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Kenneth II, King of Alba

Male 932 - 995  (63 years)


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  1. 1.  Kenneth II, King of Alba was born in 932 in Scotland; died in 995 in Fettercairn, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: He was also known as Kenneth II King of Alba. In 971, he was crowned King of Alba.
    • Reign: From 971 to 995; King of Alba

    Notes:

    Name:


    He was also known as Cinead.

    History:
    He was also known as Cinead.

    In 971, he was crowned King of Alba.

    Died:
    He was killed by his own men.

    Family/Spouse: daughter of Leinster. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Malcolm II, King of the Scots and King of Strathclyde  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 958; died on 25 Nov 1034 in Glamis Castle, Glamis, Angus, Scotland.
    2. 3. Dunegal of Alba  Descendancy chart to this point died in 999 in Scotland.
    3. 4. Suibne mac Cináeda of Alba  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1034.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Malcolm II, King of the Scots and King of Strathclyde Descendancy chart to this point (1.Kenneth1) was born in 958; died on 25 Nov 1034 in Glamis Castle, Glamis, Angus, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reign: From 990 to 1034; King of Strathclyde
    • Reign: From 1005 to 1034; King of the Scots
    • Crowned: 25 Mar 1005
    • Military: 1008
    • Military: 1017
    • Legal: 1025

    Notes:

    Name:


    He was also known as Mael-Coluim II.

    Crowned:
    He was crowned the King of the Scots.

    Military:
    He fought at the battle of Carham with Uchtred.

    Military:
    He defeated the Danes.

    Legal:
    King Malcolm published a code of laws for Scotland.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Anleta "Thora Donada" MacKenneth  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 968 in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland.
    2. 6. Bethoc of Scotland  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 984 in Angus, Scotland; died in 1043.

  2. 3.  Dunegal of Alba Descendancy chart to this point (1.Kenneth1) died in 999 in Scotland.

  3. 4.  Suibne mac Cináeda of Alba Descendancy chart to this point (1.Kenneth1) died in 1034.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: He was an eleventh-century ruler of the Gall Gaidheil, a population of mixed Scandinavian and Gaelic ethnicity.[note 1] There is little known of Suibne as he is only attested in three sources that record the year of his death. He seems to have ruled in a region where Gall Gaidheil are known to have dwelt: either the Hebrides, the Firth of Clyde region, or somewhere along the south-western coast of Scotland from the Firth of Clyde southwards into Galloway.
    • Last Full Review: 18 Jun 2021

    Notes:

    Name:



Generation: 3

  1. 5.  Anleta "Thora Donada" MacKenneth Descendancy chart to this point (2.Malcolm2, 1.Kenneth1) was born about 968 in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland.

    Anleta married Sigurd II Digri Hlodversson about 988 in Scotland. Sigurd (son of Hlodver Thorfinnsson, Earl of Orkney and Audna Kjarvalssdotter) was born about 960 in Orkney Islands, Scotland; died on 23 Apr 1014 in Dublin, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Thorfinn II "the Black" Sigurdsson, Jarl of Orkney  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 989 in Orkney Islands, Scotland; died in 1064 in Christ's Kirk, Birdsey, Scotland (not found).

  2. 6.  Bethoc of Scotland Descendancy chart to this point (2.Malcolm2, 1.Kenneth1) was born in 984 in Angus, Scotland; died in 1043.

    Notes:

    Name:
    She was also known as Beatrix.

    Bethoc married Thane Crinan Mormær of Atholl in 1000. Crinan (son of Duncan, Lord of the Isles and of Atholl, Thane of Dule) was born in 978 in Scotland; died in 1045 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Maldred, Lord of Carlisle and Allerdale  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1000 in Scotland; died in 1045.
    2. 9. daughter MacCrinan  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 10. Duncan I MacCrinan, King of the Scots  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1007 in Scotland; died on 14 Aug 1040 in near Elgin, Moray, Scotland; was buried in Isle of Iona, Scotland.


Generation: 4

  1. 7.  Thorfinn II "the Black" Sigurdsson, Jarl of Orkney Descendancy chart to this point (5.Anleta3, 2.Malcolm2, 1.Kenneth1) was born in 989 in Orkney Islands, Scotland; died in 1064 in Christ's Kirk, Birdsey, Scotland (not found).

    Thorfinn married Ingibjörg Finnsdatter about 1038. Ingibjörg (daughter of Finn Arnasson, Jarl of Halland and Berglioth of Norway) was born in 1021 in Østerå, Norway; died in 1070 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Paul Thorfinnsson, Jarl of Orkney and Caithness  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1040 in Orkney Islands, Scotland; died in 1103 in Bergen, Hordaland, Norway.

  2. 8.  Maldred, Lord of Carlisle and Allerdale Descendancy chart to this point (6.Bethoc3, 2.Malcolm2, 1.Kenneth1) was born in 1000 in Scotland; died in 1045.

    Notes:

    Died:
    He was killed in battle.

    Maldred married Ealdgyth of Northumberland in 1030/40. Ealdgyth (daughter of Uchtred, Earldorman of Northumbria and Alfgifu) was born in 1013 in Northumberland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Gospatric I, Earl of Dunbar and Northumberland  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1040 in Scotland; died in 1074/75 in Scotland.
    2. 13. Maldred FitzMaldred  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1045; died in 1084.
    3. 14. Alstan  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1184.
    4. 15. daughter of Maldred  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 9.  daughter MacCrinan Descendancy chart to this point (6.Bethoc3, 2.Malcolm2, 1.Kenneth1)

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Issue:
    1. Helga Moddandottir

    Family/Spouse: Moddan of Dalr, Earl of Caithness. Moddan died in 1040. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 10.  Duncan I MacCrinan, King of the Scots Descendancy chart to this point (6.Bethoc3, 2.Malcolm2, 1.Kenneth1) was born in 1007 in Scotland; died on 14 Aug 1040 in near Elgin, Moray, Scotland; was buried in Isle of Iona, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: He is the historical basis of the "King Duncan" in Shakespeare's play Macbeth.
    • Reign: From 1034 to 1040; King of the Scots
    • Military: 1035, County Durham, England; In 1035 Duncan led a large Scots army south to besiege Durham, but the expedition ended in disaster. Duncan survived.
    • Last Full Review: 10 Jun 2020

    Notes:

    Name:




    Died:
    He led an army north into Moray, Macbeth's domain, apparently on a punitive expedition against Moray. There he was killed in action, at Bothnagowan, now Pitgaveny, near Elgin, by the men of Moray led by Macbeth, probably on 14 August 1040

    Buried:
    He is thought to have been buried at Elgin[13] before later relocation to the island of Iona.

    Duncan married Suthen about 1030. Suthen (daughter of Siward, Danish Earl of Northumbria) was born in 1009; died in 1040. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Malcolm III "Canmore", King of the Scots  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1031 in Scotland; died on 13 Nov 1093 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England.
    2. 17. Donald III Bane, King of the Scots  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1096.
    3. 18. Mælmuir, Earl of Atholl  Descendancy chart to this point


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