Cinaed (Kenneth I) Mac Alpin, King Of Picts And Scots
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Name Cinaed (Kenneth I) Mac Alpin, King Of Picts And Scots [1, 2] Gender Male Died 13 Feb 857/58 [1, 2] Notes - 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 from a tumour, and was succeeded by his brother Donald I. He had at least four children.
Person ID I928 Bosdet Genealogy Last Modified 16 May 2013
Father Alpin Mac Eochaid, d. 20 Jul 834 Relationship Natural Family ID F1438 Group Sheet
Children 1. Causantin (Constantine I) Mac Cinaed, King Of Picts And Scots, d. 876 Family ID F1437 Group Sheet
- 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
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