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	Kenneth I of Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is thus that Kenneth Mac Alpin was one of several nobles with a claim to the crown of Picts and Scots.
		MacAlpin then invited the Pictish king, Drust, and the remaining Pictish nobles to Scone, Perthshire to perhaps settle the issue of Dalriada's freedom or MacAlpin's claim to the Dalriadic crown.
		MacAlpin's successes in part were due to the threat coming from the raids of the Vikings, many of whom became settlers.
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	Kenneth II of Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kenneth II (Cináed mac Maíl Coluim), son of Malcolm I, king of Scotland, succeeded Culen, son of Indulf, who had been slain by the Britons of Strathclyde in 971 in Lothian.
		The mormaers, or chiefs, of Kenneth were engaged throughout his reign in a contest with Sigurd the Norwegian, earl of Orkney, for the possession of Caithness and the northern district of Scotland as far south as the Spey.
		In 995 Kenneth died at Fettercairn in the Mearns.
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	Kenneth MacAlpin, "the Hardy"
		Kenneth cleared the way for his claim to the throne of Caledonia and was crowned not long after in the Pictish monastery of Scone on the ancient Stone of Destiny.
		Kenneth I died in 858, near Scone in Pictish territory, and was buried on the island of Iona.
		Kenneth MacAlpin was the founder of the dynasty that ruled Scotland for centuries.
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	Kenneth I of Scotland -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		His Pictish mother was descended from the royal house of Fortrenn, and his great-grand uncle, Alpin Mac Eachaidh had actually reigned as King of Picts until deposed by Oengus I. It is thus that Kenneth Mac Alpin was one of several nobles with a claim to the crown of Picts and Scots.
		One result of the coming of the (Click link for more info and facts about Norsemen) Norsemen and (A native or inhabitant of Denmark) Danes, with their command of the sea, was that the kingdom of Scotland became surrounded and isolated.
		The old link with (An island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland) Ireland was broken, the country was now cut off from southern (A division of the United Kingdom) England and the Continent, thus, the kingdom of Alba established by MacAlpin was thrown in upon itself and united against a common foe.
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	Scottish Origins, Ch. 3 - Early Scottish history
		The Scots/Picts capital near Dunstafnage near Oban, was threatened and under the leadership of Kenneth MacAlpin, the Scots moved inland, towards Scone on the East coast.
		Kenneth MacAlpin was the first King of Picts and Scots, the same title given to the brother and then the son who succeeded him.
		When Kenneth MacAlpin died in the latter half of the 9th century, Scotland went through a series of mediocre kings who were kept very busy trying to hold the Norsemen out of Scotland and keep its borders fixed.
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	ipedia.com: Kenneth I of Scotland Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kenneth I the Hardy succeeded his father, Alpin II, to the throne of Dalriada.
		He soon obtained the Pictish throne in 843 and became the first king to rule the Picts of Pictavia and the Scots of Dalriada.
		Mac Alpin then invites the Pictish king, Drust IX, and the remaining Pictish nobles to Scone to perhaps settle the issue of Dalriada's freedom or MacAlpin's claim to the Dalriadic crown.
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	King of Scotland Kenneth I MacAlpin
		Skene points out that Kenneth and one or two of his successors are called in the Irish annals kings of the Picts, and that from his father's name (Alpin) being Pictish rather than Scottish, he may have had Pictish blood.
		Kenneth died of a tumour in 860 at Forteviot, and was buried at Iona.
		The laws which Fordoun ascribed to Kenneth MacAlpine, and Hector Boece printed at length, are supposititious, and were ascribed to him because it was thought a great king must be a great lawgiver [see under Donald V].
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	KENNETH (2 KINGS OF THE SCOTS) - LoveToKnow Article on KENNETH (2 KINGS OF THE SCOTS) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The word " kennel," a gutter, a drain in a street or road, is a corruption of the Middle English canel, cannel, in- modern English " channel," from Latin canalis, canal.
		On the death of his father, Kenneth is said to have succeeded him in the kingdom of the Scots.
		In 995 Kenneth, whose strength like that of the other kings of his branch of the house of Kenneth MacAlpin lay chiefly north of the Tay, was slain treacherously by his own subjects, according to the later chroniclers at Fettercairn in the Mearns through an intrigue of Einvela, daughter of the earl of Angus.
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	Famous Scots - Kenneth MacAlpin aka Kenneth I, King of Alba (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kenneth's mother is said to have been either a daughter of Achalas, King of Argyllshire or a princess of the royal lines of the Picts.
		Thus Kenneth cleared the way for his claim to the throne of Caledonia and became King of Scots and Picts.
		As for Kenneth himself, he was rumored to be a man of astuteness, while his method of uniting the two kingdoms belies this fact and brings the term ruthless to mind.
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	Scottish Kings
		Kenneth succeeded him in Dalriada and ruled in Pictavia also, ruling for 16 years.
		Nevertheless, Kenneth probably made some conquests among the eastern Picts and possibly invaded Lothian and burned Dunbar and Melrose.
		Kenneth was slain, apparently by his own subjects, at Fettercairn in the Mearns.
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	Kenneth MacAlpin, King of Scots and Picts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kenneth now pressed his claim to the throne of the Picts but a Pict named Drust became King of Caledonia.
