Pictland

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early medieval polity historical region

Pictland was the early medieval territory in what is now northern and eastern Scotland, inhabited and ruled by the Picts before its unification with the Scots.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Pictland canonical 25
Kingdom of the Picts 3
Kingdom of the Picts and Scots 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf early medieval polity ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
archaeologicalFeature early Christian monasteries ⓘ
hill forts ⓘ
symbol stones ⓘ
associatedWithRuler Bridei mac Bili ⓘ
Causantín mac Fergusa ⓘ
Óengus I of the Picts ⓘ
borderedBy Dál Riata ⓘ
Northumbria ⓘ
Strathclyde ⓘ
culture Insular Celtic languages ⓘ
surface form: Insular Celtic culture
endOfDistinctIdentity 10th century ⓘ
ethnoLinguisticGroup Picts (early period) ⓘ
surface form: Pictish people
flourishedDuring 6th century ⓘ
7th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
followedBy Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Alba
hasCapital Forteviot ⓘ
Scone ⓘ
hasCoastOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
North Sea ⓘ
hasLanguage Pictish language ⓘ
surface form: Pictish
hasModernHistoriographicalName Pictland self-link ⓘ
hasReligion Celtic paganism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
inhabitedBy Picts (early period) ⓘ
surface form: Picts
knownFrom The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ
surface form: Anglo-Saxon chronicles

Irish annals ⓘ
Roman sources ⓘ
locatedIn eastern Scotland ⓘ
northern Scotland ⓘ
mergedInto Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: medieval Kingdom of Scotland
partiallyOverlaps Cait ⓘ
Ce ⓘ
Circinn ⓘ
Fib ⓘ
Fidach ⓘ
Fortriu ⓘ
partOf modern Scotland ⓘ
politicalStructure kingdoms of the Picts ⓘ
overkingship of the Picts ⓘ
precededBy Roman Britain in northern Scotland ⓘ
ruledBy Picts (early period) ⓘ
surface form: Picts
timePeriod Early Middle Ages ⓘ
unificationLedTo formation of the Kingdom of Alba ⓘ
unitedWith Dál Riata ⓘ
Scots ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kenneth MacAlpin → country → Pictland ⓘ
Kenneth MacAlpin → historicalRegion → Pictland ⓘ
Picts (early period) → region → Pictland ⓘ
House of Alpin → territory → Pictland ⓘ
Strathmore → historicalRegionOf → Pictland ⓘ
Scottish crown → predecessor → Pictland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pictish monarchy
Buchan area of Aberdeenshire → historicalRegionOf → Pictland ⓘ
subject surface form: Buchan
Dál Riata → followedBy → Pictland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pictish-Scottish kingdom
Dál Riata → sharesBorderWith → Pictland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pictish kingdoms
Eóganán mac Óengusa → country → Pictland ⓘ
Eóganán mac Óengusa → realm → Pictland ⓘ
Bridei mac Bili → country → Pictland ⓘ
Bridei mac Bili → residence → Pictland ⓘ
Bridei mac Bili → deathPlace → Pictland ⓘ
Alba → followed → Pictland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of the Picts
Alba → precededBy → Pictland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of the Picts
Pictland → hasModernHistoriographicalName → Pictland self-link ⓘ
Kings of the Picts → country → Pictland ⓘ
Constantine I of Scotland → country → Pictland ⓘ
Constantine I of Scotland → country → Pictland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of the Picts and Scots
Ailpín mac Echdach → placeOfActivity → Pictland ⓘ
Domnall mac Ailpín → countryRuled → Pictland ⓘ
Causantín mac Fergusa → countryRuled → Pictland ⓘ
Causantín mac Fergusa → deathPlace → Pictland ⓘ
Óengus I of the Picts → country → Pictland ⓘ
Óengus I of the Picts → deathPlace → Pictland ⓘ
Giric of Scotland → country → Pictland ⓘ
Giric of Scotland → associatedWith → Pictland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of the Picts
Eochaid of Scotland → historicalRegion → Pictland ⓘ
Forteviot → associatedWith → Pictland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pictish kingdom
Donald I of Scotland → historicalRegion → Pictland ⓘ
Donald II of Scotland → associatedWithPlace → Pictland ⓘ
Caithness → historicalRegionOf → Pictland ⓘ
Buchan → historicallyPartOf → Pictland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pictish territories