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Kenneth MacAlpin ( Medieval Gaelic: Cináed mac Ailpin; Modern Scottish Gaelic: Coinneach mac Ailpein; [a] 810 – 13 February 858) or Kenneth I was King of Dál Riada (841–850), and King of the Picts (843–858) of likely Gaelic origin. He inherited the throne of Dál Riada from his father Alpín mac Echdach, founder of the Alpínid dynasty.
Dec 4, 2016 · Many fighters sought to fill the vacuum of power and become the next king. Kenneth sought to claim the Gaelic and the Pictish throne, both of which he had some right to. However, according to legend, he was challenged by the seven royal houses of the Picts, especially the Pict Drust X.
The true legacy of Kenneth MacAlpin is that he founded a dynasty that would see the unification of the Pictish and Gaelic kingdoms evolve into a new entity - the Kingdom of Alba. This embryonic...
Also called: Kenneth MacAlpin. Died: c. 858, Forteviot, Scot. Title / Office: king (834-858), Dalriada. Kenneth I (died c. 858, Forteviot, Scot.) was the first king of the united Scots of Dalriada and the Picts and so of Scotland north of a line between the Forth and Clyde rivers. Of his father, Alpin, little is known, though tradition credits ...
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Kenneth I MacAlpin (d. 858), king of Dal Riata (c.840/1–58) and ‘king of the Picts’ (842/3–58). Kenneth is anachronistically regarded as first king of Scotland because he is deemed to have unified the Picts (north of the Firth of Forth) with the Gaels (in Latin, Scoti) of Dalriada (Argyll).
Kenneth MacAlpin is considered by some as the founding father of Scotland and often compared to Alfred the Great in England. Kenneth is believed to have died from a tumour at Forteviot near Perth and was succeeded by his brother Donald. Timeline for King Kenneth MacAlpin.
Kenneth MacAlpin ( Medieval Gaelic: Cináed mac Ailpin; Modern Scottish Gaelic: Coinneach mac Ailpein; 810 – 13 February 858) or Kenneth I was King of Dál Riada (841–850), and King of the Picts (843–858) of likely Gaelic origin. He inherited the throne of Dál Riada from his father Alpín mac Echdach, founder of the Alpínid dynasty.
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