BattlefieldsKenneth MacAlpin Treachery of Scone — Killing of Pictish Nobles c.843
Early Medieval

Kenneth MacAlpin Treachery of Scone — Killing of Pictish Nobles c.843

843
Scotland
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Pictish nobility
Forces
Pictish noble factions
VS
Victor
Kenneth MacAlpin
Forces
Kenneth MacAlpin Dalriadan forces
Outcome
Pictish nobility eliminated; Pictish kingdom absorbed into Alba under Kenneth
The Battle

History & Significance

The Irish chronicles and later tradition record Kenneth MacAlpin's violent elimination of the Pictish noble class at a feast at Scone — the Treachery of Scone; whether actual treachery or military suppression, it marked the final extinction of Pictish royal identity

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