MacAlpin, Kenneth, first King of all Scotland

Birth Name MacAlpin, Kenneth, first King of all Scotland
Gramps ID I79294346
Gender male

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Death [E18217] 859    
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Alpin, UNKNOWN [I79293477]834
         MacAlpin, Kenneth, first King of all Scotland [I79294346] 859

Families

    Family of MacAlpin, Kenneth, first King of all Scotland [F35214191]
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Scotland, King Constantin II of [I79294343]
Scotland, King Aedh of [I79314665]
Scotland, Daughter of Kenneth I of [I79314666]

Narrative

The crowns of Dalriada and Caledonia were united in the person of Kenneth
I as King of the Scots. In both realms tribal kingship was hereditary in
the royal race, but selective as regards the individual, passing
primarily to the Tanistair or nomineee of the reigning sovereign.

Pedigree

  1. Alpin, UNKNOWN [I79293477]
    1. MacAlpin, Kenneth, first King of all Scotland
        1. Scotland, King Constantin II of [I79294343]
        2. Scotland, King Aedh of [I79314665]
        3. Scotland, Daughter of Kenneth I of [I79314666]

Ancestors