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KENNETH II

This article appears in Volume V15, Page 732 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: JUN-KHA
KENNETH II . (d. 995), son of
Malcolm
  I., king of Alban, succeeded Cuilean, son of Indulph, who had been slain by the Britons of Strathclyde in 971 in
Lothian
 . 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 the city of Brechin to the church. In 977 he is said to have slain Amlaiph or Olaf, son of Indulph, king of Alban, perhaps a rival claimant
to the throne. According to the English chroniclers, Kenneth paid homage to King Edgar for the cession of
Lothian
 , but these statements are probably due to the controversy as to the position of
Scotland
 . The mormaers, or chiefs, of Kenneth were engaged throughout his reign in a contest with
Sigurd
  the
Norwegian
 , earl of Orkney, for the possession of Caithness and the northern
district
  of
Scotland
  as far
south
  as the Spey. In this struggle the Scots attained no permanent success. In 995 Kenneth, whose strength like that of the other kings of his branch of the
house
  of Kenneth MacAlpin lay chiefly north of the Tay, was slain treacherously by his own subjects, according to the later chroniclers at Fettercairn in the Mearns through an intrigue of Einvela, daughter of the earl of Angus. He was buried at Iona.
See Chronicles of the Picts and Scots, ed. W. F. Skene (Edinburgh, 1867), and W. F. Skene, Celtic Scotland (Edinburgh, 1876).


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