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Bridei son of Beli, died 692 [a] 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 Verturian hegemony, a turning point in the history of Scotland, when the uniting of Pictish provinces under the over-kingship of the kings of Fortriu saw the development of a strong Pictish ...
Beli I was a ruler of Alt Clut, a Brittonic kingdom based on Dumbarton Rock, some time in the 7th century. Very little is known of him, but his family appears to have been very well connected in northern Britain. The Harleian genealogies name Beli as the son of Neithon, his predecessor as king, and the father of Eugein I, his successor. [1]
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 Verturian hegemony, a turning point in the history of Scotland, when the uniting of Pictish provinces under the over-kingship of the kings of Fortriu saw the development of a strong Pictish ...
Nov 10, 2011 · In 685, Ecgfrith of Northumbria and Bridei son of Beli, King of the Picts, fought a decisive battle which resulted in Ecgfrith’s defeat and death and an end to Northumbrian ambitions in Pictland. Historia Brittonum adds the intriguing detail that Ecgfrith and Bridei were cousins.
Drest's successor, Bridei son of Beli, is the earliest king explicitly called rex Fortrenn, ‘king of Fortriu’, in the chronicles. He is the first of four successive Pictish kings whose reigns collectively mark a turning point in Scottish history.
May 25, 2022 · This might explain why, when Bridei son of Beli, king of Fortriu, defeated the Northumbrians in 685, his expanded kingdom, which reached south of the Forth by 698, was ‘of the Picts’ not ‘of the Britons’ or ‘of the northern Britons’, even though he himself had British Strathclyde ancestry.
Feb 13, 2020 · Birthplace: Strathclyde, Scotland. Death: after circa 580. Strathclyde, Scotland. Immediate Family: Son of Nechtan Mawr mac Gwyddno, Brenin Alt Clut. Husband of N.N. and N.N. verch Eanfrith. Father of N.N. ferch Beli; Owain ap Beli, King of Strathclyde and Bruide mac Beli, Rí na h'Alt Clut.
