Kenneth I of Scotland - Kenneth I of Scotland Kenneth I the Hardy (ca. 810-858; Kenneth mac Alpin) succeeded his father, Alpin II, to the throne of Dalriada. He soon obtained the Pictish throne in 843 and became the first king to rule the Picts of Pictavia and the Scots of Dalriada. It is possible that intermarriage with the Picts helped secure Kenneth's throne. The joint kingdom was known as Alba from the Latin for white. Recalling the peculiarity of a matrilineal succession which governed Pictish crowns, it is evident that Kenneth Mac Alpin grounded his claims to the Pictish crown from his mother's bloodlines. In 839, the Picts suffered a disastrous defeat at the hands of the Vikings. The Norsemen had conquered and settled Shetland, the Outer Hebrides and as.
Kenneth II of Scotland - Kenneth II of Scotland Kenneth II (Cináed mac Máel Coluim), son of Malcolm I, king of Scotland, succeeded Culen, son of Indulf, who had been slain by the Britons of Strathclyde in 971 in Lothian. He did not established himself as sole king until he killed Culen's brother Amlaíb in 977, after which he ruled all of Scotland. Kenneth began his reign by ravaging the British kingdom, but he lost a large part of his force on the river Cornag. Soon afterwards he attacked Eadulf, earl of the northern half of Northumbria, and ravaged the whole of his territory. He fortified the fords of the Forth as a defence against the Britons and again invaded Northumbria, carrying off the earl's son. About this time he gave.
Kenneth III of Scotland - Kenneth III of Scotland Kenneth III of Scotland was king of Scotland from 997 to 1005. He was the son of King Dubh, fourth cousin of the previous king Constantine III, and first cousin of his successor Malcolm II. Kenneth was the last king of Scotland to succeed to the throne through the system of tanistry, whereby the succession was shared between two family lines and the dying king named the person from the other family line who was to succeed him. The system was much discredited as it ensured the two royal families of Scotland were in a constant state of war with each other. Kenneth and his son Giric were both killed in battle at Monzievaird, Tayside in 1005. It was his first cousin.
Kenneth Grahame - Kenneth Grahame Kenneth Grahame (March 8, 1859 - July 6, 1932) was an English novelist. Grahame was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is most famous for writing The Wind in the Willows (1908), one of the classics of children's literature. Grahame was orphaned as a child and went to live with his grandmother in England. He attended St. Edward's School in Oxford but could not afford to attend university. He worked at the Bank of England until retiring in 1907 due to ill health. He died in Pangbourne, Berkshire, England. Bibliography Pagan Papers (1893)(Gutenberg text) The Golden Age (1895) (Gutenberg text) Dream Days (1898) (Gutenberg text) The Wind in the Willows (1908) (Gutenberg text).
Dubh of Scotland - Dubh of Scotland Dubh (or Duff), was king of Scotland from 962 to 967. Dubh the Black, as his name translates in Gaelic, was son of Malcolm I and succeeded to the throne after Indulf was killed. Dubh was an excellent prince, if the uncertain records of these far off times may be believed. Fordun calls him "a man of dovelike simplicity, yet the terror of rebels, thieves, and robbers." Culen, the son of Indulf, attempted to seize his throne, in violation of what in those days was the established order of succession under the tanistry law. Culem attacked Dubh and the parties met at Drum Crup (probably Crief), and, after a doubtful struggle in which Doncha, the Abbot of Dunkeld, and Dubdou, the Maormor of Atholl,.
Donald I of Scotland - Donald I of Scotland Donald I (Donald mac Alpin) (c812-863) was King of Alba (Scotland) from 858-863. He was the younger son of Alpin II of Dalriada and succeeded his brother, King Kenneth mac Alpin, to the throne upon his death. Described before as the wanton son of the foreign woman, Donald had a short term as king. He established an ancient corpus of laws and rights (known as the laws of Aed, or Aedh) that apparently included the custom of tanistry. According to this custom, the successor of a king was elected during his lifetime from the eldest and worthiest of his kin, often a collateral (brother or cousin) in preference to a descendant (son). During Donald's reign, his nephew, Constantine I, was chosen to succeed.
