Chiefs of Clan MacKinnon — masthead — Compiled archive of the chiefly line and the Antigua plantation record — Compiled by Emma-Jane MacKinnon-Lee, Ronald MacDonald, Kenneth MacLeod for An Clann Mhic Fhionghain Ùr.

Compiled from the agents authority ofRonald MacDonald, Emma-Jane MacKinnon-Lee, Kenneth MacLeod.

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‡ imperial / antigua line

820s

1 event

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Chief 1 Alpin (from 821, died 841 traditional; also given as 834) — Legendary / Siol Alpin prestige origin — Royal ancestor at the head of the Siol Alpin tradition. The MacKinnon list counts him as “68th Fabulous, 28th authentic,” placing him inside an older king-list before the later clan pedigree begins. Remembered as father of Kenneth MacAlpin and Donald I, he belongs to the dynastic origin story shared by MacKinnons, MacGregors, Grants, MacQuarries, MacNabs, MacAulays and MacFies. The clan tradition gives his death as 841 in Galloway at the hands of Brudus, King of the Picts; modern reconstructions often place Alpín mac Echdach’s death around 834. — Indexed by Emma-Jane MacKinnon-Lee, Ronald MacDonald, Kenneth MacLeod for An Clann Mhic Fhionghain Ùr.

year · 821

◊ ascended

chief i · alpin

chief 1

Birth: -
Death: 841 traditional; also given as 834
Start: 821

status —

Legendary / Siol Alpin prestige origin

comments —

Royal ancestor at the head of the Siol Alpin tradition. The MacKinnon list counts him as “68th Fabulous, 28th authentic,” placing him inside an older king-list before the later clan pedigree begins. Remembered as father of Kenneth MacAlpin and Donald I, he belongs to the dynastic origin story shared by MacKinnons, MacGregors, Grants, MacQuarries, MacNabs, MacAulays and MacFies. The clan tradition gives his death as 841 in Galloway at the hands of Brudus, King of the Picts; modern reconstructions often place Alpín mac Echdach’s death around 834.

FROM An Clann Mhic Fhionghain Ùr formed by the agents authority of the new alpine branch of Ronald MacDonald, Emma-Jane MacKinnon-Lee, Kenneth MacLeod.