GIRIC The information I could find about Giric was a bit contradictory- some historians suggest he was the son of Donald I, others say he was the son of Dúngal. It would make sense if he was the son of Donald I, meaning he had a claim to the throne, however, there is a suggestion …
After Constantine I was killed by Viking raiders, his younger brother, Áed was crowned King. Fortunately for Áed, Viking activity has calmed down a bit, but unfortunately, the whole tanistry system that Donald I put in place didn’t work out too well for him. In 878, just one year into his reign, he was slain …
Constantine I (Causantín mac Cináeda) was the son of the first King of Scotland: Kenneth MacAlpin, who we talked about in the first post in this series. Something that is rather exciting is that Constantine I was alive during the time of the Viking raids of Scotland (this probably wasn’t as exciting to him, however!). …
After the death of Kenneth MacAlpin, the kingship passed to his brother Donald (Domnall mac Ailpín). Unfortunately, there isn’t much information available about Donald I of Scotland. Some credit him as the first, official king of Scotland, saying that it was he who built on Kenneth MacAlpin’s success and established the Kingdom of Alba. Something …
We will begin our adventure into Scotland’s history with the man who many attribute to being the first ”official” king of Scotland: Kenneth MacAlpin, or Kenneth I. There is actually very little known about Kenneth MacAlpin– which gets this series off to a great start! Prior to Kenneth’s reign, there were five separate groups of people …
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