84. Alpin of Kintyre King of Scotland, 37G Grandfather, M. Alpin of Kintyre King of died in 0834 in Galloway.
The existence of Alpin as a king is questionable. His name is known because of his son Kenneth Macalpin, and he is usually presumed to be a sub-king of Galloway. The genealogy that makes him the son of Eochaid and grandson of Aed find may have been a later invention to grant Kenneth a pedigree. If he existed at all, he is supposed to have been killed while fighting the Picts. Galloway at this time was still pasrt of the kingdom of Strathclyde, though this
has been subsumed within Northumbria for several generations.
