Alpin I MacEochaid, Of the Scots

Abt 778 - 841  (~ 63 years)

• Name	Alpin I MacEochaid
  Suffix	Of the Scots
  Born	Abt 778	Dalriada
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Jul 841	Galway, Scotland in the Battle of Galway
  Person ID	I5751	MyTree
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2009

  
  

  Father	Eochaid IV Of Dalriada,   b. Abt 747, Scotland ,   d. 781  (Age ~ 34 years)
  Mother	Unuistice Of Fortrenn
  Family ID	F3479	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Donald I Of the Scots,   d. 862 + 2. MacAlpin Kenneth I Mac Alpin Of the Scots,   b. Abt 810, Dalriada ,   d. 8 Feb 859, St. Orans Chapel Cemetey, Iona, Argyllshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 49 years)
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2017
  Family ID	F3282	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Reigned 839 - 841. Alpin, King of Kintyre, Alpin, King of Dalriada, Alpin Mac Eochaid. son of Eochaid IV, King of Dalriada and Fergusa, Princess of Dalriada. Alpin was King of Kintyre in March, 834, and also King of Dalriada, 834 - 837. Alpin succeeded Dongallus, 831 (who succeeded Achaius, 824), son of Solvathius. He slew Feredith in battle at Restenoth in Angus with the flower of the Pictish nobility. He was taken in a battle with the Picts, with many of his noblmen who were all cruelly executed, and the King's head upon a pole was carried through the army and fixed as a spectacle in the capital of the Picts at Abernethy, 834, having reigned three years. The place where Alpin was killed is called Bass Alpin, or the death of Alpin, to this day. (Source: Stuart, Royalty for Commoners, Page 120, Line 165-40)