Kingdom of Scotland
The Kingdom of Scotland was a historic country and state. It started in the Early Middle Ages and was in existence until the early modern period.
Kingdom of Scotland | |||||||||
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| 843–1707 | |||||||||
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| Kingdom of Scotland in 1190 Kingdom of Scotland in 1190 | |||||||||
| Capital | Edinburgh¹ | ||||||||
| Common languages | Scottish Gaelic, Scots | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Monarch | |||||||||
• 843–858 | Kenneth I | ||||||||
• 1567–1625 | James VI | ||||||||
• 1702–1707 | Anne | ||||||||
| Legislature | Parliament of Scotland | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• | 843 | ||||||||
• Lothian and Strathclyde incorporated | 1124 (confirmed Treaty of York, 1237) | ||||||||
• Galloway incorporated | 1234/5 | ||||||||
| 1266 (Treaty of Perth) | |||||||||
| 1472 | |||||||||
• | 1 May 1707 | ||||||||
| Currency | Pound Scots (Pund) | ||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | GB-SCT | ||||||||
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¹ By the early modern era established at Edinburgh, and before that Scone & various. | |||||||||
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After 1603, it had the same monarch as the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Ireland. In 1653, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, the government of Oliver Cromwell made Scotland into part of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland: a republic. However, at The Restoration, Scotland started again to be a kingdom. It combined with the Kingdom of England to become the United Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 because of the Acts of Union 1707.[1]
Kingdom Of Scotland Media
- JamesIEngland.jpg
James VI, whose inheritance of the thrones of England and Ireland created a dynastic union in 1603
- Alexander III and Ollamh Rígh.JPG
Coronation of Alexander III of Scotland at Scone Abbey; beside him are the Mormaers of Strathearn and Fife while his genealogy is recited by a royal poet.
- ParliamentHouse18thcenturyEdinburgh.jpg
The Parliament of Scotland, also known as the Estates of Scotland, at Parliament House, Edinburgh
- Regiam.Majestatem.preface.page.jpg
The Regiam Majestatem is the oldest surviving written digest of Scots law.
- Great window Parliament Hall Edinburgh.jpg
Institution of the Court of Session by James V in 1532, from the Great Window in Parliament House, Edinburgh
- Scotland penny 802002.jpg
Penny of David II
- Mary bawbee 1542 127326.jpg
A bawbee minted during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots
- Scotland (Location) Named (HR).png
The topography of Scotland.
- John Rocque Plan von Edinburgh 1764.jpg
Plan of Edinburgh in 1764, the largest city in Scotland in the early modern era
The linguistic divide c. 1400, based on place-name evidence.* Scottish Gaelic* Scots* Norn
