turning point in the history of modern-day Scotland. Bridei may have been the father or, less likely, the brother of Der-Ilei, the mother of the later Pictish kings Bridei son of Der-Ilei and Naiton son of Der-Ilei, and it is through her that they would have based their claim to the kingship of Fortriu after the overthrow by Bridei son of Der-Ilei of Bridei son of Beli's successor Taran son of Ainftech. References Bibliography Fraser, James E., The Battle of Dunnichen: 685 (Charleston, 2002) Woolf, Alex, "Dun Nechtain, Fortriu and the Geography of the Picts", Scottish Historical Review 85(2006), 182–201. External links Annals of Tigernach Annals of Ulster (translated) Historia Brittonum (translated) 7th-century births 693 deaths Pictish monarchs 7th-century Scottish monarchs