PART ONE
The House of MacAlpine
King Alpin
FATHER: Eochaid IV, King ‘of Scotland’.
MOTHER: She was the sister and heiress of Constantine, King of the Picts.
SIBLINGS: Alpin is not known to have had any siblings.
KING ALPIN
He succeeded his father as a King in Scotland, and became also King of Kintyre in March/August, 834, thus establishing his power over a wide area. There is no record of his coronation.
King Alpin marrieda Scottish Princess (whose name is not known) and had issue:
1 Kenneth I(
2 Donald I(
KING ALPIN
He died on 20 July or in August, 834; he was killed whilst fighting the Picts in Galloway. His place of burial is not recorded.
He was succeeded by his son Kenneth.
Kenneth I
FATHER: King Alpin(
MOTHER: a Scottish Princess.
SIBLINGS: (
KENNETH I
He succeeded his father as King of Galloway and other parts of Scotland on 20 July or in August, 834, and became King of the area known as Dalriada in 841. In 843/4, he became King of the Picts, thus uniting the old Gaelic kingdoms of Alba for the first time, and by 846 he was firmly established as King of Scotland. There is no record of his coronation.
Kenneth I marrieda lady about whom no information exists, and had issue:
1 Constantine I(
2 King Aedh(
3 Daughter(name not known).
She married Run Macarthagail, King of Strathclyde, and had issue:
1 King Eochaid (
4 Daughter(name not known).
She married Olaf the White, King of Dublin.
5 Daughter(name not known).
She married Aedh Finnliath, King of Ireland.
KENNETH I
He died in 859 at Forteviot, Perthshire, and was buried on the Isle of lona.
He was succeeded by his brother Donald.
Donald I
FATHER: King Alpin(
MOTHER: a Scottish Princess.
SIBLINGS: (
DONALD I
He succeeded Kenneth I in 859 as King of Scotland. There is no record of his coronation.
He was either killed in 863 in a battle at Scone, Perthshire, or died that year in his palace at Kinn Belachoir. He died unmarried and childless. His place of burial is not recorded.
He was succeeded by his nephew Constantine.
Constantine I
FATHER: Kenneth I(
MOTHER: Unknown.
SIBLINGS: (
CONSTANTINE I
He succeeded Donald I as King of Scotland in 863. There is no record of his coronation.
He marrieda lady about whom no information exists, and had issue:
1 Donald II(
CONSTANTINE I
He was killed in 877 in a battle against the Danes at Inverdorat, the Black Cove, Angus. He was buried on the Isle of Iona.
He was succeeded by his brother Aedh.
King Aedh
FATHER: Kenneth I(
MOTHER: Unknown.
SIBLINGS: (
KING AEDH
He succeeded Constantine I as King of Scotland in 877. There is no record of his coronation.
He marrieda lady about whom no information exists, and had issue:
1 Constantine II(
2 Donald
He became King of Strathclyde in 908.
KING AEDH
He was killed in 878 at Strathallan, and was perhaps buried at Maiden Stone, Aberdeenshire.
He was succeeded by his nephew Eochaid.
King Eochaid
FATHER: Run Macarthagail, King of Strathclyde.
MOTHER: A daughter of Kenneth I.
SIBLINGS: Eochaid is not known to have had any siblings.
KING EOCHAID
He succeeded his father as King of Strathclyde before succeeding his uncle King Aedh as King of Scotland in 878. There is no record of his coronation.
King Eochaid was deposed in 889, and perhaps died unmarried and childless the same year. His place of burial is not recorded.
He was succeeded by his cousin Donald.
Donald II
FATHER: Constantine I(
MOTHER: Unknown.
SIBLINGS: Donald II did not have any siblings.
DONALD II
He succeeded his cousin Eochaid as King of Scotland in 889. There is no record of his coronation.
He marrieda lady about whom no information exists, and had issue:
1 Malcolm I(
DONALD II
He was killed in 900 at Dun-fother, and was buried on the Isle of Iona.
He was succeeded by his cousin Constantine.
Constantine II
FATHER: King Aedh(
MOTHER: Unknown.
SIBLINGS: (
CONSTANTINE II
He succeeded Donald II as King of Scotland in 900. There is no record of his coronation.
He marrieda lady about whom no information exists, and had issue:
1 King Indulf(
2 Cellach