Talorgan son of Eanfrith

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Talorgan son of Eanfrith (Template:Langx; died 657) was a King of the Picts from 653 to 657. As with his successors Gartnait son of Donuel and Drest son of Donuel, he reigned as a puppet king under the Northumbrian king Oswiu.Template:Sfn

Talorgan was the son of Eanfrith of Bernicia, who had fled into exile among the Picts after his father, the Bernician king Æthelfrith, was killed around the year 616.Template:Sfn Talorgan's mother is likely to have been a member of a powerful Pictish royal dynasty,Template:Sfn and may have been the sister of his predecessor Talorg son of Uuid, as "Talorgan" is a diminutive meaning "Little Talorg".Template:Sfn Talorgan may have claimed Pictish kingship through his mother, but his rule may also have been because he was the nephew of Oswiu at a time Oswiu was ruling Northumbria.Template:Sfn Talorgan was probably imposed upon the southern Picts by Oswiu,Template:Sfn as part of his policy of expansion and domination in northern Britain.Template:Sfn

Talorgan became king in 653, probably with a powerbase within the southern Pictish territory south of the Mounth, which was also probably the home territory of his predecessor Talorg.Template:Sfn In the next year, he defeated and killed Dúnchad mac Conaing, king of the Dál Riata, at the Battle of Strathyre. This may have been part of a traditional "inaugural raid" against hostile neighbours to mark the beginning of a king's rule.Template:Sfn

Talorgan's death in 657 may have seen Oswiu launch an offensive against the Picts,Template:Sfn as Bede implies that Oswiu's subduing "the greater part of the Picts" took place in 658.Template:Sfn