Person Sheet


Name King of Scotland, *Kenneth II, 31G Grandfather
Birth 0932
Death 0995
Occupation CLICK NAME FOR NOTES Reigned 971-995
Father *Malcolm I , King of Scotland (0897-0954)
Spouses:
Unmarried
Children: *Malcolm II MacKenneth (~0954-1034)
Dungal
Notes for King of Scotland, *Kenneth II
229Kenneth II (971-95)
Kenneth was the brother of Dubh. In 973 he acknowledged King Edgar of England as his lord in return for recognition that the Scots now held Lothian, which they had seized from the Angles. In about 994, however, he broke his promise to keep the peace and invaded England. He was defeated, and lost Lothian again. He killed Culen's brother in 977 and was himself killed in 995 in a blood feud at Fettercairn, Kincardineshire by Culen's son, Constantine.
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His death was a result of revenge being satisfied for the mother of a man he killed in order to attain peace in a region of his kingdom. Her name was Finella. She had set up a room with tapestry covered walls which concealed loaded crossbows. They were aimed at a statue holding an apple of gold in its hand. After arriving for dinner, by invitation of Finella, she took him to the room and offered the golden apple to him as a sign of friendship. Upon lifting the apple, the switch was released and all crossbows were fired upon him at once.
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