Guardians of Scotland

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collective political office regency council

The Guardians of Scotland were a group of regents who governed the kingdom during periods of interregnum and minority rule in the late 13th and early 14th centuries, notably after the death of Alexander III and during the Wars of Scottish Independence.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Guardian of Scotland	6
Guardians of the Honours of Scotland	1
Guardianship of Scotland	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	collective political office ⓘ regency council ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Scotland ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
endTime	early 14th century ⓘ
governs	Scottish military organization ⓘ Scottish royal administration ⓘ foreign policy of medieval Scotland ⓘ
hasLegalBasis	customary law of succession in Scotland ⓘ
hasMainTask	administer justice ⓘ conduct diplomacy ⓘ defend the realm ⓘ govern the kingdom during interregnum ⓘ govern the kingdom during royal minority ⓘ oversee succession to the throne ⓘ
hasMember	Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan NERFINISHED ⓘ Andrew Moray of Bothwell NERFINISHED ⓘ Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ Duncan, Earl of Fife NERFINISHED ⓘ James Douglas, Lord of Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran NERFINISHED ⓘ James Kennedy, Bishop of St Andrews NERFINISHED ⓘ James Stewart, 5th High Steward of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ John Comyn, Earl of Buchan NERFINISHED ⓘ John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch NERFINISHED ⓘ John Stewart, Earl of Mar NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Stewart, future Robert II of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Wishart, Bishop of Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert the Bruce NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert, Duke of Albany NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ William Fraser, Bishop of St Andrews NERFINISHED ⓘ William Wallace NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Late Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageUsed	Latin ⓘ Scots NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Scotland ⓘ
officeHeldBy	Andrew Moray of Bothwell NERFINISHED ⓘ James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Stewart, future Robert II of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert the Bruce NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert, Duke of Albany NERFINISHED ⓘ William Wallace NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	King Edward I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ King Edward II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ King Edward III of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	constitutional history of Scotland ⓘ
replacedBy	personal rule of the monarch ⓘ reign of John Balliol ⓘ reign of Robert the Bruce ⓘ
replaces	direct royal rule ⓘ
role	regent ⓘ
significantEvent	First Interregnum of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Interregnum of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Wars of Scottish Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ death of Alexander III of Scotland ⓘ minority of David II of Scotland ⓘ minority of James II of Scotland ⓘ minority of James V of Scotland ⓘ minority of Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ
startTime	1286 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Margaret, Maid of Norway → associatedWith → Guardians of Scotland ⓘ

William Wallace → militaryRank → Guardians of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guardian of Scotland

Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany → positionHeld → Guardians of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guardian of Scotland

John Comyn → positionHeld → Guardians of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guardian of Scotland

Regent of Scotland → isDistinctFrom → Guardians of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guardian of Scotland

John of Brittany, Earl of Richmond → positionHeld → Guardians of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guardian of Scotland

Clan Keith → historicRole → Guardians of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guardians of the Honours of Scotland

Great Cause → involves → Guardians of Scotland ⓘ

Great Cause → precededBy → Guardians of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guardianship of Scotland

Treaty of Birgham → involvesPerson → Guardians of Scotland ⓘ

Treaty of Birgham → negotiatedBy → Guardians of Scotland ⓘ

Archibald Douglas → positionHeld → Guardians of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guardian of Scotland