1st King of Scotland Kenneth MacAlpin, I

810 - 858  (47 years)

• Name	Kenneth MacAlpin  [1]
  Title	1st King of Scotland
  Suffix	I
  Birth	11 May 810	Iona, Argyll, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Notable Quote	Because Cináed with many troops lives no longer there is weeping in every house; there is no king of his worth under heaven as far as the borders of Rome  [2]
  Death	13 Feb 858	Iona, Argyll, Scotland   [1]
  	died from a tumour at the palace of Cinnbelachoir, perhaps near Scone.
  Person ID	I9214	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Alpin MacEochaid,   b. 20 Jul 778, Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland d. 20 Jul 836, Dumfries-shire, Scotland (Age 58 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Achalas,   b. Abt 792, Kilmartin, Argyll, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Iona, Argyll, Scotland   [1]
  Family ID	F3273	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Queen of Scotland mac alpin,   b. 814, Scotland d. 890, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 76 years)
  Children	1. King of the Picts Constantine of Scotland, I,   b. 30 Aug 836, Iona, Argyll, Scotland d. 12 Sep 877, Forgan, Fife, Scotland (Age 41 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3205	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 11 May 810 - Iona, Argyll, Scotland Death - 13 Feb 858 - Iona, Argyll, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Old World

  _Kenneth McAlpine Kenneth MacAlpin (810 – 13 February 858) or Kenneth I was King of Dál Riada (841–850), King of the Picts (843–858), and the first King of Alba (843–858) of likely Gaelic origin. He inherited the throne of Dál Riada from his father Alpín mac Echdach, founder of the Alpínid dynasty. Kenneth I conquered the kingdom of the Picts in…

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. [S956] Wikipedia: Kenneth MacAlpin, (Name: Wikipedia;), Kenneth MacAlpin. Kenneth MacAlpin (Medieval Gaelic: Cináed mac Ailpin, Modern Scottish Gaelic: Coinneach mac Ailpein;[a] 810 – 13 February 858) or Kenneth I was King of Dál Riada (841–850), King of the Picts (843–858), and the first King of Alba (843–858) of likely Gaelic origin. He inherited the throne of Dál Riada from his father Alpín mac Echdach, founder of the Alpínid dynasty. Kenneth I conquered the kingdom of the Picts in 843–850 and began a campaign to seize all of Scotland and assimilate the Picts, for which he was posthumously nicknamed An Ferbasach ("The Conqueror").[2] Forteviot became the capital of his kingdom, and he also fought the Britons of the Kingdom of Strathclyde and the invading Vikings from Scandinavia. Kenneth also relocated relics including the Stone of Scone from an abandoned abbey on Iona to his new domain. Kenneth I is traditionally considered the founder of Scotland, which was then known as Alba, although like his immediate successors, he bore the title of King of the Picts.[1] One chronicle calls Kenneth the first Scottish lawgiver but there is no information about the laws he passed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_MacAlpin