Kenneth II of Alba, King of Scotland

932 - 995  (63 years)

• Name	Kenneth II of Alba   [1]
  Suffix	King of Scotland
  Birth	932	Alba, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	971
  Death	995	Finela's Castle, Fettercain
  	Cause: he was murdered by his own men
  Burial	Iona Abbey, Isle of Iona, Scotland
  Notes	Acceded: 971 King of Alba. said to have married a princes of Leinster. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal02249 http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps05/ps05_447.htm He began his reign by ravaging the Britons, probably as an act of vengeance, but his name is also included among a group of northern and western kings said to have made submission to the Anglo-Saxon king Edgar in 973, perhaps at Chester; and the chronicler Roger of Wendover (Flores Historiarum, under the year 975) states that shortly afterward Kenneth received from Edgar all the land called Lothian (i.e., between the Tweed and the Forth rivers). This is the first mention of the River Tweed as the recognized border between England and Scotland. Kenneth was slain, apparently by his own subjects, at Fettercairn in the Mearns. Kenneth II reigned 971-995; he was murdered by his own men. He is said to have married a princess of Leinster.
  Person ID	I5242	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Malcolm I of Alba (Máel Coluim) mac Domnaill, King of Scotland,   b. 897, Alba, Scotland d. 954, Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F1637	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. Malcolm II of Alba MacKenneth, King of Scotland,   b. Abt 954   d. 25 Nov 1034, Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland (Age ~ 80 years)   2. Dungal   d. 999
  Family ID	F1640	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

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• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).