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 hist
The battle scene from the Aberlemno 2 Pictish stone, which may show the Battle of Dun Nechtain; Picts on the left, Northumbrians on the right, the mounted Pictish figure perhaps representing King Bridei.
Altclut on the River Clyde at Dumbarton, seat of Bridei's father Beli
Dál Riata or Dál Riada was a Gaelic kingdom that encompassed the western seaboard of Scotland and north-eastern Ireland, on each side of the North Channel. At its height in the 6th and 7th centuries,
Dunadd Hillfort
9th-century St Martin's Cross on Iona
Saint Matthew, folio 28v in the Book of Kells
Footprint (replica) used in king-making ceremonies, Dunadd