Constantine I of Scotland - Constantine I of Scotland Constantine I (Causantín mac Cináeda) (836-877), son of King Kenneth I MacAlpin, became king of the Scots and the Picts in 863 when he succeeded his uncle Donald I. Constantine was a warrior 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' (Arthgal), 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.
Constantine III of Scotland - Constantine III of Scotland Constantine III (Causantín mac Cuilén) was king of Scotland from 995 to 997. He was the son of King Culen, third cousin once removed of the previous king Kenneth II, and fourth cousin of his successor Kenneth III. Very little is known about Constantine's life due to his short reign as king of Scotland. He is said to have married, but details of this marriage are not known. The marriage does appear to have been childless. He became king through the failing tanistry law which still controlled Scottish succession at the time. Much like his predecessors, Constantine was killed in 997, allowing his predecessor's nephew, Kenneth, to claim the throne. He died at Rathinveramon and his place of burial is not known today. Constantine.
Culen of Scotland - Culen of Scotland Culen of Scotland (Cuilén mac Illuilb)(also called Cuilean, Colin and Culen the Whelp) was king of Scotland from 967 to 971. He was the son of King Indulf, and the third cousin of both the Dubh, previous king, and of his successor, Kenneth II. Culen was the third king in a row to succeed to the throne of Scotland because his predecessor had been murdered. When Dubh's body was discovered under a bridge at Kinloss, near Forres in Aberdeenshire it was widely assumed that his assassins (who had kidnapped him the day before) were employed by Culen. Culen had two sons: the future Constantine III and Malcolm. Malcolm remains a very obscure figure in Scottish history; it is only known that he was alive.
Scotland - Scotland Scotland, or in Gaelic, Alba, consists of a formerly independent kingdom located in the northern one third of the island of Great Britain. In 1707 the Kingdom of Scotland merged with the Kingdom of England to form the Kingdom of Great Britain (the King of Scotland had already inherited the English throne in 1603). In 1801 the Kingdom of Great Britain merged with the Kingdom of Ireland to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922, twenty-six of Ireland's thirty-two counties left the UK to form its own Irish Free State. Scotland remains part of the remaining kingdom, now known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In 1999, it received its own regional home rule parliament to govern.
Perth, Scotland - Perth, Scotland Perth, otherwise known as The Fair City, is situated on the banks of the River Tay, in the Scottish Lowlands. The city's population is about 55,000. Perth is the administrative centre for Perth and Kinross, the local government area which has replaced the historic counties of Perthshire and Kinross-shire. Perth's old centre is dominated by the 14th century former St John's Cathedral (Perth was once known as St John's Town of Perth, from which the football club's name of St Johnstone is derived), now the High Kirk of the Church of Scotland. The museum and library are typically grand Victorian buildings: most of the rest of the centre is devoted to shopping. The centre used to be ringed by a canal: no trace is left.
Order of precedence in Scotland - Order of precedence in Scotland This article is part of the United Kingdom order of precedence series. Order of precedence in England and Wales Order of precedence in Scotland Order of precedence in Northern Ireland The Order of precedence in Scotland: Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Gentlemen 2 Ladies 3 Local Precedence Gentlemen The Sovereign (Queen Elizabeth II) HRH The Duke of Edinburgh The Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland when it is in session HRH The Duke of Rothesay HRH The Duke of York HRH The Earl of Wessex HRH Prince William of Wales HRH Prince Harry of Wales Peter Phillips The Sovereign's brothers, where such exist (none at present) The Sovereign's uncles, where such exist (none at present) Viscount Linley,.
Malcolm I of Scotland - Malcolm I of Scotland Malcolm I (Máel Coluim mac Domnaill), the son of Donald I of Scotland, became the King of Scotland in 942 or 943 after his cousin King Constantine II of Scotland abdicated and became a monk. Malcolm was a prince of great abilities and prudence, and Edmund I of England courted his alliance by ceding Cumbria, the consisting of Cumberland and part of Westmorland, to him, in the year 945, on condition that he would defend that northern county, and become an ally of Edmund. This, therefore, required Scotland to send military support if England was attacked by either the Danes of Northumbria or the Norwegians of Ireland. The alliance between England and Scotland remained after the death of both kings. Edred of England,.
