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Kenneth MacAlpin (Medieval Gaelic: Cináed mac Ailpin; Scottish Gaelic: Coinneach mac Ailpein; [a] 810 – 13 February 858) or Kenneth I was King of Dál Riada (841–850), and King of the Picts (848–858), of likely Gaelic origin.
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.
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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.
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.
mac Echdach: Domnall I mac Ailpín King of the Picts 812–862 r. 858–862: Kenneth I MacAlpin King of the Picts 810–858/859 r. 841/843–858/859: Giric King of the Picts c. 832 –889 r. 878–889: Constantín I mac Cináeda King of the Picts r. 862–877: Áed Findliath High King of Ireland: Máel Muire ingen Cináeda: Flann Sinna High ...
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MacAlpin's treason is a medieval legend which explains the replacement of the Pictish language by Gaelic in the 9th and 10th centuries.. The legend tells of the murder of the nobles of Pictavia (situated in modern-day Scotland).