- Uurad
Infobox Monarch
name =Uurad (possibly Ferat or Feradach)
title =King of the Picts
reign =839–842
predecessor =Uen
successor =Bridei son of Uurad|Uurad or Ferat son of Bargoit (died 842?) was king of the
Picts , perhaps from 839 onwards.No two versions of the king-lists known as the
Pictish Chronicle give exactly the same version of his name. ["Early Sources", p. cxxvii.] Ferat, or Uurad in Pictish, is the most common reading, but Feradach may be intended. [In the case of Alpín, Uuroid is read as Feradach.]Thomas Owen Clancy 's interpretation of theDrosten Stone would make Ferat one of only two Pictish monarchs, the other being Caustantín mac Fergusa, whose name is read on aPictish stone .One version of the origin tale of
St Andrews states that it was written by one Thana son of Dudabrach, atMeigle , in the reign of "Pherath son of Bergeth". ["Early Sources", p. 266, note 2.]His sons may have included Bridei, Ciniod, and Drest, who contested for power in Pictland with kin groups led by Bruide son of Fokel, and
Kenneth MacAlpin (Cináed mac Ailpín).Notes
References
* Anderson, Alan Orr, "Early Sources of Scottish History A.D 500–1286", volume 1. Reprinted with corrections. Paul Watkins, Stamford, 1990. ISBN 1-871615-03-8
External links
* [http://www.mimas.ac.uk/~zzalsaw2/pictish.html Pictish Chronicle]
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