Kenneth MacAlpin

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Kenneth MacAlpin was a 9th-century king traditionally regarded as the founder of the Kingdom of Scotland, uniting the Picts and the Scots under his rule.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
king
medieval monarch
alsoKnownAs Kenneth MacAlpin
surface form: "Cináed I"

Kenneth MacAlpin
surface form: "Cináed mac Ailpín"

Kenneth MacAlpin
surface form: "Kenneth I of Scotland"
associatedWith MacAlpin’s Treason legend
burialPlace Iona
centuryOfActivity 9th century
chronology early Scottish monarchy
country Alba
Dál Riata
Pictland
deathDate 858
deathPlace Forteviot
dynasty House of Alpin
ethnicGroup Goidelic
surface form: "Gael"

Scot
father Ailpín mac Echdach
Áed Find
gender male
historicalRegion Dál Riata
Pictland
Scotland
language Old Irish
Pictish
legacy considered first king of a united Scotland
monarchOf Alba
Picts (early period)
surface form: "Picts"

Dál Riata
surface form: "Scots of Dál Riata"
name Kenneth MacAlpin
notableFor traditional founder of the Kingdom of Scotland
uniting Picts and Scots
occupation monarch
partOf Early Middle Ages
surface form: "Early medieval Scotland"
positionHeld King of Scots
surface form: "King of Alba"

Kenneth MacAlpin
surface form: "King of the Picts"

King of Scots
surface form: "King of the Scots"
predecessor Eóganán mac Óengusa
realmCapital Forteviot
reignEnd 858
reignStart c. 843
religion Christianity
successor Domnall mac Ailpín
Donald I of Scotland
title King of Scots
surface form: "King of Alba"

King of the Picts and Scots
Rex Pictorum

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Kenneth MacAlpin alsoKnownAs Kenneth MacAlpin
this entity surface form: "Cináed mac Ailpín"
Kenneth MacAlpin alsoKnownAs Kenneth MacAlpin
this entity surface form: "Kenneth I of Scotland"
Kenneth MacAlpin alsoKnownAs Kenneth MacAlpin
this entity surface form: "Cináed I"
House of Alpin dynasticFounder Kenneth MacAlpin
King of Scots firstHolder Kenneth MacAlpin
King of Scots firstHolder Kenneth MacAlpin
this entity surface form: "Cináed mac Ailpín"
Kingdom of Scotland firstMonarch Kenneth MacAlpin
Scottish monarch firstMonarch Kenneth MacAlpin
Kenneth MacAlpin name Kenneth MacAlpin
House of Alpin namedAfter Kenneth MacAlpin
House of Alpin notableMember Kenneth MacAlpin
Scottish monarch notableMonarch Kenneth MacAlpin
Kenneth MacAlpin positionHeld Kenneth MacAlpin
this entity surface form: "King of the Picts"
Kingdom of Scotland startMonarch Kenneth MacAlpin
this entity surface form: "Kenneth I of Scotland"