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.

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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 (to a limited extent)
surface form: Scots law
hasParliament Parliament of Scotland
hasRoyalHouse House of Alpin
House of Bruce
House of Dunkeld
House of Hanover
House of Stuart
surface form: House of Stewart

House of Stuart
historicalRegion Scottish Highlands
surface form: Highlands

Islands
Central Lowlands of Scotland
surface form: 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 Goidelic
surface form: Gaels

Picts (early period)
Scots
religion Church of Scotland
Presbyterianism
Roman Catholicism
sharedMonarch Anne, Queen of Great Britain
Charles I of England
surface form: Charles I of England and Scotland

Charles II of England
surface form: Charles II of England and Scotland

James VI and I
Mary II of England
surface form: Mary II of England and Scotland

William III of England
surface form: William III and II
sharedMonarchWith Kingdom of England
startDateApproximate 9th century
startEvent unification of the Picts and Scots
startMonarch Kenneth MacAlpin
surface form: 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

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Battle of Solway Moss countryInvolved Kingdom of Scotland
Máel Coluim I, Earl of Fife country Kingdom of Scotland
Alice Bower countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland
Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran realm Kingdom of Scotland
Bannockburn combatant Kingdom of Scotland
subject surface form: Battle of Bannockburn
War of the Rough Wooing conflictBetween Kingdom of Scotland
War of the Rough Wooing opponent Kingdom of Scotland
Donnchad V, Earl of Fife countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland
Donnchad V, Earl of Fife realm Kingdom of Scotland
Eleanor of Scotland countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland
Annabella of Scotland countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland
Annabella of Scotland placeOfBirth Kingdom of Scotland
Donnchad VI, Earl of Fife country Kingdom of Scotland
Donnchad VI, Earl of Fife realm Kingdom of Scotland
Scottish Covenanter government country Kingdom of Scotland
Treaty of London (1641) countryInvolved Kingdom of Scotland
James Douglas countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland
James Douglas allegiance Kingdom of Scotland
Barbour’s Bruce portraysConflictBetween Kingdom of Scotland
Strathclyde mergedInto Kingdom of Scotland
Donnchad VII, Earl of Fife country Kingdom of Scotland
Edward of Scotland countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland
Eóganán mac Óengusa successorState Kingdom of Scotland
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Alba
Earl of Atholl country Kingdom of Scotland
Britons of Strathclyde neighbour Kingdom of Scotland
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Alba
Britons of Strathclyde successor Kingdom of Scotland
Britons of Strathclyde alliedWith Kingdom of Scotland
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Alba
Annabella Stewart countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland
Annabella Stewart placeOfBirth Kingdom of Scotland
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan country Kingdom of Scotland
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan allegiance Kingdom of Scotland
Crichton Castle ownedBy Kingdom of Scotland
this entity surface form: State of Scotland
Treaties of the Kingdom of Scotland country Kingdom of Scotland
Treaties of the Kingdom of Scotland signatory Kingdom of Scotland
John Barbour nationality Kingdom of Scotland
John Barbour activeIn Kingdom of Scotland
Mary of Menteith country Kingdom of Scotland
Crínán of Dunkeld country Kingdom of Scotland
Alba followedBy Kingdom of Scotland
Alba alternativeName Kingdom of Scotland
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Alba