King Kenneth I Macalpin SCOTLAND

   Another name for Kenneth was "The HARDY."

  General Notes:

Alpin, Kenneth I's father, of whom nothing is known, was the first in the line of Scottish Monarchs. Kenneth, although never truly crowned a king of Scotland, was more reponsible for the creation of Scotland by uniting the Scots and the Picts--which was often known simply SCOTIA but more commonly as ALBA. What happened to the Pictish Kingdom is still a mystery, but legend would have it that Kenneth spent many an evening inviting the Pictish Royals to huge feasts of wine and meat, and then killing them off as they ate. Historians may argue, though, that the Picts actually demised due to the warring nature of the Scots and that the Gaelic language from the Scots took over and the Picts slowly became part of what is now Scotland. Kenneth I died of cancer in 859, leaving his new Scottish Kingdom to his brother Donald I. (Source: http://www.highlanderweb.co.uk/monarch1.htm)

First King of the united Scots of Dalriada and the Picts and of Scotland north of a line between the Forth and Clyde Ribers. Kennedth succeeded his father Alpin and ruled for 16 years. The gradual union of the two kingdoms in 843, doubtless owes much to intermarriage. By Pictish custom, inheritance passed through the females. Kenneth is believed to have brought the Stone of Scone "Stone of Destiny", on which all the Scottish Kings were crowned from Dunstaffnage Castle to Scone in the 9th Century. Scone remained the site at which all Scottish Kings were crowned until the 15th century. Kenneth was the first Scot to become King of the Picts after killing Drust IX. His claim to the crown of Dalraida came from his father, who was a member of the clan Gabhran, which had produced most Scottish King. His claim to the Pictish crown from his mother a descendant from the royal house of Fortrenn. (Source: feanadorf.ged)

Kenneth MacAlpin earns his place in Scottish history as the first king of the united Scots of Dalriada and the Picts, making him virtual king of Scotland north of a line between the Forth and the Clyde. By the year 843, he had created a semblance of unity among the warring societies of the Picts, Scots, Britons and Anglos after he had defeated the Picts in battle. MacAlpin created his capital at Forteviot, in Pictish territory; he then moved his religious center to Dunkeld, on the River Tay, in present-day Perthshire, to where he transferred the remains of St. Columba from Iona.

At roughly the same time that the people of Wales were separated from the invading Saxons by the artificial boundary of Offa's Dyke, MacAlpin was creating a kingdom of Scotland. MacAlpin's successes in part were due to the threat coming from the raids of the Vikings, many of whom became settlers. The seizure of control over all Norway in 872 by Harald Fairhair caused many of the previously independent Jarls to look for new lands to establish themselves.

One result of the coming of the Norsemen and Danes with their command of the sea, was that the kingdom of Scotland became surrounded and isolated; the old link with Ireland was broken; the country was now cut off from southern England and the Continent; thus the kingdom of Alba established by MacAlpin was thrown in upon itself and united against a common foe. According to the Huntingdon Chronicle, he "was the first of the Scots to obtain the monarchy of the whole of Albania, which is now called Scotia." [91502.ftw]

Alpin, Kenneth I's father, of whom nothing is known, was the first in the line of Scottish Monarchs. Kenneth, although never truly crowned a king of Scotland, was more reponsible for the creation of Scotland by uniting the Scots and the Picts--which was often known simply SCOTIA but more commonly as ALBA. What happened to the Pictish Kingdom is still a mystery, but legend would have it that Kenneth spent many an evening inviting the Pictish Royals to huge feasts of wine and meat, and then killing them off as they ate. Historians may argue, though, that the Picts actually demised due to the warring nature of the Scots and that the Gaelic language from the Scots took over and the Picts slowly became part of what is now Scotland. Kenneth I died of cancer in 859, leaving his new Scottish Kingdom to his brother Donald I. (Source: http://www.highlanderweb.co.uk/monarch1.htm)

First King of the united Scots of Dalriada and the Picts and of Scotland north of a line between the Forth and Clyde Ribers. Kennedth succeeded his father Alpin and ruled for 16 years. The gradual union of the two kingdoms in 843, doubtless owes much to intermarriage. By Pictish custom, inheritance passed through the females. Kenneth is believed to have brought the Stone of Scone "Stone of Destiny", on which all the Scottish Kings were crowned from Dunstaffnage Castle to Scone in the 9th Century. Scone remained the site at which all Scottish Kings were crowned until the 15th century. Kenneth was the first Scot to become King of the Picts after killing Drust IX. His claim to the crown of Dalraida came from his father, who was a member of the clan Gabhran, which had produced most Scottish King. His claim to the Pictish crown from his mother a descendant from the royal house of Fortrenn. (Source: feanadorf.ged)

Kenneth I, MacAlpin (d. 858)
Kenneth MacAlpin earns his place in Scottish history as the first king of the united Scots of Dalriada and the Picts, making him virtual king of Scotland north of a line between the Forth and the Clyde. By the year 843, he had created a semblance of unity among the warring societies of the Picts, Scots, Britons and Anglos after he had defeated the Picts in battle. MacAlpin created his capital at Forteviot, in Pictish territory; he then moved his religious center to Dunkeld, on the River Tay, in present-day Perthshire, to where he transferred the remains of St. Columba from Iona.

At roughly the same time that the people of Wales were separated from the invading Saxons by the artificial boundary of Offa's Dyke, MacAlpin was creating a kingdom of Scotland. MacAlpin's successes in part were due to the threat coming from the raids of the Vikings, many of whom became settlers. The seizure of control over all Norway in 872 by Harald Fairhair caused many of the previously independent Jarls to look for new lands to establish themselves.

One result of the coming of the Norsemen and Danes with their command of the sea, was that the kingdom of Scotland became surrounded and isolated; the old link with Ireland was broken; the country was now cut off from southern England and the Continent; thus the kingdom of Alba established by MacAlpin was thrown in upon itself and united against a common foe. According to the Huntingdon Chronicle, he "was the first of the Scots to obtain the monarchy of the whole of Albania, which is now called Scotia." (Source: Britannia.com)