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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.
Pages in category "Scottish royal consorts" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. ... Jacobite consorts; Joan of England, Queen of Scotland ...
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.
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.
Margaret was the daughter of the English prince Edward the Exile and his wife Agatha, and also the granddaughter of Edmund Ironside, King of England. [1] After the death of Ironside in 1016, Canute sent the infant Edward and his brother to the court of the Swedish king, Olof Skötkonung, and they eventually made their way to Kievan Rus'.
Pages in category "Lists of royal consorts" The following 86 pages are in this category, out of 86 total. ... List of Scottish royal consorts;
Margaret's coat of arms as Queen consort of Scotland In seeking allies Margaret turned more and more to the powerful House of Douglas . She found herself particularly attracted to the Earl of Angus, whom even his uncle, the cleric and poet Gavin Douglas , called a "young witless fool". [ 43 ]
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]