Talorc son of Foith or son of Uuid (died 653) was a king of the
Picts from 641 to 653.
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.
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'' king lists give him a reign of twelve years following his brother
Bruide II. A third brother,
Gartnait III
Gartnait son of Foith or son of Uuid (died 635) was a king of the Picts from 631 to 635.
The ''Pictish Chronicle'' king lists give him a reign of four years, corresponding with the Irish annals, although variants say five and eight years.
His dea ...
, was king before Bruide.
His death is reported by the ''
Annals of Ulster
The ''Annals of Ulster'' ( ga, Annála Uladh) are annals of medieval Ireland. The entries span the years from 431 AD to 1540 AD. The entries up to 1489 AD were compiled in the late 15th century by the scribe Ruaidhrí Ó Luinín, ...
'' and the ''
Annals of Tigernach''. He was followed by
Talorgan son of
Eanfrith.
References
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Anderson, Alan Orr, ''Early Sources of Scottish History A.D 500–1286'', volume 1. Reprinted with corrections. Paul Watkins, Stamford, 1990.
External links
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Textsat
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
653 deaths
Pictish monarchs
7th-century Scottish monarchs
Year of birth unknown
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