Kenneth I of Scotland

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Kenneth I of Scotland was a 9th-century king traditionally credited with uniting the Picts and Scots, laying the foundations of the medieval Kingdom of Scotland.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kenneth I of Scotland canonical 2

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 9th-century Scottish monarch ⓘ
King of Scotland ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cinaed I ⓘ
Cináed mac Alpín ⓘ
linked to: Kenneth MacAlpin

Kenneth MacAlpin ⓘ
Kenneth the Hardy ⓘ
birthDate c. 810 ⓘ
burialPlace Iona ⓘ
capitalDuringReign Forteviot ⓘ
Scone ⓘ
child Constantine I of Scotland ⓘ
possible daughter married to Run of Strathclyde ⓘ
Áed of Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Áed son of Cináed
conflict Viking raids in Scotland ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Dál Riata ⓘ
Kingdom of the Picts ⓘ
deathDate 13 February 858 ⓘ
858 ⓘ
deathPlace Forteviot ⓘ
Kingdom of the Picts ⓘ
dynasty Alpin dynasty ⓘ
era Early Middle Ages ⓘ
ethnicGroup Gael ⓘ
father Áed mac Alpín ⓘ
linked to: Áed mac Cináeda
givenName Kenneth ⓘ
historicalStatus semi-legendary in early sources ⓘ
house House of Alpin ⓘ
languageSpoken Old Irish ⓘ
Pictish ⓘ
legacy considered progenitor of later Scottish kings ⓘ
mother unknown ⓘ
name Kenneth I of Scotland ⓘ
nativeName Ciniod mac Ailpín ⓘ
linked to: Ailpín mac Echdach

Cináed mac Ailpín ⓘ
linked to: Kenneth MacAlpin
notableFor being regarded as the first king of Scotland ⓘ
founding the Kingdom of Alba ⓘ
uniting the Picts and Scots ⓘ
positionHeld King of Alba ⓘ
King of the Picts ⓘ
King of the Scots ⓘ
linked to: King of Scots
predecessor Eóganán mac Óengusa ⓘ
Áed mac Boanta ⓘ
reignEnd 858 ⓘ
reignEndAsKingOfPicts 858 ⓘ
reignStart 843 ⓘ
reignStartAsKingOfDálRiata c. 840 ⓘ
reignStartAsKingOfPicts 843 ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
spouse unknown ⓘ
successor Donald I of Scotland ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Donald II of Scotland → relative → Kenneth I of Scotland ⓘ
Kenneth I of Scotland → name → Kenneth I of Scotland ⓘ