Kingdom of Scotland

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The Kingdom of Scotland was an independent sovereign state in northern Great Britain until its 1707 union with England, with its own monarchy, legal system, and distinct cultural and political institutions.


Statements (64)
Predicate Object
instanceOf former sovereign state
kingdom
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Kingdom of England
North Sea
capital Edinburgh
continent Europe
dynasticUnionStartDate 1603
dynasticUnionStartEvent Union of the Crowns
endCause Acts of Union 1707
endDate 1707
firstMonarch Kenneth MacAlpin
flag Saltire
governmentForm feudal monarchy
monarchy
hadDistinctInstitution separate education system
separate legal system
separate parliament
hadDynasticUnionWith Kingdom of England
hadEstate Three Estates of Scotland
hadNationalChurch Church of Scotland
hasCurrency Pound Scots
hasLegalSystem Scots law
hasParliament Parliament of Scotland
hasRoyalHouse House of Alpin
House of Bruce
House of Dunkeld
House of Hanover
House of Stewart
House of Stuart
historicalRegion Highlands
Islands
Lowlands
lastMonarch Anne, Queen of Great Britain
legalTradition civil law influenced system
locatedIn northern Great Britain
nationalSymbol thistle
unicorn
officialLanguage Latin
Scots
Scottish Gaelic
partOf British Isles
patronSaint Saint Andrew
primaryEthnicGroup Gaels
Picts (early period)
Scots
religion Church of Scotland
Presbyterianism
Roman Catholicism
sharedMonarch Anne, Queen of Great Britain
Charles I of England and Scotland
Charles II of England and Scotland
James VI and I
Mary II of England and Scotland
William III and II
sharedMonarchWith Kingdom of England
startDateApproximate 9th century
startEvent unification of the Picts and Scots
startMonarch Kenneth I of Scotland
successorState Kingdom of Great Britain
unionCreated Kingdom of Great Britain
unionLegalBasis Acts of Union 1707
unionWith Kingdom of England
usedTitle King of Scots

