Kinrick o Scotland
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For ither uisses, see the historical Kinrick o Scotland (843-1707).
| Kinrick o Scotland Rìoghachd na h-Alba (Gaelic) |
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| Personal union wi the Kinrick o Ingland (1603–49 / 1660–1707) |
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| Motto In My Defens God Me Defend (eften shown abbreviatit as IN DEFENS) |
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| Location o the Kinrick o Scotland in Europe. | |||||
| Caipital | Scone (before c.1070) Dunfermline (c.1070-c. 1440) Edinburgh (after 1452) |
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| Leid(s) | Scots, Scottish Gaelic, French, Inglish, Norn | ||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||
| Monarch | |||||
| − 843–58 | Kenneth I (first) | ||||
| − 1306–29 | Robert I | ||||
| − 1702–07 | Anne (last) | ||||
| Legislatur | Parliament o Scotland | ||||
| History | |||||
| - Unitit | Ninth century (tradeetionally 843 AD) | ||||
| - Lothian an Strathclyde incorporatit | 1124 (confirmed Treaty o York, 1237) | ||||
| - Galloway incorporatit | 1234/5 | ||||
| - Hebrides, Isle o Man an Caithness incorporatit | 1266 (Treaty o Pairth) | ||||
| - Orkney and Shetland annexed | 1472 | ||||
| - Union wi Ingland | 1 Mey 1707 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| − 1500 est. | 500,000 | ||||
| − 1600 est. | 800,000 | ||||
| − 1700 est. | 1,000,000 | ||||
| Siller | Poond Scots (Pund) | ||||
| The day pairt o | ( |
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| ^ The Pictish an Cumbric leids went extinct durin the 10t an 11t centuries.[1][2] French wis widely spoken in Scotland at the heicht o the Auld Alliance.[3] Inglish began tae hae increased influence in Scotland frae the mid-16t century. | |||||
Ryal coat o airms o the Kinrick o Scotland
The Kinrick o Scotland (Gaelic: Rìoghachd na h-Alba) wis a state in nor'wast Europe that existit frae 843 till 1707. It occupee'd the northren third o the island o Great Breetain an shared a laundmairch tae the sooth wi the Kinrick o Ingland, that the Kinrick o Scotland jyned wi for tae mak a unifee'd Kinrick o Great Breetain, unner the terms o the Treaty o Union, in 1707.