Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
NameKenneth II King Of Scots, 31G Grandfather
FatherMalcolm I King Of Alba (-954)
Web Notes notes for Kenneth II King Of Scots
Killed on behalf of his Moray cousin & successor in 995.
From "Debrett's Kings and Queens of Britain" by David Williamson, ISBN 0-86350-101-X, p. 26:
King Edgar 'the Peaceful' of England secured the goodwill of Kenneth II, King of Scots, by the cession of Lothian.
Kenneth II (died 995), king of Scotland (971-95), the son of Malcolm I MacDonald. From the beginning of his reign, Kenneth waged war against the Saxons, particularly the earls of Northumbria, who occupied southern Scotland, and the Scandinavian Vikings, who controlled Scotland north of the Spey River. Although his wars were not successful, Kenneth consolidated central Scotland into a strong kingdom.
Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (170:17).
Kenneth II (Cinaed mac Mael Coluim) Kenneth became King of Scots in 971, when his predecessor Cuilen was killed by the Strathclyde Britons. There are some indications that Kenneth had a joint kingship with Cuilen's brother Olaf until 977, when Olaf was killed. Kenneth led successful raids against Strathclyde in both 971 and 972. In 973, Kenneth attended a conference of kings at Chester, in England, which was probably organized by Edgar, King of England.
Kenneth appears to have a quiet, but successful reign, was killed 'by treachery' in 995, and succeeded by Constantine son of Cuilen, a distant cousin. It is possible that Kenneth married an Irish woman from Leinster, as a twelfth - century Scottish poem calls his son Malcolm 'son of a woman of the Leinstermen'.
From "Debrett's Kings and Queens of Britain" by David Williamson, ISBN 0-86350-101-X, p. 26:
King Edgar 'the Peaceful' of England secured the goodwill of Kenneth II, King of Scots, by the cession of Lothian.
Kenneth II (died 995), king of Scotland (971-95), the son of Malcolm I MacDonald. From the beginning of his reign, Kenneth waged war against the Saxons, particularly the earls of Northumbria, who occupied southern Scotland, and the Scandinavian Vikings, who controlled Scotland north of the Spey River. Although his wars were not successful, Kenneth consolidated central Scotland into a strong kingdom.
Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (170:17).
Kenneth II (Cinaed mac Mael Coluim) Kenneth became King of Scots in 971, when his predecessor Cuilen was killed by the Strathclyde Britons. There are some indications that Kenneth had a joint kingship with Cuilen's brother Olaf until 977, when Olaf was killed. Kenneth led successful raids against Strathclyde in both 971 and 972. In 973, Kenneth attended a conference of kings at Chester, in England, which was probably organized by Edgar, King of England.
Kenneth appears to have a quiet, but successful reign, was killed 'by treachery' in 995, and succeeded by Constantine son of Cuilen, a distant cousin. It is possible that Kenneth married an Irish woman from Leinster, as a twelfth - century Scottish poem calls his son Malcolm 'son of a woman of the Leinstermen'.