{{short description|Armigerous Scottish clan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Infobox clan |clan name = MacAlpine |image badge = File:Clan_MacAlpine_Boars_Head_Crest.jpg |slogan = |war cry = |region = |district = |gaelic names = |plant badge = |animal = |commander = Michael T. McAlpin }} '''Family MacAlpine''' is a Scottish clan without a Hereditary Chief recognized by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. However, following a Petition to the Lord Lyon King of Arms, a Family Convention (or Derbhfine) was held at Abbotsford House the home of Sir Walter Scott on 10 September 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/clan-only-one-macalpine-launch-7201766|publisher=Daily Record |author=Charlie Gall |title=There clan only be one: MacAlpine launch search for first ever chief|date=19 January 2016 |access-date=October 22, 2018}}</ref> The Family Conclave selected and recommended Michael Todd McAlpin Senior for the role of Commander. On 19 April 2017 Michael received his Commission<ref>{{cite web|url=http://heraldrysocietyofscotland.blogspot.com/2017/05/new-lyon-commission.html |publisher=Heraldry Society of Scotland |title=New Lyon Commission |date=26 May 2017 |access-date=October 22, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotarmigers.net/ssagallery/displayimage.php?album=4&pos=38 |publisher=The Society of Scottish Armigers, 10 July 2008 |title=Michael Todd McAlpin }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://electricscotland.com/bnft/archives/BNFTApril2019B.pdf|publisher=Electric Scotland, April 2019|title=Clan MacAlpine now has a new Commander!}}</ref> as Commander of MacAlpine from Dr. Joseph Morrow the Lord Lyon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/m/macalpinecommission.pdf |publisher=electricscotland.com |title=Commission by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in Favour of Michael Todd McAlpin, Senior as Commander of the Name of McAlpine |access-date=October 22, 2018}}</ref> This Commission has empowered him to do and perform all acts and functions proper for a period of ten years or until a Chief is named.
==History== [[File:Dunadd, Argyll.jpg|thumb|left|Dunadd, site of the hill-fort said to have been held by Kenneth MacAlpine]] According to tradition the MacAlpine, or MacAlpin, is most purely Celtic of all the Highland Scottish clans.<ref name="Kith">{{cite book |title=Scots Kith & Kin |year=2014 |page=53 |publisher=HarperCollins |isbn=9780007551798}}</ref> They are believed to be of royal descent from Kenneth MacAlpin. He united the Picts and Scots from the year 850 into one kingdom and moved his capital from Perthshire to Dunadd beside Loch Crinan in Dál Riata.<ref name="Kith"/> The MacAlpine surname is still common in Scotland today.
The former chiefs apparently had their seat on lands that are now Dunstaffnage Castle in Argyll, which was an early capital of Kenneth MacAlpin,<ref name="Electric">{{cite web |url=https://electricscotland.com/webclans/m/macalpi2.html |title=MacAlpine |website=electricscotland.com |access-date=November 18, 2018}}</ref> who was King of the Picts and according to myth, the first King of Scots.
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==See also== {{Portal|Clans of Scotland}} *Siol Alpin
==External links== *{{Cite web | title = The MacAlpine Society Website| work = The official website of the House of MacAlpine| publisher = MacAlpine Society | access-date = 2022-12-27 | url = http://www.macailpein.com/}}
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Category:Armigerous clans Category:Scottish clans