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In 977 the Annals of Ulster report that "Amlaíb mac Iduilb [Amlaíb, son of Indulf], king of Scotland, was killed by Cináed mac Domnaill." The Annals of Tigernach give the correct name of Amlaíb's killer: Cináed mac Maíl Coluim, or Kenneth II. Thus, even if only for a short time, Kenneth had been overthrown by the brother of the previous king.
King of Alba r. 962–967: Kenneth II King of Alba before 954–995 r. 971–995: Cuilén ... James II King of Scots 1430–1460 r. 1437–1460: Louis King of Cyprus
Kenneth I is traditionally considered the founder of Scotland, which was then known as Alba in Gaelic, although like his immediate successors, he bore the title of King of the Picts. It was Donald II that first bore the title of King of Alba as recorded by the Annals of Ulster and the Chronicon Scotorum .
The monarch of Scotland was the head of state of the Kingdom of Scotland.According to tradition, Kenneth I MacAlpin (Cináed mac Ailpín) was the founder and first King of the Kingdom of Scotland (although he never held the title historically, being King of the Picts instead).
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.
The first reliable report of Malcolm II's reign is an attack in 1006 of territory under the Northumbrian rulers of Bamburgh (the lands between the River Forth and the River Tees, roughly ancient Bernicia), perhaps the customary crech ríg (literally royal prey, a raid by a new king made to demonstrate prowess in war), which involved a siege of Durham.
Compared to neighbouring Ireland and Anglo-Saxon England, few records of 9th and 10th century events in Scotland survive.The main local source from the period is the Chronicle of the Kings of Alba, a list of kings from Kenneth MacAlpin (died 858) to Kenneth II (Cináed mac Maíl Coluim, died 995).
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)