Gartnait son of Donuel | |
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King of the Picts | |
Reign | 657–663 |
Predecessor | Talorgan son of Eanfrith |
Successor | Drest son of Donuel |
Died | 663 |
Father | Possibly Domnall Brecc |
Mother | Unknown |
Gartnait son of Donuel ( Old Irish: Gartnait mac Domnaill or Gartnait mac Dúngail; died 663) was king of the Picts from 657 until 663.
He succeeded Talorgan son of Eanfrith on the latter's death in 657. [1] Like his predecessor Talorgan and his successor Drest son of Donuel, Gartnait reigned as a puppet king under the Northumbrian king Oswiu. [2] Gartnait and Drest may have been sons of Domnall Brecc, who was king of Dál Riata from c. 629 until he was killed in 642. [2]
The Northumbrian writer Bede implies that Oswiu subdued "the greater part of the Picts" in 658, [3] suggesting Oswiu launched an offensive against the Picts after the death of his nephew Talorgan in 657. [4] The Pictish Chronicle king lists give Gartnait a reign of five, six or six and a half years, corresponding with the notice of his death in the Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Tigernach in 663. [5]
The king lists record that he was succeeded by his brother Drest, though Oswiu may have forced an interregnum on the kingdom from 663 to 666. [4] Gartnait son of Donuel may be the Gartnait whose family are recorded by the Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Tigernach going to Ireland in 668. [5]
Gartnait son of Donuel | |
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King of the Picts | |
Reign | 657–663 |
Predecessor | Talorgan son of Eanfrith |
Successor | Drest son of Donuel |
Died | 663 |
Father | Possibly Domnall Brecc |
Mother | Unknown |
Gartnait son of Donuel ( Old Irish: Gartnait mac Domnaill or Gartnait mac Dúngail; died 663) was king of the Picts from 657 until 663.
He succeeded Talorgan son of Eanfrith on the latter's death in 657. [1] Like his predecessor Talorgan and his successor Drest son of Donuel, Gartnait reigned as a puppet king under the Northumbrian king Oswiu. [2] Gartnait and Drest may have been sons of Domnall Brecc, who was king of Dál Riata from c. 629 until he was killed in 642. [2]
The Northumbrian writer Bede implies that Oswiu subdued "the greater part of the Picts" in 658, [3] suggesting Oswiu launched an offensive against the Picts after the death of his nephew Talorgan in 657. [4] The Pictish Chronicle king lists give Gartnait a reign of five, six or six and a half years, corresponding with the notice of his death in the Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Tigernach in 663. [5]
The king lists record that he was succeeded by his brother Drest, though Oswiu may have forced an interregnum on the kingdom from 663 to 666. [4] Gartnait son of Donuel may be the Gartnait whose family are recorded by the Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Tigernach going to Ireland in 668. [5]