Kinrick o Scotland

heestoric sovereign state

The Kinrick o Scotland (Scots Gaelic: Rìoghachd na h-Alba) wis a state in nor'wes Europe that existit fae 843 till 1707. It occupee'd the northren third o the island o Great Breetain an shared a laundmairch tae the sooth wi the Kinrick o Ingland, that the Kinrick o Scotland jyned wi for tae mak a unifee'd Kinrick o Great Breetain, unner the terms o the Treaty o Union, in 1707.

Kinrick o Scotland
Rìoghachd na h-Alba  (Scots Gaelic)

Nint century–1707
Motto: In My Defens God Me Defend (eften shown abbreviatit as IN DEFENS)
Location o the Kinrick o Scotland in Europe.
Location o the Kinrick o Scotland in Europe.
StatusPersonal union wi the Kinrick o Ingland
(1603–49 / 1660–1707)
CaipitalScuin (before c.1070) Dunfermline (c.1070-c. 1440)
Edinburgh (after 1452)
Common leidsScots, Scots Gaelic, French, Inglis, Norn
GovrenmentMonarchy
Monarch 
• 843–58
Kenneth I (first)
• 1306–29
Robert I
• 1702–07
Anne (last)
LegislaturScots Pairlament
History 
• Unitit
Nint century (tradeetionally 843 AD)
• Lothian an Strathclyde incorporatit
1124 (confirmed Treaty o York, 1237)
• Gallowa incorporatit
1234/5
• Hebrides, Isle o Man an Caithness incorporatit
1266 (Treaty o Pairth)
• Orkney an Shetland annexed
1472
1603
1 Mey 1707
Population
• 1500
500000
• 1600
800000
• 1700
1000000
CurrencyPoond Scots (Pund)
ISO 3166 codeGB-SCT
Precedit bi
Succeedit bi
Pictland
Dál Riata
Kinrick o Strathclyde
Northumbria
Kinrick o Great Breetain
The day pairt o Unitit Kinrick
( Scotland)
^ The Pictish an Cumbric leids went extinct durin the 10t an 11t centuries.[1][2] French wis widely spoken in Scotland at the heicht o the Auld Alliance.[3] Inglish began tae hae increased influence in Scotland frae the mid-16t century.
Ryal coat o airms o the Kinrick o Scotland