What is Alpin II of Dalriada?
{{Infobox royalty |name=Alpin II |image=Alpin father of Kenneth and Donald.jpg |caption= |title=King of Dál Riata |predecessor=[[Óengus of Pictland]] and [[Domnall of Dalriada|Domnall]] |successor=[[Domnall of Dalriada|Domnall]] and [[Kenneth I of Scotland|Cináed]] and [[Áed of Dalriada|Áed]] |birth_date=778 |death_date=20 July 834 (aged 55/56) <br/> Galloway, Scotland }} {{for|Kenneth MacAlpin, son of Alpin|Kenneth I of Scotland}} '''Alpin II''' was a [[List of Dalriadan monarchs|king of Dalriada]] and the father of [[Kenneth I of Scotland|Kenneth]] & [[Donald I of Scotland|Donald MacAlpin]], his name was Aílpin mac Echdach in Gaelic, he ruled as king of Dalriada in 834 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britroyals.com/scots.asp?id=alpin|title=Alpín MacEchdach {{!}} Britroyals|website=www.britroyals.com|language=en|access-date=2017-06-04}}</ref>and some even say he was king of Scots although his son was the first to be [[king of Scots]] in 843/848. He was born in 778 and died July 20th 834 fighting the [[Picts]] in Galloway, after his death [[Kenneth I of Scotland|Kenneth MacAlpin]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotsconnection.com/t-monarchs2.aspx|title=Scottish Kings and Queens - Alpin to Malcolm II {{!}} Scots Connection|website=www.scotsconnection.com|language=en|access-date=2017-06-04|archive-date=2017-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706220237/https://www.scotsconnection.com/t-monarchs2.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>became [[List of Dalriadan monarchs|king of Dalriada]] but many others claimed the throne and he also become [[List of Pictish kings|king of Pictland]] with the same happening there. He was buried later in July 834 in Galloway.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Alp%C3%ADn-mac-Echdach-R%C3%AD-na-D%C3%A1l-Riata/6000000001041459819|title=Alpín mac Echdach, Rí na Dál Riata|website=geni_family_tree|language=en-US|access-date=2017-06-04}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:778 births]] [[Category:834 deaths]] [[Category:Dalriadan kings]]