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Personal data Kenneth I MacAlpin 

• He was born about 810.
• Title: koning van de Picten en de Schotten
• He died on February 13, 858.
• A child of Alpin MacEochaid and Nn Nn

Household of Kenneth I MacAlpin

He is married to Nn Nn.

They got married

Child(ren):

1. Constantine I of Scotland  ????-± 877 

Notes about Kenneth I MacAlpin

KENNETH [Cinaed] MacAlpin, son of ALPIN & his wife --- (-Forteviot, Perthshire 13 Feb [858], bur [Isle of Iona]). The 10th century Pictish Chronicle Cronica de Origine Antiquorum Pictorum records that "Kinadius…filius Alpini, primus Scottorum" assumed the "Dalriete regnum" two years before coming to "Pictaviam" which he for 16 years[33]. The 12th century Cronica Regum Scottorum lists "Alpin filius Eochal venenosi iii, Kynedus filius Alpini primus rex Scottorum xvi…" as kings, dated to the 9th century[34]. The Chronicle of John of Fordun records that "Kenneth son of Alpin" succeeded his father in 834, and became king of the Picts in 839 "when they had been overcome", and reigned "nearly sixteen years as sole monarch of these kingdoms"[35]. Thereafter he is considered to have succeeded as KENNETH I King of Scotland. The 11th century Synchronisms of Flann Mainistreach name (in order) "Cinaet mac Ailpin…Domnall mac Ailpin, Custantin mac Cinaeta, (Aedh mac Cinaedha), Girg mac Dungaile, Domnall Dasachtach (mac Custantin)" as Scottish kings, dated to the 9th and 10th centuries, adding that "Kenneth son of Alpin…was the first king who possessed the kingdom of Scone, of the Gael"[36]. The Annals of Ulster record the death in 858 of "Cinaed son of Ailpín king of the Picts"[37]. The 10th century Pictish Chronicle Cronica de Origine Antiquorum Pictorum records that "Kinadius…filius Alpini, primus Scottorum" died "Id Feb" from a tumour "in palacio Fothuirtabaicht"[38]. The Chronicle of the Scots and Picts dated 1177 records that "Kynat mac Alpin" reigned for 16 years, died "in Fethertauethn" and was buried "in Yona insula"[39]. The Chronicle of the Picts and Scots dated 1251 includes the same information but records his place of death as "Forteviet", and adds that "tres filii…Fergus, Loern, Tenegus" were also buried at Iona[40].

m ---. The name of Kenneth's wife is not known.

Kenneth I & his wife had [four] children:
CONSTANTINE [Causantin] (-killed in battle Inverdorat, the Black Cove, Angus [876], bur [Isle of Iona])
AEDH (-killed in battle Strathallan [878], bur [Isle of Iona] or [Maiden Stone, Aberdeenshire])
Daughter
MAEL MUIRE (-913).

Bronnen

[33] Skene (1867), I, The Pictish Chronicle, Cronica de origine antiquorum Pictorum, p. 8.

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

[35] John of Fordun (Skene), Book IV, III, p. 136.

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

[37] Annals of Ulster, 858.2, p. 317.

[38] Skene (1867), I, The Pictish Chronicle, Cronica de origine antiquorum Pictorum, p. 8.

[39] Skene (1867), XXIII, Chronicle of the Scots and Picts 1177, p. 151.

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

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