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Kenneth MacAlpin (Medieval Gaelic: Cináed mac Ailpin; ... The name of Kenneth's wife is unknown. There is a hypothesis she may have been a Pictish princess. Kenneth ...
Kenneth's rival Amlaíb, King of Scotland is omitted by the Chronicle of the Kings of Alba and later Scottish king lists. The Irish Annals of Tigernach appear to better reflect contemporary events. Amlaíb could be a direct predecessor of Kenneth who suffered damnatio memoriae, or the rival king recognized in parts of Scotland. A period of ...
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.
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 ...
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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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.