Malcolm II of Scotland - Malcolm II of Scotland Malcolm II of Scotland (Máel Coluim mac Cináeda) c. 954-1034 was King of Scotland (Alba) from 1005 to 1034. He was the son of King Kenneth II and first cousin of his predecessor, King Kenneth III (Cináed mac Duib), who was murdered by Malcolm at the Battle of Monzievaird in 1005. He was the last king of the House of Alpin. His rule was contested for ten years during the reign of Kenneth III but Malcolm finally gained the throne after Kenneth's death. It appears that he only ruled part of Scotland during his reign, in opposition to leaders from Moray such as Findláech mac Ruadrí (d. 1020, probably father of Macbeth), and Máel Coluim mac Máel Brigte (d. 1029), both of whom were.
Music of Scotland - Music of Scotland Scotland is a Celtic country, located to the north of England on the island of Great Britain. Celtic music has survived more strongly in Scotland than anywhere else except Ireland. As of 2003, there are several Scottish record labels, music festival and a roots magazing, Living Tradition. This article is part of the Music of the United Kingdom series. English folk Irish folk Scottish folk music Welsh folk Cornish and Manx folk Early British popular music 1950s and 60s 1970s 1980s 1990s Many outsiders associate Scottish folk music almost entirely with bagpipes, which has indeed long played an important part of Scottish music. It is, however, not unique or indigenous to Scotland, having been imported around the 15th century and still being in use.
Kenny Dalglish - Kenny Dalglish Kenny Dalglish (Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish) (born March 4, 1951) is a Scottish football player and manager Born in Glasgow, Scotland. Initially an international football player, Dalglish built his reputation with Celtic and then replaced Kevin Keegan at Liverpool F.C in 1977 after a £440,000 transfer, coupling prolific goalscoring and with medal-winning team play. He later went on to become player-manager and then manager of Liverpool, following Joe Fagin as manager of the club in aftermath of the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985. His managerial career mirrored his playing career in its success, and he became the first manager of a Liverpool team to win the "double" of the League Championship and F.A. Cup in the same season. He was in charge of the club at the time of.
Kirkcudbrightshire - or as East Galloway) is a county of south-western Scotland, bounded on the north and north-west by Ayrshire, W. and S.W. by Wigtownshire, S. and SE. by the Irish Sea and the Solway Firth, and E. and N.E. by Dumfriesshire. It includes the small islands of Hestan and Little Ross. It had an area of 575,565 acres or 899 sq. m. The north-western part of the shire is rugged, wild and desolate. In this quarter the principal mountains are Merrick (2764 feet), the highest in the south of Scotland, and the group of the Rinns of Kells, the chief peaks of which are Corserine (2668 feet), Carlins Cairn (2650 feet), Meikle Millyea (2446 feet) and Millfire (2350 feet). Towards the south-west the chief eminences are Lamachan (2349 feet), Larg (2216 feet),.
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Iain Duncan Smith - days later when Michael Howard was elected to the post as the only candidate. Duncan Smith uses the name Iain Duncan Smith and is commonly referred to as IDS. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of the World War II RAF ace Group Captain W. G. G. Duncan Smith by his wife Pamela, a ballerina, whom he married in 1946. Pamela's maternal grandmother was Ellen Oshey, a Japanese woman. Iain Duncan Smith is therefore one-eighth Japanese. He is also a distant relative of George Bernard Shaw, the playwright and pioneer socialist. Duncan Smith was educated at HMS Conway in Anglesey and at Sandhurst military college. He then joined the Scots Guards in 1975, serving for six years including a spell in (then) Rhodesia and in Northern Ireland. On leaving.
George Younger - George Younger George Kenneth Hotson Younger (September 22, 1931 - January 26, 2003), titled the 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie and known to many as "Gentleman George", was a British politician whose long career as Conservative MP for Ayr (1964 - 1992) included periods as Secretary of State for Scotland from 1979 to 1986, and Secretary of State for Defence from 1986 to 1989. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Family background 2 Birth and early life 3 Political career 4 Later years 5 Reference 6 External Links Family background Lord Younger came from a Scottish family which had been making money from brewing since the 18th century, and which entered the aristocracy in the early years of the 20th century. His great-great-great-great-great-grandfather, George Younger (baptised 1722), was the founder.
