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King Alpin of Scotland (834)
Books & Posters House of MacAlpin Family Tree English King or Queen at the Time
Name: King Alpin of Scotland
Father: Eochaid
Mother: sister of Constantine King of the Picts
Relation to Elizabeth II: 34th great-grandfather
House of: MacAlpin
Ascended to the throne: 834
Married: unknown
Children: Kenneth I and Donald I
Died: 834, killed fighting the Picts in Galloway
Buried at: unknown
Succeeded by: his son Kenneth
Pictish King who ruled the territory of Dalriada which covered modern day Argyll, Kintyre, and various west-coast island. He may have had a Norse wife and ruled for around 3 years. He was killed in AD834 on a raiding mission in Galloway.
Founder of the House of Alpin, his sons Kenneth and Duncan became rulers of the enlarged kingdom of Alba or Scotia from which the kingdom of Scotland grew over the next two centuries.
829 | Abbot Diarmait abbot of Iona goes to Alba with relics of St Columba | 831 | Diarmait of Iona goes to Ireland with relics of St Columba | 838 | The Stone of Destiny, the coronation stone of the kings of Scotland, is placed at Scone Palace. |
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