He united the kingdoms of pictland and Dal Riata together to created the kingdom of Alba which is the predecessor of Scotland. He is sometimes said to be the first king of Scots but that is debateable
Kenneth Mac Alpin's father was named Alpin Mac Eochaidh or Alpin the son of Eochaidh. He was either a King of Galloway or Dal Riata and was beheaded in a battle on Easter Sunday the date 834AD.
Kenneth Crone's birth name is James Kenneth Crone.
Kenneth Shipman's birth name is Kenneth Wildred Shipman.
Kenneth More's birth name is Kenneth Gilbert More.
Kenneth Konstam died in 1968.
Keneth MacAlpin, Kenneth I, reigned from AD 843 to 858.
Kenneth MacAlpin, about 845 AD
Kenneth Macalpin's father was Alpin, Really the first King of Scotland. His rule may have been a bloodbath, though he led the way for his son, kenneth, to crush every other tribe for him to found a united kingdom.
It depends how far back you want to go. See the wikipedia article on Kenneth MacAlpin for much discussion.
Scotland dates back to AD 843 when Kenneth Macalpin united the Kingdoms of the Picts and the Scots, creating the Kingdom of Alba.
Kenneth Mac Alpin's father was named Alpin Mac Eochaidh or Alpin the son of Eochaidh. He was either a King of Galloway or Dal Riata and was beheaded in a battle on Easter Sunday the date 834AD.
Anglicized form of the Gaelic Cinaed and Cionaed (born of fire), and Coinneach and Caioneach (comely, handsome). The name, borne by Cinaed, Kenneth I MacAlpin (d. 860), the first king of Scotland, has continued to be perennially popular in Scotland and all of the English-speaking world.
Don't think we have one. Possibly Kenneth MacAlpin who was first King of Scots in 9th century. Another possibility is John Thomson as "We're all Jock Tamson's bairns" is an old Scottish proverb. it is not known who, or indeed if, he was!
Alba is the Scots Gaelic name for Scotland. Originally an Indo-European word for "white" used in Ptolemy's texts, the word came to be used to describe the kingdoms of the Picts north of the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde, traditionally regarded to have been conquered by Kenneth MacAlpin.
Kenneth Macalpin (Kenneth I) became the first recognised King of Scotland in 843 (although the name Scotland had no meaning then) and ruled till 860. The Scotti tribe of North Ireland settled on the west coast of Scotland in the 6th century and called their new kingdom Dalriada. Kenneth became King of Dalriada in 840. He was the first to be both King of Dalriada and King of the Picts (the indigenous population of Scotland at that time) through marriage to the daughter of a Pictish Chief and to sire an heir to the throne. There were Kings of both Dalriada and Pictland before Kenneth but none could hold on to it long enough to produce an heir thus starting a new lineage.
Yes, it is! Found first in the records of Argyllshire, this proud and noble Scottish surname is distinguished as descending from the very first king of Scotland, King Kenneth MacAlpin. The name itself means son of Alpin or son of the blond one.For more information, see the related House of Names link listed below:
Answer #1 Lady. Answer #2 by Ginezumi The title of Macbeth's wife was Anglicized as Lady Macbeth [b. c. 1015]. In Scottish history, she was called Gruoch ingen Boite, which meant Gruoch daughter of Boite. Through her father Boite mac Cinaeda [988-1058], or Boite the son of Kenneth, Lady Macbeth was the direct descendant of Cinaed mac Ailpin, or Kenneth MacAlpin, who became Scotland's first King as Kenneth I [810-February 3, 858]. Lady Macbeth held the royal title, as Queen consort to her husband [c. 1014-August 15, 1057] during his 17-year reign.