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Drest (also Drust and the

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Drostan) is the name of several

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Drest I of the Picts Drest or Drust, son of Erp, is a legendary king of the Picts from 412 to 452. Background The ''Pictish Chronicle'' tells that Drest reigned for 100 years and triumphed in 100 battles. In the face of encroachment from Angles, Britons and ...

, Drest son of Erp, supposedly contemporary with

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Drest II of the Picts Drest Gurthinmoch was a king of the Picts from 480 to 510. The ''Pictish Chronicle'' king lists all give him a reign of 30 years between Nechtan and Galan. The meaning of the epithet An epithet (, ), also a byname, is a descriptive term ...

, Drest Gurthinmoch *

Drest III of the Picts Drest son of Uudrost or son of Uudrossig was a king of the Picts from 522 to 530. The ''Pictish Chronicle The Pictish Chronicle is a name used to refer to a pseudo-historical account of the kings of the Picts beginning many thousand years be ...

, Drest son of Uudrost *

Drest IV of the Picts Drest son of Girom was a king of the Picts from possibly from 522 to 531. The ''Pictish Chronicle The Pictish Chronicle is a name used to refer to a pseudo-historical account of the kings of the Picts beginning many thousand years before his ...

, Drest son of Girom *

Drest V of the Picts Drest son of Maelchon was a king of the Picts from 549 to 550. The ''Pictish Chronicle The Pictish Chronicle is a name used to refer to a pseudo-historical account of the kings of the Picts beginning many thousand years before history was r ...

, Drest son of Munait *

Drest VI of the Picts Drest son of Donuel ( or ; died 677) was king of the Picts from 663 until 672. Like his brother and predecessor Gartnait son of Donuel (Gartnait IV), and Gartnait's predecessor Talorgan son of Eanfrith (Talorgan I), he reigned as a puppet k ...

, Drest son of Dúngal, deposed 672 *

Drest VII of the Picts Drest was king of the Picts from 724 until 726. He succeeded Nechtan mac Der-Ilei when the latter abdicated and entered a monastery in 724. Neither the Annals of Ulster nor the Annals of Tigernach, name Drest's father. The earlier versions of ...

, killed 729 *

Drest VIII of the Picts Drest son of Talorcan (Scottish Gaelic: ''Drest mac Talorgan''), was king of the Picts The list of kings of the Picts is based on the Pictish Chronicle king lists. These are late documents and do not record the dates when the kings reign ...

, Drest son of Talorgan, died 787 ? *

Drust IX of the Picts Drest was king of the Picts, in modern Scotland, from about 834 until 837. He was the son of King Caustantín and succeeded his uncle, Óengus, to the throne. The length of his reign is based on the various Pictish king lists, where he is a ...

, Drest son of Caustantín, died 836 or 837 ? * Drest X of the Picts, Drest son of Ferat,

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Drostan Saint Drostan (d. early 7th century), also known as Drustan, was the founder and abbot of the monastery of Old Deer in Aberdeenshire. His relics were later translated to the church at New Aberdour and his holy well lies nearby. Biography Dros ...

, founder of the monastery at

Old Deer Old Deer (, ) is a parish and village in the district of Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The population in 2011 was 152. The village lies on the A950, beside the Deer or South Ugie Water, west of Peterhead and from Mintlaw. Industries incl ...

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