Biography of Drest VI King Picts -677

Drest VI King Picts was born to Unknown Name Picts.

In 663 Drest VI King Picts succeeded VI King Picts.

Battle of the Two Rivers

In 671 King Ecgfrith of Northumbria (age 26) and defeated Drest VI King Picts at the Battle of the Two Rivers bringing to an end the Pictish rebellion. The location of the battle is not known. Stephen of Ripon described the account in his account of the battle from Vita Sancti Wilfrithi: He slew an enormous number of the people, filling two rivers with corpses, so that, marvellous to relate, the slayers, passing over the rivers dry foot, pursued and slew a crowd of fugitives.

In 677 Drest VI King Picts died.