (, , "Law of Adomnán"), also known as the ''Lex Innocentium'' (Law of Innocents), was promulgated amongst a gathering of Gaels, Gaelic and Picts, Pictish notables at the Synod of Birr in 697 in Ireland, 697. It is named ...
(''Lex Innocentium''; Law of Innocents) at
Birr in 697.
A battle between the Picts and Saxons in 698 in which
Berhtred, son of Beornhaeth, was killed, is reported by the Irish chroniclers. A defeat of the
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 ...
is reported in 704, either at
Loch Lomond
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or by the
Leven, but it is more likely to have been at the hands of the Britons of
Altclut than the Picts. Conflict in
Skye
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in 701, where Conaing son of
Dúnchad was killed, is most probably an internal conflict among the tribes of Dál Riata. It is reported in the ''
Chronicon Scotorum
''Chronicon Scotorum'', also known as ''Chronicum Scotorum'', is a medieval Irish chronicle.
Overview
According to Nollaig Ó Muraíle, it is "a collection of annals belonging to the ' Clonmacnoise group', covering the period from prehistoric ...
'' that the winter of 700 was so cold that "the sea froze between Ireland and Scotland".
Bruide died in 706 when his death is recorded by the ''
Annals of Ulster
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'' and the ''
Annals of Tigernach
The ''Annals of Tigernach'' (Abbreviation, abbr. AT, ) are chronicles probably originating in Clonmacnoise, Ireland. The language is a mixture of Latin language, Latin and Old Irish, Old and Middle Irish.
Many of the pre-historic entries come f ...
''. He was succeeded by his brother Nechtan.
References
Further reading
*
Anderson, Alan Orr
Alan Orr Anderson (1879–1958) was a Scottish historian and compiler. The son of Rev. John Anderson and Ann Masson, he was born in 1879. He was educated at Royal High School, Edinburgh, and the University of Edinburgh.
In 1908, after fiv ...
; ''Early Sources of Scottish History A.D. 500–1286'', volume 1. Reprinted with corrections. Stamford: Paul Watkins, 1990.
*
Clancy, Thomas Owen; "Nechtan son of Derile" in M. Lynch (ed.), ''The Oxford Companion to Scottish History'', Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
* Clancy, Thomas Owen; "Philosopher-King: Nechtan mac Der-Ilei", ''Scottish Historical Review'', vol. 83, no. 2, pp. 125–149. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2004. ISSN 0036-9241
External links
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Textsat
University College Cork
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The university was founded in 1845 as one of three Queen's Universit ...
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 Lives of Saints. Most are translated into English or translations are in progress.
Pictish Chronicle
(translated by
Kuno Meyer
Kuno Meyer (20 December 1858 – 11 October 1919) was a German scholar, distinguished in the field of Celtic philology and literature. His pro-German stance at the start of World War I in the United States was a source of controversy. His brothe ...
) at the Internet Medieval Sourcebook.
7th-century births
706 deaths
Pictish monarchs
7th-century Scottish monarchs
8th-century Scottish monarchs
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