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		<title>Dactylopteridae</title>
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&lt;div&gt;{{Short description|Family of fishes}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Automatic taxobox&lt;br /&gt;
| name = Flying gurnards&lt;br /&gt;
| image = Flughahn.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
| image_caption = &#039;&#039;[[Dactylopterus volitans]]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| taxon = Dactylopteridae&lt;br /&gt;
| display_parents = 3&lt;br /&gt;
| authority = [[Theodore Gill|Gill]], 1861&amp;lt;ref name = WoRMS&amp;gt;{{cite WoRMS |title=Dactylopteridae Gill, 1861 |id=125591 |year=2017 |accessdate=14 June 2018 |db=FishBase}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
| subdivision_ranks = Genera&lt;br /&gt;
| subdivision = *&#039;&#039;[[Dactyloptena]]&#039;&#039; &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;[[David Starr Jordan|D. S. Jordan]] &amp;amp; [[Robert Earl Richardson|R. E. Richardson]], 1908&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;[[Dactylopterus]]&#039;&#039; &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;[[Bernard Germain de Lacépède|Lacépède]], 1801&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The &#039;&#039;&#039;flying gurnards&#039;&#039;&#039; are a [[family (biology)|family]], &#039;&#039;&#039;Dactylopteridae&#039;&#039;&#039;, of [[ocean|marine]] [[fish]] notable for their greatly enlarged [[pectoral fin]]s. As they cannot literally fly or glide in the air (like [[flying fish]]), an alternative name preferred by some authors is &#039;&#039;&#039;helmet gurnards&#039;&#039;&#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=EoF/&amp;gt; They have been regarded as the only family in the suborder &#039;&#039;&#039;Dactylopteroidei&#039;&#039;&#039; of the [[Scorpaeniformes]]. However, more recent molecular classifications put them in the order [[Syngnathiformes]], in the superfamily [[Centriscoidea]].&amp;lt;ref name = Nelson5&amp;gt;{{cite web | url = https://81a86d48-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/fotw5th/home/FotW5Classification.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7crnPmFXqnJpmRlpzLSdqx8GmsCmFXNBj8fAYuPuhFBvCfHo4TahH7eM_yruTzHI27nZRRWWJPRR7U9HopPBRlQK8iW_73EG6FVke6aUjl20fgZXiChDnl-xqMl4L2I-wHwV7D4qcPAQI1vSV6YfFYAm5qb7t5w0rJ_ierkZ91ezIvpQ_5f0kSbFiUx-YYGXP1US1GbwSf-G7sRx4XEikm73VqVA0idVnlkaFjzI53bkuIQY0OQ%3D&amp;amp;attredirects=0 | title = Classification of fishes from Fishes of the World 5th Edition | author1 = Nelson, JS | author2 = Grande, TC | author3 = Wilson, MVH | name-list-style = amp | year = 2016 | accessdate = 14 June 2018 | archive-date = 13 March 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200313140909/https://81a86d48-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/fotw5th/home/FotW5Classification.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7coP7L850hc2KblijBZWJQpzKfQY5GAjnopzwval2xwnqist9WExZkxt7SF4OvVwR9AV965qa40-EYcVHCT05XcutxECBaraK4JiAiyzAxdDFtfYwmxnc4qgd7WRfrmAa9Tcd7C54K_LSySz6efxuNIrxKbUgiBWoJRxaW5HwFGnsUfIyPF6xng6Po7_GYRbA0tP9UW-XtL1aWLcrBineCR5HtI3Up70XgyfXNc6fAtPJOyGe5s%3D&amp;amp;attredirects=1 | url-status = dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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They have been observed to &amp;quot;walk&amp;quot; along sandy sea floors while looking for [[crustacean]]s, other small [[invertebrate]]s and small fish by using their pelvic fins. Like the true gurnards ([[sea robin]]s), to which they may be related, they possess a swim bladder with two lobes and a &amp;quot;drumming muscle&amp;quot; that can beat against the swim bladder to produce sounds. They have heavy, protective scales and the undersides of their huge pectoral fins are brightly coloured, perhaps to startle predators.&amp;lt;ref name=EoF&amp;gt;{{cite book |editor1=Paxton, J.R. |editor2=Eschmeyer, W.N. |author= Eschmeyer, William N.|year=1998|title=Encyclopedia of Fishes|publisher= Academic Press|location=San Diego|pages= 177|isbn= 0-12-547665-5}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Most species are in the [[Indo-Pacific]] genus &#039;&#039;[[Dactyloptena]]&#039;&#039;, but the single member of &#039;&#039;[[Dactylopterus]]&#039;&#039; is from warmer parts of the Atlantic. The adults live on the sea bottom, but many species have an extended [[larva]]l stage, which floats freely in the oceans.&amp;lt;ref name=EoF/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Taxonomy==&lt;br /&gt;
