Kenneth I MAC ALPIN MAC ALPIN

Abt 810 - 859  (~ 49 years)

• Name	Kenneth I MAC ALPIN MAC ALPIN  [1]
  Birth	Abt 810	Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Note	He united the Picts and Scots through his Pictish royal blood.
  Success1	20 Jul 834  [2]
  	from his father as King of Galloway and other parts of Scotland
  Reign	From 841 to 850	,,, Dál Riada   [2, 3]
  	Dál Riada was a Gaelic kingdom that encompassed the western coast of Scotland and north-eastern Ireland. Role: Principal 2
  Reign	From 841 to 850	,,, Dál Riada   [2, 3]
  	Dál Riada was a Gaelic kingdom that encompassed the western coast of Scotland and north-eastern Ireland.
  Reign2	Between 843 and 858  [4, 5]
  	King of the Picts, thus entitling the old Gaelic kingdoms of Alba for the first time. Role: Principal 2
  Reign2	Between 843 and 858  [4, 5]
  	King of the Picts, thus entitling the old Gaelic kingdoms of Alba for the first time.
  Name	Cináed mac Ailpin  [3]
  Name	Coinneach mac Ailpein  [3]
  Name	Kenneth I MacAlpin  [4]
  Death	6 Feb 859	Forteviot, Perthshire, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Burial	the Abbey on the Isle of Iona, Scotland, 56.33538,-6.39180   [2]
  		Iona Abbey Iona Abbey, southwest Scotland.
  Person ID	I92468	Ancestral Trails
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Alpin --, , King of Kintyre,   b. Abt 778, Scotland d. 10 Jul 834 (Age ~ 56 years)
  Mother	A Pictish Princess --
  Marriage	Y  [2]
  	King Alpin married a Scottish Princess, whose name is not known.
  Family ID	F1518	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Marriage	Y  [2]
  	(no information exists for his wife; they had issue)
  Children	1. Constantine I, King of the Picts & Scots of all Alba,   b. Abt 836, Scotland d. 877, Scone, Perth, Scotland (Age ~ 41 years)
  Family ID	F1516	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2025

  
  

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• Sources

  [S2064] Kings and Queens of Britain, 2064. Page 228, Table 18. Adapted from "Royal Scotland" by Jean Goodman. [S2058] Britain's Royal Families, 2058. Page 167. [S17982] Wikipedia - Kenneth I, King of Scotland, 17982. (Reliability: 3). [S2073] British Kings & Queens, 2073. Page 98. [S17982] Wikipedia - Kenneth I, King of Scotland, 17982. (Reliability: 2).