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Personal data KENNETH I Mac Alpín "the Conqueror" First King of All Scotland (Picts and Dál Riada) 32nd GGF 

• Alternative names: KENNETH I King of Scotland 32nd GGF, KENNETH McAlpin I, King of Scotland 33rd GGF
• He was born about 810 in Dunadd Castle, Iona, Dál Riada.
• Alternative: He was born about 810 in Scotland.
• Title: King of the Picts and the Scots
• Religion: in the year 849 Kenneth had relics of Columba, which may have included the Monymusk Reliquary, transferred from Iona to Dunkeld..
• (King of Dál Riata ) in the year 839 in Dál Riata (Western Scotland).
• He died on February 13, 858 in Palace of Fortevoit, Scotland.

  Kenneth died from a tumour on 13 February 858 at the palace of Fortevoit

• Alternative: He died about 859 in Iona, Argyll, Scotland.
• He is buried in Isle of Iona, Schotland.
• A child of ALPIN mac Echdach King of Dál Riata and DAUGHTER Of MacEochaid Verch Achalas

Household of KENNETH I Mac Alpín "the Conqueror" First King of All Scotland (Picts and Dál Riada) 32nd GGF

Child(ren):

1. CONSTANTINE I MacAlpin King of Scotland, King of Picts  835-877 

Notes about KENNETH I Mac Alpín "the Conqueror" First King of All Scotland (Picts and Dál Riada) 32nd GGF

