The Scottish Monarchy originates from the Irish people. Over 1000 years ago the House of Alpin, with their harsh rule forged the path that became Scotland.

As for the exact dates regarding the births, deaths and periods of rule concerning the following, most are taken from folklore - legend - and/or historical record. What with civil unrest, war and failure to keep accurate records, some dates are probably best left to be argued by historians.

'The House of Alpin' 841 AD - 1034 AD

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'The House of Dunkeld' 1034 AD - 1290 AD

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Kenneth Macalpin (Kenneth I)

841 - 849

Born: Not Known - Died: 859 - Marriage: Not Known - Offspring: Constantine, Aed and 3 daughters.

Alpin his father, of whom nothing is known, was the first in the line of Scottish Monarchs. Kenneth, although never truly crowned a king of Scotland was more responsible for the creation of Scotland by uniting the Scots and the Picts - which was often known as simply SCOTIA but more commonly as ALBA.

What happened to the Pictish Kingdom is still a mystery, but legend would have it that Kenneth spent many an evening inviting the Pictish Royals to huge feasts of wine and meat, and then killing them off as they ate. Historians may argue though, that the Picts actually demised due to the waring nature of the Scots and that the Gaelic Language from them took over and the Picts slowly became part of what is now Scotland.

Kenneth I died of Cancer in 859, leaving his new Scottish Kingdom to his Brother Donald!

Donald I

859 - 863

Born: Not Known - Died: 863 - Marriage: Not Known - Offspring: Giric

Who was to rule after the death of a king, in those days, was confusing. Anyone close to the King could take over as the right of birth had not been established. It was custom for a King to 'name' the next in line, but this was not always convenient and bloody, jealous wars would usually decide who was next.

Donalds short rule was not in vain, and before his suspicious death in 863, he managed to further Kenneths attempts at law and help secure further rule across the land. Despite his attempts, no less than 10 of the 14 Kings who ruled ALBA during the period 943 - 1097 were murdered, and only then was the birth right of rule accepted.

Constantine I

863 - 877

Born: Not Known - Died: 877 - Marriage: Not Known - Offspring: Donald

Constantine was a waring King. During his reign he spent most of his days fighting off the Vikings or trying to expand his kingdom into the south. In 872 his assassination of 'Run' King of Strathclyde, and his brother-in-law ,meant that the southern regions of what is now Scotland, became apart of his own ALBA.

864 saw the rampage of the Norsemen led by 'Olaf the White' from Dublin. Swiftly defeated by Constantine the Norsemen relaxed their threats on him until 'Thorsten the Red' led them, but he too was defeated successfully by King Constantine.

Although usually confident in battle, Constantine often resorted to tactics of bribes and payoff's to his rivals in order to keep the peace. This form of peace keeping was later employed by the English Royals, namely King Ethelred the Unready in the year 1000. In the end though, Constantine was finally revenged upon by the Norsemen, and a raiding party known as the 'Black Strangers' from Dublin made a base for themselves in Fife where they launched their attacks. It was during one of these attacks that Constantine met his match.

Aed

877 - 878

Born: Not Known - Died: 878 - Marriage: Not Known - Offspring: Constantine and Donald

Aed succeeded Constantine I, but only held the thrown for about a year before he was killed by his cousin Giric, also known as Gregory the Great, at Strathallan.

Not much is known of Aed, or even if he was actually the one named by Constantine to hold the thrown.

Eochaid and Giric

878 - 889

After Giric had killed his cousin Aed, he assumed the thrown alongside Eochaid and the two ruled as one. There is very little detail about these two Kings, and nothing is known of their personal lives.

However these two managed and ruled the land is a mystery, but in 889 they were both deposed and Giric was killed at Dundurn in Perthshire.

Donald II

889 - 900

Born: Not Known - Died: 900 - Marriage: Not Known - Children: Malcolm

At this time, after the deaths of Eochaid and Giric, the thrown switched around between two parts of the Alpin House. Both parts from descendants of the Sons of Kenneth MacAlpin, Constantine I and Aed.

Constantine's son Donald II now ruled the land and he didn't pick the best time to be King. The Danish had conquered the whole of the north of Scotland led by 'Sigurd the Mighty'. Sigurd claimed the lands and slay his adversary 'Melbrigda Tonn', cut off his head and ceremoniously hung it from his saddle. This however was not such a great idea, as the head bounced around it banged against his leg and a tooth punctured Sigurds leg and he quickly died of blood Poisoning. The now departed Melbrigda Tonn was renamed 'The Tooth'.

Donald II, after spending his time fending off the Danish from the north (which used to be lead by Sigurd), and the from the south (led by the Danish leader 'Guthrum'), died near Forres in 900. Some say he was poisoned.

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