Morphological traits uniting the flying gurnards (Dactylopteridae) and the [[Syngnathiformes]] have long been noted. Most authors placed them with the [[Scorpaeniformes]], but [[DNA]] sequence data quite consistently support the view that the latter are [[paraphyletic]] with the [[Gasterosteiformes]] &#039;&#039;[[sensu lato]]&#039;&#039;. Flying gurnards are particularly close to the [[Aulostomidae]] (trumpetfish) and [[Fistulariidae]] (cornetfish), and would have to be included with these.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Kawahara2008&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite journal|last=Kawahara|first=Ryouka|author2=Masaki Miya |author3=Kohji Mabuchi |author4=Sébastien Lavoué |author5=Jun G. Inoue |author6=Takashi P. Satoh |author7=Akira Kawaguchi |author8=Mutsumi Nishida |year=2008|title=Interrelationships of the 11 gasterosteiform families (sticklebacks, pipefishes, and their relatives): A new perspective based on whole mitogenome sequences from 75 higher teleosts|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|volume=46|issue=1|pages=224–236|issn=1055-7903|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2007.07.009 |pmid=17709262}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Clear}}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:Daori_u0.png|&#039;&#039;[[Oriental flying gurnard|Dactyloptena orientalis]]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:Dactyloptena orientalis (Oriental flying gurnard).gif|&#039;&#039;D. orientalis&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:Dactyloptena_orientalis.JPG|&#039;&#039;D. orientalis&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:SemiHB.jpg|&#039;&#039;D. orientalis&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:Dactylopterus volitans.jpg|&#039;&#039;[[Dactylopterus volitans]]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[List of fish families]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Commons category|Dactylopteridae}}&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/FamilySummary.cfm?ID=285 FishBase entry for Dactylopteridae]&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.starfish.ch/collection/benthicfishes.html#Dactylopteridae Photos of the Oriental Flying Gurnard (Oriental Searobin, Helmet Gurnard)]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucZAQQ5jwBw Video of a Flying Gurnard from Wakatobi, Indonesia]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Dactylopteridae| ]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Syngnathiformes]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Marine fish families]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Donald II of Scotland</title>
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&lt;div&gt;{{Short description|King of Alba from 889 to 900}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Use British English|date=June 2024}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Infobox royalty&lt;br /&gt;
| name            = Donald II&lt;br /&gt;
| image           = Domnall Dásachtach.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
| succession      = [[King of the Picts]] / [[King of Alba]]&lt;br /&gt;
| reign           = 889 – April 900&lt;br /&gt;
| predecessor     = [[Giric]]&lt;br /&gt;
| successor       = [[Constantine II of Scotland|Constantine II]]&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date      = {{circa|30 June 862}} [[Fordoun]], [[Aberdeenshire]]&lt;br /&gt;
| death_date      = April 900&lt;br /&gt;
| death_place     = [[Forres]], [[Moray]]&lt;br /&gt;
| issue           = [[Malcolm I of Scotland]]&lt;br /&gt;
| house           = [[House of Alpin|Alpin]]&lt;br /&gt;
| father          = [[Causantín mac Cináeda]], King of the Picts&lt;br /&gt;
| place of burial = [[Iona]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Domnall mac Causantín&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[Scottish Gaelic language|Modern Gaelic]]: {{lang|gd|Dòmhnall mac Chòiseim}}, IPA:[ˈt̪oːvnəɫ̪ˈmaʰkˈxoːʃɪm]),&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;Domnall mac Causantín&#039;&#039; is the Mediaeval Gaelic form.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; [[anglicised]] as &#039;&#039;&#039;Donald II&#039;&#039;&#039; (died 900), was [[King of the Picts]] or [[King of Alba]] in the late 9th century. He was the son of [[Causantín mac Cináeda|Constantine I]] (Causantín mac Cináeda). Donald is given the [[epithet]] &#039;&#039;&#039;Dásachtach&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;quot;the Madman&amp;quot;, by &#039;&#039;[[The Prophecy of Berchán]]&#039;&#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;ESSH&#039;&#039;, p. 358; Kelly, &#039;&#039;Early Irish Law&#039;&#039;, pp. 92–93, 308: &amp;quot;The &#039;&#039;dásachtach&#039;&#039; is the person with manic symptoms who is liable to behave in a violent and destructive manner.&amp;quot; The &#039;&#039;dásachtach&#039;&#039; is not responsible for his actions. The same word is used for enraged cattle.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Donald usurped the throne from his cousin, [[Giric]] in 889 who killed his uncle Àed Mac Cináeda(r. 877–879). He continuously fought the Vikings in The North, winning victories but would be killed in 900 at war, possibly against King [[Harald Fairhair]]. He was succeeded by his cousin Caustantín Mac Àeda (Constantine II)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Life ==&lt;br /&gt;