Referenced by (285)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Act anent Peace and War 1703
Act of Security 1704
Acts of Union 1707
Acts of the Parliament of Scotland relating to peerage
Alexander I of Scotland
Alexander II of Scotland
Alexander III of Scotland
Battle of Arkinholm
Battle of Loudoun Hill
Battle of Methven
Bishopric of St Andrews
Black Dinner
Black Douglases
Carnegie baronetcy
Claim of Right Act 1689 (Scotland)
Committee of Both Kingdoms
Coronation of James II
Coronation of Queen Anne
David I of Scotland
Declaration of Arbroath
Donald III of Scotland
Duke of Albany
Duke of Hamilton
Dukes of Douglas
Dukes of Queensberry
Duncan II of Scotland
Dunkeld dynasty
Earl of Aberdeen
Earl of Carrick
Earl of Douglas
Earl of Fife
Earl of Menteith
Earl of Morton
Earl of Northesk
Earl of Southesk
Earls of Angus
Earls of Queensberry
Edmund of Scotland
Edward, son of Malcolm III and Margaret
Eleven Years' Tyranny
Estates of Parliament
Ethelred, Abbot of Dunkeld
Euphemia de Ross
House of Bruce
House of Dunkeld
House of Hamilton
Jacobite risings
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton
James I of Scotland
James II of Scotland
James III of Scotland
James V of Scotland
John Carnegie, 1st Earl of Northesk
John Erskine, Earl of Mar
King of Scots
Lord Carnegie of Kinnaird
Lord of Annandale
Lord of Parliament
Lulach of Scotland
Lulach, son of Gillicomgáin
Margaret Tudor
Marquess of Huntly
Marquesses of Douglas
Parliament of Scotland
Prince of Scotland
Prince of the Cumbrians
Princess of Scotland
Queen of Scots
Red Douglases
Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale
Royal Arms of England and Scotland quarterly
Royal Arms of the Kingdom of Scotland
Royal Scots Navy
Scottish Estates
Scottish Reformation
Scottish monarch
Scottish royal court
Scottish royal house of Dunkeld
Stuart period
Three Estates
Three Estates of Scotland
Viscount Abercorn
country
Alexander I of Scotland
Alexander III of Scotland
Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven
Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch
Charles I of England
Charles II of England
David Carnegie, 1st Earl of Southesk
David II of Scotland
Duncan I of Scotland
Edith of Scotland
Edward Bruce
Elizabeth de Burgh, Queen of Scots
Ermengarde de Beaumont
George Wishart
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales
Henry of Scotland, Earl of Northumbria
Isabella of Mar
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton
James Francis Edward Stuart
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll
John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun
Margaret Drummond, Queen of Scots
Margaret Stewart
Margaret Stuart
Margaret of Wessex
Marie de Coucy
Marjorie Bruce
Marjorie, Countess of Carrick
Mary Stuart, Princess Royal
Mary of Guelders
Mary of Scotland, Countess of Boulogne
Mary, Queen of Scots
Queen Margaret of Scotland
Robert III of Scotland
Robert Stuart, Duke of Kintyre
Sir James Douglas
St. Margaret of Scotland
Suthen
Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas
William I of Scotland
William Wallace
countryOfCitizenship
Bishops' Wars
Plantation of Ulster
Royalist–Confederate alliance phase
Treaty of Berwick (1639)
Treaty of Ripon (1640)
Treaty of Union 1706
Treaty of York
Union of the Crowns
Wars of the Three Kingdoms
countryInvolved
Alexander III of Scotland
Alexander III of Scotland
Anne of Great Britain
Anne, Queen of Great Britain
Charles I of England
King of the United Kingdom ("Scotland (historical)")
Mary II of England
Robert III of Scotland
Robert the Bruce
monarchOf
Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven
Clan Carnegie
Clan Douglas
John Balliol
Robert II of Scotland
Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale
Sir James Douglas
allegiance
Coronation of Charles II
Coronation of James II
Coronation of William III and Mary II
King of Scots
Personal Rule (1629–1640)
Scottish monarch
Treaty of Perth
appliesToJurisdiction
Battle of Bannockburn
Battle of Dunbar (1650) ("Kingdom of Scotland (Covenanter government)")
Battle of Halidon Hill
Battle of Loudoun Hill
Battle of Methven
Battle of Otterburn
siege of Alnwick (1093)
belligerent
Duns Scotus
Edward, son of Malcolm III and Margaret
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry
James I of Scotland
James VI and I
Malcolm IV of Scotland
Robert the Bruce
birthPlace
Edgar, King of Scotland
James VI and I
John Balliol
Malcolm III of Scotland
Malcolm IV of Scotland
Mary II of England
Robert II of Scotland
countryRuled
Baron of Renfrew
Countess of Northesk
Estates of Parliament
Lord Forbes
Lord of Parliament
Parliament of Scotland
jurisdiction
James I of Scotland
Madeleine of Valois
Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scots
Mary of Guise
Robert the Bruce
deathPlace
Dunfermline Abbey ("Scottish monarchy")
Dunfermline Palace ("Scottish monarchy")
Mary of Guelders
Mary of Scotland, Countess of Boulogne
associatedWith
Basilikon Doron
Daemonologie
Stewart family
countryOfOrigin
First War of Scottish Independence
Restoration (England)
Scottish Covenanters
location
Edmund of Scotland
Margaret Tudor
Maud, Countess of Huntingdon
placeOfDeath
Bishops' Wars
Scottish–Norwegian conflict over the Western Isles
conflictBetween
Turnberry Castle
Urquhart Castle
controlledBy
Alexander III of Scotland
James IV of Scotland
countryOfBirth
Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom
formedByUnionOf
Peerage of Scotland ("Monarch of Scotland")
Peerage of Scotland ("Crown of Scotland")
historicallyGrantedBy
Edward Bruce ("Medieval Scotland")
Elizabeth de Burgh, Queen of Scots
historicalRegion
Estates of Parliament
Scottish Estates
legislativeBodyFor
Anglo-Scottish Wars
First War of Scottish Independence
mainBelligerent
Ermengarde de Beaumont
Joan of the Tower
monarchConsortOf
Albany, Scotland
Scone ("historic Kingdom of Scotland")
partOf
Edmund of Scotland
Mary of Scotland, Countess of Boulogne
placeOfBirth
House of Hamilton
Marquesses of Douglas
politicalInfluence
Duncan I of Scotland ("Kingdom of Alba")
Margaret Drummond, Queen of Scots
realm
John Stewart, Duke of Albany
Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany
regentOf
House of Bruce
House of Stuart
ruled
Declaration of Arbroath ("Scotland is an independent kingdom")
asserts
Lord of Parliament ("Monarchy of Scotland")
associatedMonarchy
Rex Scottorum
associatedWithRealm
Stewart family
becameRoyalHouseOf
Edward, son of Malcolm III and Margaret ("Kingdom of Scotland (exact site uncertain)")
burialPlace
Duns Scotus
citizenship
James VI and I
coronationPlaceScotland
Treaty of York
definedBorderBetween
Sophia of the Palatinate
designatedHeirOf
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton
executedBy
Right to Buy policy framework ("Scotland (historically, before abolition)")
geographicScope
Nine Years' War
hasBelligerent
Order of the Thistle ("Scottish monarchy")
hasCategory
Carnegie, Angus
hasHistoricAffiliation
Douglas ("Scotland")
hasOrigin
Hundred Years' War
hasParticipant
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales
heirApparentOf
Carrick
historicalProvinceOf
Great Britain
historicalUnionOf
Kingdom of Great Britain ("Scotland")
includedTerritory
Williamite War in Ireland
involvedPower
Anne, Queen of Great Britain
lastMonarchOf
Parliament of Scotland
legislativeBodyOf
Earl of Northesk ("Scottish monarchy")
linkedToMonarchy
Jedburgh Abbey
locatedInNation
Sybil, illegitimate daughter of Henry I of England
marriageAllianceBetween
Picts (early period) ("Kingdom of Alba")
mergedInto
Royal Scots Navy
militaryBranchOf
Baron Balinhard
monarchJurisdiction
Sybil, illegitimate daughter of Henry I of England
monarchOfConsort
Order of the Thistle ("Scottish monarchy")
mottoAssociatedWith
William Dunbar
nationality
Robert Stuart, Duke of Kintyre
nobleTitleFrom
Royal Scots Navy
operatedBy
War of the Spanish Succession
opposedBy
Bishopric of St Andrews
politicalInfluenceIn
Scottish monarch
positionHeldIn
Kingdom of Great Britain
precededBy
Royal Arms of the United Kingdom used 1714–1801
quartering
Margaret Drummond, Queen of Scots
residence
Stuart
ruledRealm
Treaty of Perth
signatory
Albany, Scotland
sovereignStateHistorical
Sybil, illegitimate daughter of Henry I of England
spouseReignOf
Picts (early period) ("Kingdom of Alba")
successorState
First Barons' War
supportedBy
Prince of Scotland
territorialAssociation
James Carnegie, 11th Earl of Southesk
titleJurisdiction
Kingdom of England
unionWith
Acts of Union 1707
united
Duke
usedIn
Lothian
wasAnnexedBy

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