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Kenneth's grandmother (Alpin's mother), is said to have been a Pictish princess, the sister of Constantine I and Óengus II. According to the Pictish tradition, a female representative of the royal dynasty could inherit the crown. [10] This origin gave Kenneth a legitimate claim to the Pictish throne. [9]
The House of Alpin, also known as the Alpinid dynasty, Clann Chináeda, and Clann Chinaeda meic Ailpín, was the kin-group which ruled in Pictland, possibly Dál Riata, and then the kingdom of Alba from Constantine II (Causantín mac Áeda) in the 940s until the death of Malcolm II (Máel Coluim mac Cináeda) in 1034.
The reign of Kenneth MacAlpin begins what is often called the House of Alpin, an entirely modern concept. The descendants of Kenneth MacAlpin were divided into two branches; the crown would alternate between the two, the death of a king from one branch often hastened by war or assassination by a pretender from the other. Malcolm II was the last ...
Kenneth of Scotland may refer to: Kenneth I of Scotland, aka Kenneth MacAlpin, (died 858), king of the Picts and arguably the first king of the Scots; Kenneth II of Scotland, nicknamed "The Fratricide", (before 954–995), King of Scotland; Kenneth III of Scotland, nicknamed "the Chief" or "the Brown", (before 967–1005)
Nur Aisyah Binte MD Akbar, 39, and her husband, Abdul Rauf Bin Mohd Said, 41, stopped along the park’s Beacon Hill Trail to take photos near a cliff’s edge when the woman “lost her footing ...
Cináed mac Ailpín (Kenneth MacAlpin in English) defeated the rival kings, winning out by around 845–848. He is traditionally considered the first "King of Scots", or of "Picts and Scots", allegedly having conquered the Picts as a Gael, which is turning history back to front.
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