Kenneth I, called MacAlpin (flourished 832-60), traditionally, thefounder and first king of Scotland. About 834 he succeeded his father,Alpin (reigned about 832-34), as king of the Gaelic Scots in Galloway. Ina series of battles (841-46) he conquered the Pictish Kingdom and,uniting it with his own, called his expanded domains Scotland. Thekingdom is sometimes called Scone, after Kenneth's capital. In lateryears, the king led six invasions of Lothian, southern Scotland, thenpart of Saxon Northumbria.
"Kenneth I," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 96 Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1995Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. (c) Funk & WagnallsCorporation. All rights reserved.
Kenneth I, called MacAlpin (flourished 832-60), traditionally, thefounder and first king of Scotland. About 834 he succeeded his father,Alpin (reigned about 832-34), as king of the Gaelic Scots in Galloway. Ina series of battles (841-46) he conquered the Pictish Kingdom and,uniting it with his own, called his expanded domains Scotland. Thekingdom is sometimes called Scone, after Kenneth's capital. In lateryears, the king led six invasions of Lothian, southern Scotland, thenpart of Saxon Northumbria.
"Kenneth I," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 96 Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1995Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. (c) Funk & WagnallsCorporation. All rights reserved.
