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| Drest X | |
|---|---|
| King of the Picts | |
| Reign | 845–848 |
| Predecessor | Bridei VII |
| Successor | Kenneth MacAlpin |
| Father | Uurad |
Drest (Scottish Gaelic:Drust;Latin:Durst) wasking of the Picts from 845 to 848, a rival ofKenneth MacAlpin (Cináed mac Ailpín). According to thePictish Chronicle, he was the son ofUurad (also spelled Vurad, Ferant, Ferat).[1]
Drest X was killed atScone in the event known in history asMacAlpin's Treason. He was the last king of thePicts.[2]
With such scant information about Drest, this detail is enticing:
In the ancient graveyard ofSt Vigeans inForfarshire, within which there exist many most interesting earlyCeltic monuments, there is to be found one old stone which is possessed of this singularity: that on it there is engraved the only inscription in the ordinary character of theCeltic manuscript which is to be found inScotland outside the bounds ofIona. That inscription has been thus read by the late Sir James Simpson: "The stone of Drost, son of Voret, of the race of Fergus". There is considerable probability that the Drost here commemorated is the Drost son of Ferat and king of the Picts referred to above [i.e., Drest son of Uurad].[3]
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| Preceded by | King of the Picts 845–848 | Succeeded by |
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