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The consorts of the monarchs of Scotland, such as queens consort, princesses consort, and kings consort, bore titles derived from their marriage.The Kingdom of Scotland was first unified as a state by Kenneth I of Scotland in 843, and ceased to exist as an independent kingdom after the Act of Union 1707 when it was merged with the Kingdom of England to become the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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Thus, Queen Anne became the last monarch of the ancient kingdoms of Scotland and England and the first of Great Britain, although the kingdoms had shared a monarch since 1603 (see Union of the Crowns). Her uncle Charles II was the last monarch to be crowned in Scotland, at Scone in 1651. He had a second coronation in England ten years later.
Arms of Mary as queen consort of Scotland. Mary landed in Scotland in June 1449. Her arrival was described by Mathieu d'Escouchy. [7] She first visited the Isle of May and the shrine of St Adrian. [8] Then she came to Leith and rested at the Convent of St Anthony. [9]
Joan Beaufort (c. 1404 – 15 July 1445) [2] was Queen of Scots from 1424 to 1437 as the spouse of King James I. [3] During part of the minority of her son James II (from 1437 to 1439), she served as the regent of Scotland, the first dowager Queen of Scotland to do so since the 13th century.
Madeleine of Valois (10 August 1520 – 7 July 1537) was a French princess who briefly became Queen of Scotland in 1537 as the first wife of King James V.The marriage was arranged in accordance with the Treaty of Rouen, and they were married at Notre-Dame de Paris in January 1537, despite French reservations over her failing health.
Matilda of Scotland (originally christened Edith, [a] 1080 – 1 May 1118), also known as Good Queen Maud, was Queen of England and Duchess of Normandy as the first wife of King Henry I. She acted as regent of England on several occasions during Henry's absences: in 1104, 1107, 1108, and 1111.
Arms of Euphemia as queen consort of Scotland The children of Robert's first marriage to Elizabeth Mure were considered illegitimate by some due to reasons of consanguinity . Both sets of children from each marriage considered themselves rightful heirs to the throne, which constituted considerable future conflict.