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14 mag 2024 · From the 5th century on, north Britain was divided into a series of petty kingdoms. Of these, the four most important were those of the Picts in the north-east, the Scots of Dál Riata in the west, the Britons of Strathclyde in the south-west and the Anglian kingdom of Bernicia (which united with Deira to form Northumbria in 653) in the south-east, stretching into modern northern England.
10 mag 2024 · Robert the Bruce, king of Scotland (1306–29), who freed Scotland from English rule, winning the decisive Battle of Bannockburn (1314) and ultimately confirming Scottish independence in the Treaty of Northampton (1328). Learn more about his life and reign.
- Bruce Webster
5 giorni fa · Descendants of Malcolm III. At the start of the twelfth century, Scotland saw a religious revival and improved administration under David I, the most successful of Malcolm Canmore's sons to become king.
26 apr 2024 · How to discover 1000+ years of Scottish monarchy. When, in AD 848, the Kingdom of the Picts became the Kingdom of Alba it set in motion over 1100 years of monarchy in Scotland. From Scotland’s first King, Kenneth MacAlpin, King of Dál Riata who unified the the Picts, the Scots in Argyll, the Angles ind the Norse earls under one king.
4 giorni fa · Queen of Scotland: James V 1512–1542 King of Scotland: Mary of Guise 1515–1560 Queen of Scotland: Margaret Douglas Countess of Lennox 1515–1578: Matthew Stewart 1516–1571 4th Earl of Lennox: Queen Mary I 1516–1558 r. 1553–1558 Queen of England: Philip II 1527–1598 King of Spain r. 1553–1558 Jure uxoris: Henry FitzRoy ...
9 mag 2024 · Alexander III (born September 4, 1241—died March 18/19, 1286, near Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland) was the king of Scotland from 1249 to 1286, the last major ruler of the dynasty of kings descended from Malcolm III Canmore (reigned 1058–93), who consolidated royal power in Scotland.
30 apr 2024 · By act of Parliament (1544) and his own will and testament, Henry VIII left the crown to his three children in turn—Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I—and provided that, in the event that they died without issue, the crown would pass to the descendants of his younger sister, Mary, before those of his elder sister, Margaret, widow of James IV of Scotland.
