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    Bridei son of Beli, died 692 was king of Fortriu and of the Picts from 671 until 692. His reign marks the start of the period known to historians as the...
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  • and his brothers grandsons of Neithan and first cousins of both the later Pictish king Bridei son of Beli and the later king of Altclut Eugein. Talorg's...
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  • were otherwise not politically united. Successor of Drest was the cousin of Ecgfrith Bridei son of Beli, who would eventually defeat and kill Ecgfrith and...
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  • Brittonum says that Bridei was the fratruelis or maternal first cousin of Ecgfrith of Northumbria, indicating that Beli's wife might have been of the Northumbrian...
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    Fortriu (redirect from Kingdom of Fortriu)
    of Fortriu as a powerful over-kingdom can be seen from the reign of Bridei son of Beli, who was the first king to be explicitly described as "King of...
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  • sister of the earlier Pictish king Bridei son of Beli. Talorcan's father Drestan was probably also a king of Atholl, or at least a member of its royal...
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  • Nwython (612–621) Beli I (621–633) Eugein map Beli (633–645) Guret/Gwriad (645–658) Mermin (?–682) Elfin (?–693) Bridei son of Beli I King of the Picts (672–693)...
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  • three-way alliance with Bridei son of Beli, king of Pictish Fortriu, and Bridei's nephew Eugein, who was king of the British kingdom of Alt Clut. This coalition...
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    where he refers in passing and without authority, to "... Bridei, son of Maelgwn, the mighty king of north Wales, ...". Though the book has been a commercial...
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    of Fortriu or king of Alba. The kings listed are thought to represent overkings of the Picts, at least from the time of Bridei son of Maelchon onwards....
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