Editing Kenneth MacAlpin (section)

== Death and succession ==
According to the ''Annals of Ulster'', Kenneth died in 858. The ''Chronicle of the Kings of Alba'' states he died in February in Forteviot due to a [[tumour]]. Historians suggest this date might be 13 February. Kenneth was buried in [[Iona Abbey]]. Succession in the kingdom was carried out in the form of [[tanistry]] so Kenneth's successor was his brother [[Donald I]] rather than his eldest son. After the death of Donald I, Kenneth's sons, [[Causantín mac Cináeda]] and [[Áed mac Cináeda]], inherited the crown. The [[Alpínid dynasty]], which ruled Scotland until the beginning of the 11th century, was formed during this period.{{Sfn|Anderson|2004b|p=1}}{{Sfn|Fedosov|2014|p=80}}{{Sfn|Tytler|1920|p=45}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Stevenson |first=J. H. |date=1927 |title=The Law of the Throne: Tanistry and the Introduction of the Law of Primogeniture: A Note on the Succession of the Kings of Scotland from Kenneth MacAlpin to Robert Bruce. |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25525771 |journal=The Scottish Historical Review |volume=25 |issue=97 |pages=1–12 |jstor=25525771 }}</ref>

Contemporaneous Irish annals give Kenneth and his immediate successors the title King of the Picts, but do not call him the King of Fortriu, a title that was only given to four Pictish kings who reigned in the 7th to 9th centuries. It is possible the use of the title of King of the Picts was in reference to Kenneth and his immediate successors' claim to all of Pictavia, though there is very little evidence of the extent of their domain.{{Sfn|Anderson|2004b|p=1}}