Armed forces of the Kingdom of Scotland

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The Armed forces of the Kingdom of Scotland were the historical military institutions of the independent Scottish state, encompassing its land armies and naval forces prior to the 1707 Union with England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces
historical military organization
alliance Auld Alliance
alliedWith Kingdom of France
commandedByTitle King of Scots
Admiral of the Western Coasts and Isles
surface form: Lord High Admiral of Scotland

Lord High Constable of Scotland
country Kingdom of Scotland
dissolutionCause Acts of Union 1707
dissolved 1707
engagedInConflict Anglo-Scottish Wars
First War of Scottish Independence
Nine Years' War
surface form: Nine Years’ War

War of the Rough Wooing
surface form: Rough Wooing

Second War of Scottish Independence
War of the Spanish Succession
First War of Scottish Independence
surface form: Wars of Scottish Independence
garrisonedIn Berwick-upon-Tweed (until 1482)
Dumbarton Castle
Edinburgh Castle
Stirling Castle
hasPart Scottish army
surface form: Royal Scots Army

Royal Scots Navy
Scottish feudal host
Scottish militia
navalBase Ayr
Burntisland
Leith
notableBattle Battle of Bannockburn
Battle of Dunbar (1296)
Battle of Flodden
Battle of Harlaw
Battle of Killiecrankie
Battle of Pinkie Cleugh
Battle of Stirling Bridge
notableUnitType Highland infantry
border reivers
musketeers
pikemen
operatedInPeriod Early modern period
Middle Ages
primaryLanguage Scots
Scottish Gaelic
primaryRole defence of the Kingdom of Scotland
recruitmentSystem clan-based levies
feudal levy
paid standing troops
secondaryRole offensive warfare against England
support of foreign alliances such as France (Auld Alliance)
successor British Armed Forces
British Army
English navy
surface form: Royal Navy
usedBy Parliament of Scotland
Scottish crown
surface form: Scottish Crown

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Royal Scots Navy partOf Armed forces of the Kingdom of Scotland
Old Fort of Fort William (ruins) category Armed forces of the Kingdom of Scotland
subject surface form: Old Fort of Fort William
this entity surface form: Military history of Scotland