Drest (Scottish Gaelic: Drust) was king of the Picts from before 845 to 848 a rival of Kenneth MacAlpin (Cináed mac Ailpín). According to the Pictish Chronicle he was the son of Uurad.The myth of MacAlpin’s Treason was attached to a king named Drest and it may be this king who is intended. He was the last king of the Picts.
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