88. Kenneth MacAlpin I King of Scotland, 36G Grandfather, M. Born abt 0812. Kenneth MacAlpin I King of died in Forteviot, Perthshire in Feb 0859, he was 47. Buried in Isle of Iona, Scotland.
Within a year after the death of his cousins in 839, it appears that
Kenneth seized the kingship of Dal Riata. There is little historical record
from the next eight years, but it appears that Kenneth followed
in the footsteps of his cousins, and made a bid for the kingship of the
Picts. He was resisted, ineffectualy, by a short-lived dynasty bearing
Pictish names. Later legends suggest that Kenneth achieved his success
through treachery; slaying his Pictish guests at a feast. Whatever his
means, Kenneth defeated his last Pictish rival by 848, and in the
following year, he celebrated his victory by building a church dedicated
to St. Columba in his new Pictish lands. The _Scottish Chronicle_, the
main source for Scottish History of this period, records that Kenneth
raided England no fewer than six times. He died on 858, and was
succeeded by his brother Donald I. He had at least four children.
Children:
1. *Constantine.
2. Aed, succeeded to the kingship upon his brother's death in 876, was
killed 'by his own associates' in 878, and succeeded jointly by his
nephew Eochaid, and Giric son of Dungal of the Cenel Loairn.
3. Maelmuire, married Aed Findliath, king of the Ui Neill in Ireland.
4. A daughter, married Rhun, king of Strathclyde. Her son, Eochaid,
succeeded to the throne jointly with Giric of the Cenel Loairn in 878.
5?. A daughter, married Olaf the White, king of Dublin.