Donald became king on the death or deposition of [[Giric]] (Giric mac Dúngail), the date of which is not certainly known but usually placed in 889. The &#039;&#039;[[Chronicle of the Kings of Alba]]&#039;&#039; reports:&lt;br /&gt;
{{blockquote|Doniualdus son of Constantini held the kingdom for 11 years [889–900]. The [[Northmen]] wasted [[Pictland]] at this time. In his reign, a battle occurred between Danes and Scots at Innisibsolian where the Scots had victory. He was killed at Opidum Fother [modern [[Dunnottar]]] by the Gentiles.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;ESSH&#039;&#039;, pp. 395–397.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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It has been suggested that the attack on [[Dunnottar]], rather than being a small raid by a handful of pirates, may be associated with the ravaging of [[Scotland]] attributed to [[Harald Fairhair]] in the &#039;&#039;[[Heimskringla]]&#039;&#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;ESSH&#039;&#039;, p. 396, note 1; p. 392, quoting &#039;&#039;St Olaf&#039;s Saga&#039;&#039;, c. 96.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Prophecy of Berchán places Donald&#039;s death at Dunnottar, but appears to attribute it to Gaels rather than Norsemen; other sources report he died at [[Forres]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;ESSH&#039;&#039;, pp. 395–398.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Donald&#039;s death is dated to 900 by the [[Annals of Ulster]] and the [[Chronicon Scotorum]], where he is called &#039;&#039;[[king of Alba]]&#039;&#039;, rather than &#039;&#039;[[king of the Picts]]&#039;&#039;. He was buried on [[Iona]]. Like his father, Constantine, he died a violent death at a premature age.&lt;br /&gt;
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The change from &#039;&#039;king of the Picts&#039;&#039; to &#039;&#039;king of Alba&#039;&#039; is seen as indicating a step towards the [[kingdom of the Scots]], but historians, while divided as to when this change should be placed, do not generally attribute it to Donald in view of his epithet.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Smyth, pp. 217–218, disagrees.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The consensus view is that the key changes occurred in the reign of [[Constantine II of Scotland|Constantine II]] (Causantín mac Áeda),&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Thus Broun and Woolf, among others.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; but the reign of [[Giric]] has also been proposed.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Duncan, pp. 14–15.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The Chronicle of the Kings of Alba has Donald succeeded by his cousin Constantine II. Donald&#039;s son [[Malcolm I of Scotland|Malcolm]] ([[Malcolm I of Scotland|Máel Coluim mac Domnall]]) was later king as Malcolm I. The Prophecy of Berchán appears to suggest that another king reigned for a short while between Donald II and Constantine II, saying &amp;quot;half a day will he take sovereignty&amp;quot;. Possible confirmation of this exists in the Chronicon Scotorum, where the death of  &amp;quot;Ead, king of the Picts&amp;quot; in a battle against the [[Uí Ímair]] is reported in 904. This, however, is thought to be an error, referring perhaps to [[Eadwulf I of Bamburgh|Ædwulf]], the ruler of [[Bernicia]], whose death is reported in 913 by the other [[Irish annals]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;ESSH&#039;&#039;, p. 304, note 8; however, the Annals of Ulster, s.a. 904, report the death of [[Ímar ua Ímair]] (Ivar grandson of Ivar) in [[Fortriu]] in 904, making it possible that Ead (Áed ?) was a king, if not the High King.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== See also ==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Kingdom of Alba]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Origins of the Kingdom of Alba]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Notes ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{refbegin}}&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Alan Orr Anderson|Anderson, Alan Orr]]; &#039;&#039;Early Sources of Scottish History A.D. 500–1286&#039;&#039;, volume 1. Reprinted with corrections, Stamford: Paul Watkins, 1990. {{ISBN|1-871615-03-8}}&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson|Anderson, Marjorie Ogilvie]]; &#039;&#039;Kings and Kingship in Early Scotland&#039;&#039;, Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, revised edition 1980. {{ISBN|0-7011-1604-8}}&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Dauvit Broun|Broun, Dauvit]]; &amp;quot;National identity: 1: early medieval and the formation of Alba&amp;quot; in Michael Lynch (ed.), &#039;&#039;The Oxford Companion to Scottish History&#039;&#039;, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001. {{ISBN|0-19-211696-7}}&lt;br /&gt;
