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Notes for Kenneth I MacAlpin , King of Scotland
General Note
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Reign: 839-860. Burke calls him Kenneth II. Kings of Picts and Alba. King of Galloway. See
Europäisch Stammtafeln Bund II tafel 67.
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 for 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.
It is recorded
that Kenneth raided England no fewer than six times. He was succeeded by his brother Donald
I.
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