Albany, Scotland

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former duchy historic region

Albany, Scotland is a historic region and former duchy in central Scotland traditionally associated with the area north of the River Forth.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Albany (medieval Scottish territorial designation)	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former duchy ⓘ historic region ⓘ
alternativeName	Albany ⓘ
associatedDynasty	House of Stuart ⓘ surface form: House of Stewart
associatedTitleHolder	Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany ⓘ Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany ⓘ
associatedWith	Duchy of Albany ⓘ
borders	Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
country	Scotland ⓘ
feudalStatus	duchy ⓘ
governedByTitle	Duke of Albany ⓘ
historicalCapitalAssociated	Stirling ⓘ
historicalFunction	appanage for royal princes ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ late medieval Scotland ⓘ
historicalRegionOf	Scotland ⓘ
historicalSignificance	major power base in late medieval Scotland ⓘ
languageOfName	Gaelic ⓘ
locatedIn	central Scotland ⓘ
locatedNorthOf	River Forth ⓘ
nameEtymology	derived from Gaelic Alba (Scotland) ⓘ
overlapsWith	Scottish Highlands ⓘ Scottish Highlands ⓘ surface form: central Scottish Highlands
partOf	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
politicalStatus	subdivision of the Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
regionType	traditional region ⓘ
religionHistorical	Christianity ⓘ
sovereignStateHistorical	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
traditionalExtent	area north of the River Forth ⓘ
usedAsTermFor	northern part of Scotland ⓘ

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

Albany → namedAfter → Albany, Scotland ⓘ

duc d'Albany → relatedConcept → Albany, Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Albany (medieval Scottish territorial designation)