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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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 (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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Alba alternativeName Kingdom of Scotland
this entity surface form: Alba Regnum Scotorum
Alba developedInto Kingdom of Scotland
Pictland followedBy Kingdom of Scotland
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Alba
Pictland mergedInto Kingdom of Scotland
this entity surface form: medieval Kingdom of Scotland
Anabella Drummond countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland
Egidia Stewart countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland
David Dickson countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland
John Stewart, Earl of Carrick heirApparentOf Kingdom of Scotland
John Stewart, Earl of Carrick monarchOf Kingdom of Scotland
Earl of Strathearn country Kingdom of Scotland
Alexander Stewart country Kingdom of Scotland
subject surface form: Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay
Alexander, Earl of Menteith country Kingdom of Scotland
Kings of the Picts mergedInto Kingdom of Scotland
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Alba
Dub of Scotland country Kingdom of Scotland
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Alba
Constantine II of Scotland reignedOver Kingdom of Scotland
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Alba
Constantine II of Scotland countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Alba
Constantine III of Scotland country Kingdom of Scotland
Treaty of Edinburgh countryInvolved Kingdom of Scotland
Treaty of Edinburgh signedInCountry Kingdom of Scotland
Lords of the Congregation country Kingdom of Scotland
Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl country Kingdom of Scotland
Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl allegiance Kingdom of Scotland
Sir George Crichton country Kingdom of Scotland
Palazzo Muti, Rome, Papal States linkedToMonarchy Kingdom of Scotland
subject surface form: Palazzo Muti
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Scotland (deposed dynasty)
Margaret Stewart countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland
David Leslie, Lord Newark countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland
James II country Kingdom of Scotland
subject surface form: James II of Scotland
Walter Bailloch Stewart country of citizenship Kingdom of Scotland
Walter Bailloch Stewart residence Kingdom of Scotland
John Graham, 4th Earl of Menteith country Kingdom of Scotland
Earl of Airth country Kingdom of Scotland
John Stewart, Duke of Albany deFactoRulerOf Kingdom of Scotland
John Stewart, Duke of Albany realmServed Kingdom of Scotland
John Stewart, Duke of Albany governed Kingdom of Scotland
Giric of Scotland associatedWith Kingdom of Scotland
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Alba
William Graham, 5th Earl of Menteith country Kingdom of Scotland
John Graham, 6th Earl of Menteith country Kingdom of Scotland
Eochaid of Scotland associatedWith Kingdom of Scotland
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Alba
Eochaid of Scotland successorState Kingdom of Scotland
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Alba