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Nint century–1707 | |||||||||||||||
Motto: In My Defens God Me Defend (eften shown abbreviatit as IN DEFENS) | |||||||||||||||
Location o the Kinrick o Scotland in Europe. | |||||||||||||||
Status | Personal union wi the Kinrick o Ingland (1603–49 / 1660–1707) | ||||||||||||||
Caipital | Scuin (before c.1070) Dunfermline (c.1070-c. 1440) Edinburgh (after 1452) | ||||||||||||||
Common leids | Scots, Scots Gaelic, French, Inglis, Norn | ||||||||||||||
Govrenment | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||
Monarch | |||||||||||||||
• 843–58 | Kenneth I (first) | ||||||||||||||
• 1306–29 | Robert I | ||||||||||||||
• 1702–07 | Anne (last) | ||||||||||||||
Legislatur | Scots Pairlament | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
• Unitit | Nint century (tradeetionally 843 AD) | ||||||||||||||
• Lothian an Strathclyde incorporatit | 1124 (confirmed Treaty o York, 1237) | ||||||||||||||
• Gallowa incorporatit | 1234/5 | ||||||||||||||
1266 (Treaty o Pairth) | |||||||||||||||
1472 | |||||||||||||||
1603 | |||||||||||||||
1 Mey 1707 | |||||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||||
• 1500 | 500000 | ||||||||||||||
• 1600 | 800000 | ||||||||||||||
• 1700 | 1000000 | ||||||||||||||
Currency | Poond Scots (Pund) | ||||||||||||||
ISO 3166 code | GB-SCT | ||||||||||||||
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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. |
The Kinrick o Scotland (Scots Gaelic: Rìoghachd na h-Alba) wis a state in nor'wes Europe that existit fae 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.
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