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The House of Alpin, also known as the Alpínid dynasty and Clann Chináeda, was the kin-group which ruled in Pictland and then the kingdom of Alba from the advent of Kenneth MacAlpin (Cináed mac Ailpín) in the 840s until the death of Malcolm II (Máel Coluim mac Cináeda) in 1034. Kings traced their descent from Kenneth MacAlpin (and not from his father, Alpín mac Echdach), and Irish genealogies in the Book of Ballymote and the Book of Lecan refer to the kindred as ''Clann Cináeda meic Ailpín'', prioritising descent from Kenneth.〔Woolf, ''Pictland to Alba'', pp. 222–224; Broun, ''Irish Identity, pp. 173–174.〕 The origins of the family are uncertain. Later genealogies of doubtful reliability make Kenneth a descendant of Áed Find. While plausible, such claims are unprovable and appear only in the late tenth century.〔Woolf, ''Pictland to Alba'', p. 173.〕 The associated idea that Kenneth had been a king in Dál Riata before contending successfully for power in Pictland in the 840s, following the death of Eóganán mac Óengusa, is supported by near-contemporary evidence.〔Woolf, ''Pictland to Alba'', pp. 93–98 & 116–117.〕 Early kings of ''Clann Cináeda meic Ailpín'' are described as kings of the Picts, and the third king, Kenneth's son Constantine I (Causantín mac Cináeda), appears to have been regarded as the last of the seventy Pictish kings soon after his death. The descendants of Kenneth were ousted in 878 when Constantine I's brother, Áed mac Cináeda, was killed by Giric mac Dúngail, but returned in 889 when Constantine I's son Donald II (Domnall mac Causantín) ascended the throne upon the death or deposition of Giric. Donald II and his successors are described as kings of Alba.〔Woolf, ''Pictland to Alba'', pp. 122–126.〕 During the tenth century, succession alternated between the descendants of Constantine I and those of Áed. Internecine strife in the late tenth and early eleventh centuries left the descendants of Constantine I unchallenged by male-line descendants of Kenneth MacAlpin, but Malcolm II left no male heirs. On Malcolm's death, the line of kings descended from Kenneth came to an end. Future kings, while still tracing their descent from Kenneth, were descended from Malcolm's daughter Bethóc.〔Woolf, ''Pictland to Alba'', pp. 225–230.〕 ==Descent of the Alpínid kings== The tables below set out the relationship between the kings of the House of Alpin. Except for Alpín mac Echdach, only those recorded as kings are shown. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「House of Alpin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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