father predecessor successor succession death_date mother article_title name reign
eanfrith of bernicia talorc iii gartnait iv king of the picts 657 pictish princess talorgan i
 talorcan 653-657
talorgan i

talorcan -lrb- or talorgan -rrb- mac enfret -lrb- died 657 -rrb- was a king of the picts from 653 to 657 .
he was the son of eanfrith of bernicia , who had fled into exile among the picts after his father , Æthelfrith of northumbria , was killed around the year 616 .
eanfrith married a pictish princess , and their son was talorcan .
talorcan became king in 653 ; in the next year , he defeated and killed dúnchad mac conaing , king of the dál riata , in battle at strath ethairt .
it has been suggested that this battle may have been part of a traditional `` inaugural raid '' against hostile neighbors to mark the beginning of a king 's rule .
talorcan was the nephew of the powerful oswiu of northumbria ; oswiu is reported by bede to have `` for the most part subdued and made tributary '' the picts -lrb- along with the dál riata -rrb- , and it is possible that talorcan was subject to oswiu .
