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Kenneth I conquered the kingdom of the Picts in 843–850 and began a campaign to seize all of Scotland and assimilate the Picts, for which he was posthumously nicknamed An Ferbasach ("The Conqueror"). [1] He fought the Britons of the Kingdom of Strathclyde and the invading Vikings from Scandinavia.
Chiefs of Clan Matheson are descendants of Kenneth the first MacAlpin, king of Scotland. The Mathesons were granted lands by the Celtic Earls of Ross and settled around Loch Alsh , Lochcarron and Kintail . [ 3 ]
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 ...
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.
Said to have reigned three years in some lists; the myth of MacAlpin's treason calls the Pictish king Drest 848– 13 February 858 Kenneth MacAlpin: Ciniod son of Elphin, Cináed mac Ailpín, Coinneach mac Ailpein: Unknown, but his descendants made him a member of the Cenél nGabráin of Dál Riata
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 King of Ireland 847/848–916: Áed mac Cináeda King of the Picts d. 878 r. 877 ...
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The kingdom ruled by Kenneth's descendants — older works used the name House of Alpin to describe them but descent from Kenneth was the defining factor, Irish sources referring to Clann Cináeda meic Ailpín ("the Clan of Kenneth MacAlpin") [11] — lay to the south of the previously dominant kingdom of Fortriu, centred in the lands around ...