- Kenneth MacAlpin (Medieval Gaelic: Cináed mac Ailpin; Scottish Gaelic: Coinneach mac Ailpein; 810 – 13 February 858) or Kenneth I was King of Dál Riada (841–850)...
- Kenneth MacAlpin is the 33rd great-grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II.
- Cinaeth, known to history as Kenneth MacAlpin or Kenneth the Hardy, was born around 810 on the Island of Iona.
- Cinàed MacAlpin ascended the Throne in 834 as King of Dalriada, which is relatively safe and adopted the christian name Kenneth.
- In this pedigree Alpín's father is Eochaid, an Irish name, yet he becomes the father of Cináed i.e. Kenneth MacAlpin.
- Kenneth MacAlpin is traditionally seen as the first King of Scots, unifying the northern kingdoms against the Vikings and establishing a new nation in the process.
- Kenneth I was the first king of the united Scots of Dalriada and the Picts and so of Scotland north of a line between the Forth and Clyde rivers.
- Kings of Scotland # 1 - Kenneth MacAlpin.
- Their host was King Kenneth MacAlpin, who did not come from Scone, but Dál Riada far to the west which is now called 'Argyll': 'the coast of the Gael'.
- In 841 Kenneth MacAlpin became King of Dalriada. ... MacAlpin's mother was a Pictish princess, so he was able to claim the crown of both Dalriada and Pictland.