King of Dalriada ( 841 - 844)
King of the Picts ( 844) as Kenneth III
King of Scots ( 844 - 858)
This profile relates to Kenneth MacAlpin (Cináed mac Ailpín), sometimes noticed as "Kenneth, the Hardy".
Kenneth MacAlpin is generally regarded as the founder of medieval Scotland. He was the son of Alpin mac Eochaid (Alpin the son of Achay in John of Fordun). The name of his mother is not provided in source although there is mention that she may have been a daughter of Achalas, King of Argyllshire, or a Pictish princess. His father is thought to have been killed in 831, in battle with the Picts after a reign of three years after which he was beheaded.
There is considerable debate on his origins and Kenneth's origins are unproven, as are his ties, if any, to previous kings of the Picts or Dál Riata. If this an area of interest there is a discussion on the usefulness of source material in Skene's Work: Chronicles of the Picts, chronicles of the Scots, and other early memorials of Scottish history from page cxxiii. [1] Robertson also includes a discussion on the methods of electing a King for both Kingdoms of relevance. [2]
There is little certainty provided in source material regarding his early life and much of the source work is conflicting. The Norwegian invasions and raiding, Vikings, was prevalent across all of northern Scotland and the western Isles. The old Kingdom of Dalriadan Scots had been near destroyed and was isolated from its origin in Ireland. Many had fled to Galloway and it is thought that it was to Galloway that Alpin, the last king of Scottish Dalriada had fled. [3]
Kenneth may have assumed the throne of Dalriata (Dalriete regnum) two years before taking the throne of the Picts (Pictaviam) although there is doubt. The opportunity, to become King of the Picts, arose from the defeat of the Picts, by the Norwegain forces in 839 where "the death of king Uen, son of Óengus of Fortriu, his brother Bran, Áed mac Boanta, and others almost innumerable."
There is a notice of what became known, in legend, as MacAlpine's treason where "At a banquet at Scone, Kenneth murdered the seven Earls of the Scot's kingdom of Dalriada, who might have lead opposition to his claim to be King of Scots and Picts, marking what was hoped to be the end of the conflict. " Some sources suggest it was the Pictish Earls that were killed. There is no certainty of the event, although an event is plausible. What is known that, at some point, around 844, likely over a period, he became the first King of the joint Kingdoms.
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. In doing this he created a tradition in that the seat of the Kings of Scotland is moved to Scone, once the ancient heartland of the Kingdom of the Picts. The throne of the King of Scotland based on a slab of stone which Scottish myth suggests was carried by the Celtic tribes since their origins in Spain, brought to Tara in Ireland, built into the wall of Dunstaffnage Castle and then brought to Scone.
MacAlpin created his capital at Forteviot (mod. Scone), in Pictish territory; then moved his religious centre to Dunkeld, on the River Tay, in present-day Perthshire. In 849 he transferred relics of Columba, which may have included the Monymusk Reliquary, transferred from Iona to Dunkeld, likely to protect them from Norwegian raids.
He ruled for 16 years, according to most. The Chronicle of the Kings of Alba reports that he invaded Saxonia six times, captured Melrose and burnt Dunbar, and also that Vikings laid waste to Pictland, reaching far into the interior. His time on the throne was certainly turbulent. The Britons of Strathclyde burnt Dunblane; the Norwegians and Danes harried and burnt Dunkeld and Clunie in Perth &; Kinross. According to some sources his major protagonist was Ragnar Lodbroc.
The Annals of Ulster record the death in 858 of "Cinaed son of Ailpín king of the Picts". [4] The 10th century Pictish Chronicle Cronica de Origine Antiquorum Pictorum suggests he died in the Ides of February, on the third day of the week; and the Ides of February fell on a Tuesday, in the year 860. [5] He died of a "tumour" at "Forteviet", likely Scone and was buried at Iona at the church of St. Columba.
He was succeeded by his brother, Donald.
Family
The name of his wife is not provided in source material. They had four children:
Constantine.
Aedh.
A daughter. Her parentage and marriage are confirmed by the 10th century Pictish Chronicle Cronica de Origine Antiquorum Pictorum which records that "Eochodius…filius Run regis Britannorum, nepos Cinadei ex filia" succeeded King Aedh and ruled for 11 years. She married Run Macarthagail (Rhun ab Arthgal), King of Strathclyde.
Máel Muire. The mid-12th century Banshenchas records that "Mael Muire daughter of Cinaed son of Alpin" married " Áedh Findliath and then later… "Flann Sinna"
He was King the Picts c. 843–858; though it is generally thought that he was not a king in Dál Riata [6]
Death: 858 and "Because Cináed with many troops lives no longer there is weeping in every house; there is no king of his worth under heaven as far as the borders of Rome." [7]
Sources
↑ Chronicles of the Picts, chronicles of the Scots, and other early memorials of Scottish history; page cxxiii
↑ Scotland under her early kings; from page 24
↑ Chronicles of the Picts and Scots; page cxciv
↑ Cinaed son of Ailpín, king of the Picts, and Ethelwulf, king of the Saxons, died. Celt : The Annals of Ulster U858.2 corpus of electronic texts edition
↑ Chronicles of the Picts and Scots; page clxxxviii
↑ Wikipedia : List of kings of Dál Riata
↑ Cináed son of Alpín, king of the Picts, died. It was of him that the quatrain was said: Celt : Fragmentary Annals of Ireland : Annal FA 285 corpus of electronic texts edition
Caledonia : or, a historical and topographical account of North Britain, from the most ancient to the present times with a dictionary of places chorographical & philological; Chalmers; Vol. 1; see pages from 374
Chronicles of the Picts, chronicles of the Scots, and other early memorials of Scottish history; Skene; available at archive.org
Kenneth MacAlpin on Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
Scotland under her early kings; a history of the kingdom to the close of the thirteenth century; Robertson, Vol. 1.; available at archive.org
Annals of Scotland
Links
Kenneth MacAlpin on Wikipedia
Kenneth MacAlpin on BBC
Kenneth MacAlpin on BritRoyals
Kenneth MacAlpin on Ancient Origins
Kenneth MacAlpin on Scots Clans
Kenneth MacAlpin on English Monarchs
Cináed son of Alpín son of Eochaid son of Áed Find son of Domangart son of Domnall Brecc son of Eochaid Buide son of Áedán son of Gabrán son of Domangart son of Fergus Mór ... Celt : Genealogies from Rawlinson B 502: 1696 Genelach Ríg n-Alban
Kenneth (Cinaed) MacAlpin of the Cenel nGabráin Wikipedia; son of Alpín;
https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/aa/alpin1.php

While fighting the Picts received reinforcements from Irish kingdom of Dairiada.
He was famous for combining the Picts and Scots into a single Kingdom of Scotland.

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