Drest son of Girom was a king of the

Picts The Picts were a group of peoples who lived in what is now northern and eastern Scotland (north of the Firth of Forth) during Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. Where they lived and what their culture was like can be inferred from ea ...

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 history was recorded in Pictavia and ending after Pictavia had been enveloped by Scotland. Version A The ...

'' king lists associate him with

Drest III Drest son of Uudrost or son of Uudrossig was a king of the Picts from 522 to 530. The ''Pictish Chronicle'' king lists associate him with Drest IV Drest son of Girom was a king of the Picts from 522 to 531. The ''Pictish Chronicle'' king lists a ...

. Various reigns, separately and jointly, are assigned to the two Drests, varying from one to fifteen years. After the joint rule, this Drest appears alone in the lists with a reign of five or four years. Drest is the first of three possible brothers, all called son of Girom, found in the king lists, the other being his successors

Gartnait I Gartnait son of Girom was a king of the Picts from 531 to 537. The ''Pictish Chronicle'' king lists have him ruling for six or seven years between Drest IV and Cailtram. Cailtram is said to have been Gartnait's brother and three sons of Girom a ...

and

Cailtram Cailtram son of Girom was a king of the Picts from 537 to 538. 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 recor ...

References

* Anderson, Alan Orr, ''Early Sources of Scottish History A.D 500–1286'', volume 1. Reprinted with corrections. Paul Watkins, Stamford, 1990.

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