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Personal data Kenneth II van Schotland 

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Household of Kenneth II van Schotland

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Child(ren):

  1. Malcolm II van Schotland  ± 950-1034 


Notes about Kenneth II van Schotland

KENNETH (-maybe murdered Finella's Castle, Fettercairn [995], bur Isle of Iona). The 10th century Pictish Chronicle Cronica de Origine Antiquorum Pictorum records that "Cinadius filius Maelcolaim" succeeded after the death of Colin, adding that after one year he invaded Saxony and brought back "filium regis Saxonum"[151]. The 11th century Synchronisms of Flann Mainistreach name (in order) "…Cuillen mac Illiulb, Cinaet mac Maelcolaim, Custantin mac Cuilen, Cinaet mac Duib, Maelcolaim mac Cinaeta" as Scottish kings, dated to the 10th and 11th centuries[152]. The 12th century Cronica Regum Scottorum lists "…Kinet filius Malcolin xxii annis et ii mensibus…" as king[153]. The Chronicle of John of Fordun records that "Kenneth the son of Malcolm and brother of King Duff" succeeded as king in 970 after Culen was killed and reigned for twenty-four years and nine months[154]. He succeeded in 971 as KENNETH II King of Scotland. Florence of Worcester records that "subreguli eius octo…Kynath…rex Scottorum, Malcolm rex Cumbrorum, Maccus plurimarum rex insularum et alii quinque Dufnal, Siferth, Huwal, Jacob, Juchil" submitted to King Eadgar at Chester and rowed him on the river Dee, dated to [973] from the context[155]. The Chronicle of John of Fordun records that King Kenneth II decreed a change to the Scottish royal succession to enable "the nearest survivor in blood to the deceased king to succeed", in opposition to "Constantine the Bald, son of King Culen, and Gryme son of Kenneth son of King Duff"[156]. The same source adds that the king’s opponents persuaded "the daughter of Cruchne, Earl of Angus…Finele" to murder the king in revenge for the death of her son which he had ordered[157]. The Annals of Ulster record that "Cinaed son of Mael Coluim king of Scotland was deceitfully killed" in 995[158]. The Chronicle of the Scots and Picts dated 1177 records that "Kynnath mac Malcolm" reigned for 24 years and 2 months, was killed "a suis hominibus in Fetherkern" through the treachery of "Finuele filie filie Cunthar comitis de Anguss" whose only son had been killed by the king[159]. The Chronicle of the Picts and Scots dated 1251 includes the same information[160]. m ---. The name of Kenneth's wife is not known. The Prophecy of Berchán (dated to the early 11th century?[161]) records that the mother of King Malcolm II came from Leinster[162]. If this report is accurate, Kenneth’s status suggests that his wife would have been the daughter of one of the kings of Leinster (see the document IRELAND). Insufficient information is known about the several 10th century Leinster kings to be able to guess which one might have been her father.

Kenneth II & his wife had one child:
MALCOLM ([954]-Glamis Castle, Angus 25 Nov 1034, bur Isle of Iona)

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[151] Skene (1867), I, The Pictish Chronicle, Cronica de origine antiquorum Pictorum, p. 9.

[152] Skene (1867), IV, Synchronisms of Flann Mainistreach, p. 21.

[153] Skene (1867), XVI, Chronicle of the Scots 1165, Cronica Regum Scottorum, p. 131.

[154] John of Fordun (Skene), Book IV, XXVIII, p. 163.

[155] Florentii Wigornensis Monachi Chronicon, Vol. I, p. 142.

[156] John of Fordun (Skene), Book IV, XXIX and XXXII, pp. 165 and 166.

[157] John of Fordun (Skene), Book IV, XXXII, p. 167.

[158] Annals of Ulster, 995.1, p. 426.

[159] Skene (1867), XXIII, Chronicle of the Scots and Picts 1177, p. 152.

[160] Skene (1867), XXIX, Chronicle of the Picts and Scots 1251, p. 174.

[161] Hudson, B. T. (1996) Prophecy of Berchán: Irish and Scottish High-kings of the Early Middle Ages (Greenwood Press), 183, pp. 52, 201 Limited preview in Google Books. I am grateful to Matthias Zimmermann for sending me details of this source in an email dated 31 Aug 2018.

[162] Hudson (1996), 183, pp. 17-19, [snippet view only in Google Books].

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