Bres Rí (Bres the King), son of
Art Imlech, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a
High King of Ireland, who took power after killing his predecessor, and his father's killer,
Nuadu Finn Fáil. He ruled for nine years, and fought many battles against the
Fomorians, before he was killed at Carn Conluain by
Eochu Apthach. The
Lebor Gabála Érenn synchronises his reign with those of
Nebuchadrezzar II of
Babylon (605–562),
Cambyses II of Persia (died 522 BC), and
Cyaxares of the
Medes (625–585). The chronology of
Geoffrey Keating's
Foras Feasa ar Éirinn dates his reign to 735–726 BC, that of the
Annals of the Four Masters to 962–953 BC.