List of Scottish monarchs

Monarchy of Scotland
Longest reigning
James VI

24 July 1567 – 27 March 1625
Details
First monarchKenneth I
Last monarchAnne
Formation843 (traditional)
Abolition1 May 1707
ResidenceRoyal Court of Scotland

The monarch of Scotland was the head of state of the Kingdom of Scotland. According to tradition, the first King of Scotland was Kenneth I MacAlpin (Cináed mac Ailpín), who founded the state in 843.[a]

The Kingdom of the Picts just became known as the Kingdom of Alba in Scottish Gaelic, which later became known in Scots and English as Scotland; the terms are retained in both languages to this day. By the late 11th century at the very latest, Scottish kings were using the term rex Scottorum, or King of Scots, to refer to themselves in Latin. The Kingdom of Scotland was merged with the Kingdom of England to form a single Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. 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.

  1. ^ Broun, Scottish Independence. pp. 71–97.


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