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Agnes Douglas, Countess of Argyll (1574–1607), attributed to Adrian Vanson. Women in early modern Scotland, between the Renaissance of the early sixteenth century and the beginnings of industrialisation in the mid-eighteenth century, were part of a patriarchal society, though the enforcement of this social order was not absolute in all aspects.
A large proportion of the women for whom biographical details survive were members of the royal houses of Scotland. Some of these became important figures. There was only one reigning Scottish Queen in this period, the uncrowned and short-lived Margaret, Maid of Norway (r. 1286–90). Some girls of noble families were taught in nunneries. By ...
The world's first aircraft carriers were based at Rosyth Dockyard in Fife, where numerous trials were undertaken of aircraft landing on them. The Beardmore W.B.III aircraft was produced by the Glasgow–based William Beardmore and Company , and was the first Royal Navy aircraft designed for flight operations on an aircraft carrier.
Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, age 17, and his brother Lord Charles Stuart (later 5th Earl of Lennox), age 6, in a painting attributed to Hans Eworth (1563). Birth was a predominately female event in early modern Scotland, although fathers were often present or nearby to assert their paternity.
The following is a list of Scottish clans (with and without chiefs) – including, when known, their heraldic crest badges, tartans, mottoes, and other information. The crest badges used by members of Scottish clans are based upon armorial bearings recorded by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland.
Troops of the South African Scottish regiment in France, 1918 Guy Scott, the 12th vice-president and acting president of Zambia from Oct 2014 – Jan 2015, is of Scottish descent. A number of Scottish people settled in South Africa in the 1800s and were known for their road-building expertise, their farming experience, and architectural skills ...
Women retained the original surname of their family of origin at marriage and marriages were intended to create alliances between kin groups, rather than a new bond of kinship that joined two families together. [1] In the Borders, on both the English and Scottish sides, there were extensive bonds of kinship, often reflected in a common surname ...
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.