Kings of the Picts

E183200

The Kings of the Picts were the early medieval monarchs who ruled the Pictish kingdoms in what is now eastern and northern Scotland before their eventual unification with the Scots.

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Label Occurrences
Kings of Alba 1
Kings of the Picts canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Pictish rulers
monarchs of Scotland
royal dynasty
alliedWith Dál Riata
Gaels
capital Forteviot
Scone
conflictWith Northumbria
Vikings
country Pictland
culture Pictish culture
endDate 9th century
endReason political union with the Scots
ethnicGroup Picts (early period)
surface form: Picts
firstAttestedRuler Vipoig
floruit 6th century
7th century
8th century
9th century
governmentForm monarchy
knownFor eventual union with the Scots
rule over Pictish kingdoms
language Pictish
lastRuler Kenneth MacAlpin
surface form: Cínaed mac Ailpín

Kenneth MacAlpin
mergedInto Kingdom of Scotland
surface form: Kingdom of Alba
notableRuler Bridei mac Bili
surface form: Bridei I

Bridei mac Bili
surface form: Bridei III

Causantín mac Fergusa
Nechtan mac Der-Ilei
Óengus I of the Picts
surface form: Óengus I
partOf history of Scotland
predecessor Iron Age tribal leaders in northern Britain
region eastern Scotland
northern Scotland
religion Celtic paganism
Christianity
source Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People
surface form: Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People

Annals of Tigernach
surface form: Irish annals

Pictish Chronicle
Pictish king lists
succession partly matrilineal succession
successor Kings of the Picts self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kings of Alba

Kings of Scotland
timePeriod Early Middle Ages
late antiquity
title Óengus I of the Picts
surface form: King of Fortriu

Óengus I of the Picts
surface form: King of the Picts

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House of Alpin precededBy Kings of the Picts
Kings of the Picts successor Kings of the Picts self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kings of Alba