Kenneth MacAlpin

by D. Charles Bettis

Kenneth I (Kenneth mac Alpin), d. 858 C.E., is considered the traditional founder of Scotland. He succeeded his father, Alpin, as a chieftain of the Gaelic Scots of the Isles, or of the West of Scotland, around 841. He had defeated the Picts by 850 and established the nucleus of the kingdom of Scotland. Because of continual depredations of the Danes from the Irish coast, King Kenneth moved his capital to the east, to Scone, whence the Scottish kingdom expanded.

Sources:

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Columbia University Press, (c)1935, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1946, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968

prepared by D. Charles Bettis

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