		Kenneth was desperate and resorted to what is known to this day as MacAlpin’s Treason.
		Kenneth now became King of both Scots and Picts, although much of the territory of Caledonia was occupied by Vikings.
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	Sumarry of Ancestory from Kenneth MacAlpin to Marcus Antonius
		Sumarry of Ancestory from Kenneth MacAlpin to Marcus Antonius
		A daughter of Kenneth MacAlpin married Olaf the White, King of Dublin son of Ingiald.
		Kenneth succeeded in the Dalriada and ruled in Pictavia also, ruling for sisteen years.
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	Ancestors of Eugene Ashton ANDREW & Anna Louise HANISH King Kenneth Macalpin SCOTLAND, I ANDREW ANGERMUELLER HANISH ...
		MacAlpin King of DALRIADA Reigned 837/839-843, Traditional Founder and Original King of SCOTLAND Reigned 843-858/859, King of ALBA [United Kingdom of Scots and Picts] 843-858/859.
		Kenneth may have had a claim on the Pictish throne through the matrilinear law of succession; probably the Picts, too, had been weakened by Norse attacks.
		At Chester Kenneth of Alba, Donald of Strathclyde, Maccus of the Isles, Iago of Gwynedd, and at least two other princes acknowledged his supremacy and promised to serve him by sea and by land.
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	Kenneth I, MacAlpin - Britannia Biographies
		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.
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	Ancestors of King Kenneth I Macalpin SCOTLAND
		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.
		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.
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		The origin of these laws, sometimes called the "MacAlpin Code", has been the topic of debate by historians.
		While several possible authors have been put forth, the largest number of votes have traditionally been given to King Kenneth MacAlpin.
		As far as we are concerned, if not the sole author, King Kenneth was the principal contributor to this set of laws and, it was he who was primarily responsible for its preservation due to his implementation of the code as a functioning set of laws by which the populace lived.
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	Rivers Peters Family Tree (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kenneth, son of Alpin, King of Scotia succeeded his father in 843.
		Sources for the period disagree about the exact date of his victory, but Kenneth features as a notable warrior who reputedly invaded Northumbria six times and fought off attacks by the Britons of Strathclyde as well as by the Norsemen.
		Kenneth died in 858 at Forteviot, near Perth, probably of a tumour.
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	KENNETH II - Online Information article about KENNETH II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kenneth began his reign by ravaging the See also:
		Edgar for the cession of Lothian, but these statements are probably due to the controversy as to the position of See also:
		The mormaers, or chiefs, of Kenneth were engaged throughout his reign in a contest with See also:
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	Kenneth I -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Gruoch, wife of the future King Macbeth, was apparently a granddaughter of Kenneth III.
		king of Alba, the united kingdom of the Picts and Scots (858–862), brother and successor of Kenneth I MacAlpin.
		The historical novels of Kenneth Roberts “have long contributed to the creation of greater interest in our early American history,” according to a special Pulitzer citation with which he was honored in 1957.
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	Rulers of Scotand from Kenneth McAlpin (843-858) to Donald II (889 - 900)
		This is a brief synopsis on the rulers of Scotand from Kenneth McAlpin (843-858) to James VI (1567-1625)
		MacAlpin was considered the first king of the united Scots of
		King of Alba, the united kingdom of the Picts and Scots (858-862), brother and successor of Kenneth I MacAlpin.
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	Liafail
		In this same year KENNETH MACALPIN, the king of the Scots, was CROWNED ON THE STONE LIA FAIL as the first King of the UNITED KINGDOM OF THE PICTS AND THE SCOTS.
		KENNETH [MacAlpin] is alleged to have brought the STONE OF DESTINY, on which the CELTIC KINGS WERE CROWNED, FROM DUNSTAFFNAGE CASTLE ON LOCH ETIVE, AND TO HAVE DEPOSITED IT IN SCONE, WHENCE IT WAS CONVEYED TO WESTMINSTER ABBEY (where it lies beneath the coronation chair) by Edward I. in 1296.
		Kenneth MacAlpin, the last of these kings, conquers the Picts, and brings the FATAL STONE from Argyll to Gowry, and places it in Scone, because it was there that his principal victory over the Picts had taken place.
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	"MacAlpin" KENNETH I / (Mrs.) Kenneth I MAC ALPIN
		This led to a united kingdom of the Scots and Picts, know as Alban or Scotland since the kingdom is sometimes called Scone, after Kenneth's capital.
		Kenneth I moved to the chief seat of the kingdom from Argyll and Dalriada to Scone, while the chief ecclesiastical center was a Dunkeld, where he built a church to which he removed the relics of St. Columba.
		He began his reign in 863, succeeding his uncle Donald, brother of Kenneth I. The kingdom included the region north of the Fourth and Clyde, which was the country that suffered from attacks by the Norsemen.
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	Official Homepage Of The Worldwide Organization For MacAlpines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		We are leading the effort to revive Clan MacAlpine, the ancient and Royal Scottish Clan descended from our first Chief, the first King of Scotland, King Kenneth MacAlpin.
		As successor to the Baronetcy, Sir William is the head of the most prominent "MacAlpine" family in the UK, if not the world.
		If your name is MacAlpine, or a variant spelling thereof, I urge you to support your Clan.
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