* [[A. A. M. Duncan|Duncan, A. A. M.]]; &#039;&#039;The Kingship of the Scots 842–1292: Succession and Independence&#039;&#039;, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2002. {{ISBN|0-7486-1626-8}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite GEIL}}&lt;br /&gt;
* Smyth, Alfred P.; &#039;&#039;Warlords and Holy Men: Scotland AD 80–1000&#039;&#039;, Reprinted, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 1998. {{ISBN|0-7486-0100-7}}&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Sturluson, Snorri]]; &#039;&#039;Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway&#039;&#039;, tr. Lee M. Hollander. Reprinted University of Texas Press, Austin, 1992. {{ISBN|0-292-73061-6}}&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Alex Woolf|Woolf, Alex]]; &amp;quot;Constantine II&amp;quot; in Michael Lynch (ed.) op. cit.&lt;br /&gt;
{{refend}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts] at [[University College Cork]] includes the &#039;&#039;Annals of Ulster&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Tigernach&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;the Four Masters&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Innisfallen&#039;&#039;, the &#039;&#039;Chronicon Scotorum&#039;&#039;, the &#039;&#039;Lebor Bretnach&#039;&#039; (which includes the &#039;&#039;Duan Albanach&#039;&#039;), Genealogies, and various Lives of Saints. Most are translated into English or translations are in progress.&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070606150144/http://www.arts.ed.ac.uk/scothist/booklets/sh1/documents-alba.html (CKA) The Chronicle of the Kings of Alba]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://www.royal.uk/donald-ii-r-889-900 Donald II] at the official website of the [[British monarchy]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Short description|Early Medieval royal family}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Infobox royal house&lt;br /&gt;
|surname=House of Alpin&lt;br /&gt;
|country=[[Kingdom of the Picts]]?&lt;br /&gt;
[[Dál Riata|Kingdom of Dál Riata]]?&lt;br /&gt;
|titles=[[King of Alba|High King of Alba]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|first=Claire|last= Downham|title=Scottish Affairs and the Political Context of Cogadh Gaedhel Gallaibh|page=6|url=https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3006531/1/SSNS%20Downham.pdf}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Cogadh Gaedhel re Gallaibh, Chapter XXV(25) (left side of the page)|page=232|url=https://archive.org/details/cogadhgaedhelreg00todd/page/232}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; [[King of the Picts]] &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; [[King of Scots|King of Picts and Scots]] &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; [[King of Alba]] &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; [[King of Dál Riata]] (possibly)&lt;br /&gt;
|founder=[[Alpín mac Echdach]]&lt;br /&gt;
|final ruler=[[Malcolm II of Scotland]]&lt;br /&gt;
|founding year=Before 763&lt;br /&gt;
|dissolution=1034&lt;br /&gt;
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| bar2-from = 858 | bar2-to = 862 | bar2-text ={{bg|white|[[Domnall mac Ailpín|Domnall I]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| bar3-from = 862 | bar3-to = 877 | bar3-text ={{bg|white|[[Causantín mac Cináeda|Constantine I]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| bar4-from = 877 | bar4-to = 878 | bar4-text ={{bg|white|[[Áed mac Cináeda|Aedh]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| bar5-from = 878 | bar5-to = 889 | bar5-text ={{bg|white|[[Eochaid of Scotland|Eochaid]] &amp;amp;amp; [[Giric of Scotland|Giric]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| bar6-from = 889 | bar6-to = 900 | bar6-text ={{bg|white|[[Domnall II of Scotland|Domnall II]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| bar7-from = 900 | bar7-to = 943 | bar7-text ={{bg|white|[[Constantine II of Scotland|Constantine II]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| bar8-from = 943 | bar8-to = 954 | bar8-text ={{bg|white|[[Máel Coluim I of Scotland|Máel Coluim I]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| bar9-from = 954 | bar9-to = 962 | bar9-text ={{bg|white|[[Indulf of Scotland|Indulf]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| bar10-from = 962 | bar10-to = 966 | bar10-text ={{bg|white|[[Dub of Scotland|Dub]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| bar11-from = 966 | bar11-to = 971 | bar11-text ={{bg|white|[[Culen of Scotland|Culen]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| bar12-from = 971 | bar12-to = 995 | bar12-text ={{bg|white|[[Cináed II of Scotland|Cináed II]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| bar13-from = 995 | bar13-to = 997 | bar13-text ={{bg|white|[[Constantine III of Scotland|Constantine III]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| bar14-from = 997 | bar14-to = 1005 | bar14-text ={{bg|white|[[Cináed III of Scotland|Cináed III]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| bar15-from = 1005 | bar15-to = 1034 | bar15-text ={{bg|white|[[Malcolm II of Scotland|Máel Coluim II]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The &#039;&#039;&#039;House of Alpin&#039;&#039;&#039;, also known as the &#039;&#039;&#039;Alpinid dynasty&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Clann Chináeda&#039;&#039;&#039;, and &#039;&#039;&#039;Clann Chinaeda meic Ailpín&#039;&#039;&#039;, was the kin-group which ruled in [[Picts|Pictland]], possibly [[Dál Riata]], and then the [[kingdom of Alba]] from [[Constantine II of Scotland|Constantine II]] (Causantín mac Áeda) in the 940s until the death of [[Malcolm II of Scotland|Malcolm II]] (Máel Coluim mac Cináeda) in 1034.&lt;br /&gt;
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Kings traced their descent from [[Kenneth MacAlpin]] (and not from his father, [[Alpín mac Echdach]]), and Irish genealogies in the [[Book of Ballymote]] and the [[Book of Lecan]] refer to the kindred as &#039;&#039;Clann Cináeda meic Ailpín&#039;&#039; by prioritising descent from Kenneth.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Woolf, &#039;&#039;Pictland to Alba&#039;&#039;, pp. 222&amp;amp;ndash;224; Broun, &#039;&#039;Irish Identity, pp. 173&amp;amp;ndash;174.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The origins of the family are uncertain. Later genealogies make Kenneth a descendant of [[Áed Find]]. While plausible, such claims are unprovable and appear only in the late tenth century.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Woolf, &#039;&#039;Pictland to Alba&#039;&#039;, p. 173.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The associated idea that Kenneth had been a king in [[Dál Riata]] before he contended successfully for power in Pictland in the 840s, following the death of [[Eóganán mac Óengusa]], is supported by nearly contemporary evidence.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Woolf, &#039;&#039;Pictland to Alba&#039;&#039;, pp. 93&amp;amp;ndash;98 &amp;amp; 116&amp;amp;ndash;117.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Early kings of &#039;&#039;Clann Cináeda meic Ailpín&#039;&#039; are described as [[List of kings of the Picts|kings of the Picts]], and the third king, Kenneth&#039;s son [[Causantín mac Cináeda|Constantine I]] (Causantín mac Cináeda), appears to have been regarded as the last of the 70 Pictish kings soon after his death. The descendants of Kenneth were ousted in 878, when Constantine I&#039;s brother, [[Áed mac Cináeda]], was killed by [[Giric|Giric mac Dúngail]], but they returned in 889, when Constantine I&#039;s son [[Donald II of Scotland|Donald II]] (Domnall mac Causantín) ascended the throne upon the death or deposition of Giric. Donald II and his successors are described as kings of Alba.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Woolf, &#039;&#039;Pictland to Alba&#039;&#039;, pp. 122&amp;amp;ndash;126.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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During the tenth century, succession alternated between the descendants of Constantine I and those of Áed. Internecine strife in the late tenth and early eleventh centuries left the descendants of Constantine I unchallenged by male-line descendants of Kenneth MacAlpin, but Malcolm II left no male heirs. On Malcolm&#039;s death, the line of kings descended from Kenneth came to an end. [[House of Dunkeld|Future kings]], while still tracing their descent from Kenneth, were descended from Malcolm&#039;s daughter [[Bethóc]] and her husband [[Crinan of Dunkeld]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Woolf, &#039;&#039;Pictland to Alba&#039;&#039;, pp. 225&amp;amp;ndash;230.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Scottish monarchs&#039; family tree#House of Alpin]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Siol Alpin]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Scottish families|Alpin]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:9th-century establishments in Scotland]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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