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King of the Picts from 456 to 480

Nechtan I
King of the Picts
Reign	456–480
Predecessor	Talorc I
Successor	Drest II

Father	Erip

Nechtan, son of Erip, was the king of the Picts from 456 to 480.

The king lists supply a number of epithets for Nechtan: Morbet and Celchamoth and the Latin Magnus (the Great). He is said to have reigned for twenty-four years. In a rare change from a bald statement of names and years, the king lists provide a tradition linking Nechtan to the foundation of Abernethy:

"So Nectonius the Great, Wirp's son, the king of all the provinces of the Picts, offered to Saint Brigid, to the day of judgement, Abernethy, with its territories ... Now the cause of the offering was this. Nectonius, living in a life of exile, when his brother Drest expelled him to Ireland, begged Saint Brigid to beseech God for him. And she prayed for him and said: "If thou reach thy country, the Lord will have pity on thee. Thou shalt possess in peace the kingdom of the Picts."

A life of Saint Buíte of Monasterboice, after whom Monasterboice is named, claims that Buíte raised Nechtan from the dead, and associated him with Kirkbuddo in Strathmore.

It has been suggested that these traditions should be associated with a later Pictish king, with the very similar name of Nechtan nepos Uerb.

References

Variants read thirty-four and ten years.
Early Sources, pp. cxx-cxxi, quoting Skene's Chronicles of the Picts & Scots.
Early Sources, pp. cxx-cxxi.
Smyth, p. 82.

Sources

Anderson, Alan Orr (1990) , Early Sources of Scottish History A.D. 500–1286, vol. 1 (2nd ed.), Stamford, Lincs.: Paul Watkins, ISBN 1-871615-03-8
Anderson, Marjorie O. (1980), Kings and Kingship in Early Scotland (2nd ed.), Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, ISBN 0-7011-1604-8
Evans, Nicholas (2008), "Royal succession and kingship among the Picts" (PDF), The Innes Review, 59 (1), Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press: 1–48, doi:10.3366/e0020157x08000140, hdl:20.500.11820/657d2747-c29d-4254-989d-eb23970a9684, ISSN 0020-157X
Fraser, James E. (2009), From Caledonia to Pictland: Scotland to 795, The New Edinburgh History of Scotland, vol. I, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, ISBN 978-0-7486-1232-1
Smyth, Alfred P. (1998) , Warlords and Holy Men: Scotland AD 80–1000, The New History of Scotland, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, ISBN 0-7486-0100-7

External links

Pictish Chronicle

Regnal titles
Preceded byTalorc I	King of the Picts 456–480	Succeeded byDrest II

v t e Pictish and Scottish monarchs
Monarchs of the Picts (traditional)	Drest I Talorc I Nechtan I Drest II Galan Erilich Drest III Drest IV Gartnait I Cailtram Talorc II Drest V Galam Cennalath Bridei I Gartnait II Nechtan II Cinioch Gartnait III Bridei II Talorc III Talorgan I Gartnait IV Drest VI Bridei III Taran Bridei IV Nechtan III Drest VII Alpín I Óengus I Bridei V Ciniod I Alpín II Talorgan II Drest VIII Conall Constantine (I) Óengus II Drest IX Uuen Uurad Bridei VI Ciniod II Bridei VII Drest X
Monarchs of the Scots (traditional)	Kenneth I MacAlpin Donald I Constantine I (II) Áed Giric Eochaid (uncertain) Donald II Constantine II (III) Malcolm I Indulf Dub Cuilén Amlaíb Kenneth II Constantine III (IV) Kenneth III Malcolm II Duncan I Macbeth Lulach Malcolm III Canmore Donald III Duncan II Donald III Edgar Alexander I David I Malcolm IV William I the Lion Alexander II Alexander III Margaret First Interregnum John Second Interregnum Robert I David II Robert II Robert III James I James II James III James IV James V Mary James VI Charles I Charles II James VII Mary II William II Anne
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