Editing Kenneth MacAlpin (section)

=== Early years ===
Kenneth MacAlpin is believed to have been born around 810<ref>{{Cite web |first=Jonathan |last=Luxmoore |url=https://www.ncronline.org/news/world/scottish-diocese-hopes-be-faith-refuge |title=Scottish diocese hopes to be a faith refuge |date=30 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201134634/https://www.ncronline.org/news/world/scottish-diocese-hopes-be-faith-refuge |archive-date=1 December 2016 |work=[[National Catholic Reporter]] |access-date=24 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/monarchs/kennethi.html |title=King Kenneth I |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213050605/https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/monarchs/kennethi.html |archive-date=13 December 2020 |work=Undiscovered Scotland |access-date=24 February 2021}}</ref> on the [[Iona|island of Iona]], which is part of modern-day [[Scotland]]. After his father's death, Kenneth succeeded him as the King of Dál Riada. His [[coronation]] took place in 840 or 841. One of the main sources on Kenneth's life is the 10th century ''[[Chronicle of the Kings of Alba]]'' which describes the reigns of Scottish kings from Kenneth I to [[Kenneth II]] ({{reign|971|995}}).{{Sfn|Henderson|2004|pp=161–163}}{{Sfn|Woolf|2007|pp=87–93}}{{Sfn|Dumville|2018|pp=73–86}}