Everything about House Of Alpin totally explained
The
House of Alpin is the name given to the kin-group which ruled in
Pictland and then the
kingdom of Alba from the advent of
Cináed mac Ailpín in the 840s until the death of
Máel Coluim mac Cináeda in 1034.
Kings traced their descent from Cináed mac Ailpín, and not from his father, and Irish genealogies in the
Book of Ballymote and the
Book of Lecan refer to the kindred as Clann Cináeda meic Ailpín, prioritising descent from Cináed.
The origins of the family are uncertain. Later genealogies of doubtful reliability make Cináed a descendant of
Áed Find. While plausible, such claims are unprovable and appear only in the late tenth century. The associated idea that Cináed had been a king in
Dál Riata before contending successfully for power in Pictland in the 840s, following the death of
Eóganán mac Óengusa, is supported by near-contemporary evidence.
Early kings of Clann Cináeda meic Ailpín are described as
kings of the Picts, and the third king,
Constantín mac Cináeda appears to have been regarded as the last of the seventy Pictish kings soon after his death. The descendants of Cináed were ousted in 878 when
Áed mac Cináeda was killed by
Giric mac Dúngail. They returned in 889 on the death of Giric. Following this, the title
king of Alba is used.
During the tenth century, succession alternated between the descendants of Constantín mac Cináeda and those of Áed mac Cináeda. Internecine strife in the late tenth and early eleventh centuries left the descendants of Constantín unchallenged by male-line descendants of Cináed mac Ailpín, but Máel Coluim mac Cináeda left no male heirs. On Máel Coluim's death, the line of kings descended from Cináed came to an end.
Future kings, while still tracing their descent from Cináed, were descended from Máel Coluim's daughter
Bethóc.
Descent of the Alpínid kings
The tables below set out the relationship between the kings of the House of Alpín. Except for
Alpín, only those recorded as kings are shown.
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