Alpin, king of the Dál Riata
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: 840
Place of Death: Galloway.
The date is given by Anderson and by Baldwin. (Baldwin gives it a question mark.) The place is given by Baldwin.
Relationships
Father: Eochaid.
This relationship is given by Anderson and by Baldwin (p. 221) refers to Eochaid as Alpin’s “alleged father” and notes that he is not named in any contemporary sources.
Mother: unknown.
Spouse: unknown.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Baldwin.)
Kenneth I (died 858) king in Scotland.
Donald I (died 13 April 862) king in Scotland.
References
Anderson, Marjorie O. “Dál Riata, kings of (act. c.500-c.850)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).
Anderson, Marjorie O. “Dál Riata, kings of (act. c.500-c.850)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).
Woolf, Alex. From Pictland to Alba: 789 - 1070. (Edinburgh University Press, 2007).
Woolf, Alex. From Pictland to Alba: 789 - 1070. (Edinburgh University Press, 2007).