Talorc son of Murtolic was a

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 reigned. The various surviving lists disagree in places as to the names of kings, and the lengths ...

from 538 to 549. 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 King is a royal title given to a male monarch. A king is an absolute monarch if he holds unrestricted governmental power or exercises full sovereignty over a nation. Conversely, he is a constitutional monarch if his power is restrained by f ...

have him reign for eleven years between

Cailtram Cailtram, son of Girom, was a king of the Picts possibly from 537 to 538. The ''Pictish Chronicle'' king lists have him ruling for one or six years between his brother Gartnait son of Girom and Talorc son of Muircholach. No two lists which g ...

and

Drest V Drest son of Maelchon was a king of the Picts from 549 to 550. The ''Pictish Chronicle'' king lists have him reign for one year between Talorc II and Galam Cennalath Galam Cennalath (died 580) was a king of the Picts from 550 to 555. T ...

. There are many variants of his father's name, including Murtolic and Mordeleg.

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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, Paul Watkins, Stamford, 1990.

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