Teague-Earnest Family Tree » KENNETH II King of Scotland (Alba) 28th GGF (932-995)

Personal data KENNETH II King of Scotland (Alba) 28th GGF 

  • Alternative name: Kenneth II (Cináed II ) Mac Maíl Coluim 32nd GGF
  • He was born in the year 932 in Iona, Argyllshire, Scotland.
    Kenneth Argyll Koning van Schotland en Strathclyde
  • Physical descriptions:
    • There stood a statue of the king, in his hand a gem-studded apple of gold. The apple (so Kenneth was told) was a gift for himself. Would he deign to accept it from the hand of the image? He touched the apple, and at once a shower of arrows pierced his body.
    • Kenneth visited Finella’s castle at Fettercairn and was taken into a copper tower, where elaborate tapestries lined the walls. She had several crossbows behind the tapestries all pointed to a statue of the king holding a golden apple., Mearns.
  • He died in the year 995 in Finela's Castle, Fettercairne, Kincardineshire, Scotland, he was 63 years old.
    Forty years later Kenneth III. incurred the enmity of Finella, wife of the Mormaer of the Mearns, whose son had died in battle against the king. By her contrivance Kenneth was killed, but how is not certain. Hector Boece’s account is grimly picturesque.
  • He is buried in Isle of Iona, Schotland.
  • A child of MALCOLM I "The Dangerous Red" King of Scotland (Alba) and BETHOC Edith de Ossory

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He has/had a relationship with SHEILAH "Flamehair" O'neill, Princess of Leinster.


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Notes about KENNETH II King of Scotland (Alba) 28th GGF

Forty years later Kenneth III. incurred the enmity of Finella, wife of the Mormaer of the Mearns, whose son had died in battle against the king. By her contrivance Kenneth was killed, but how is not certain. Hector Boece’s account is grimly picturesque. Kenneth had visited Finella’s castle at Fettercairn and was conducted into a tower, “ quhilk,” to use the words of

Bellenden’s Scots version of Boece, “was theiket with copper, and hewn with mani subtle mouldry of sundry flowers and imageries, the work so curious that it exceeded all the stuff thereof.” There stood a statue of the king, in his hand a gem-studded apple of gold. The apple (so Kenneth was told) was a gift for himself. Would he deign to accept it from the hand of the image? He touched the apple, and at once a shower of arrows pierced his body.

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