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Scotland's floral emblem.. According to legend, the "guardian thistle" (see Cirsium vulgare) played a vital part in Alexander III, King of Scots' defence of the Kingdom of Scotland against a night-time raiding party of Vikings under King Haakon IV of Norway, prior to the Battle of Largs (1263): one or more raiders let out a yell of pain when stepping on a prickly thistle, thus alerting the ...
The monarch of Scotland was the head of state of the Kingdom of Scotland.According to tradition, Kenneth I MacAlpin (Cináed mac Ailpín) was the founder and first King of the Kingdom of Scotland (although he never held the title historically, being King of the Picts instead).
As a translation of Alba, Scotia could mean both the whole kingdom belonging to the King of Scots, or just Scotland north of the Forth. Pope Leo X of the Roman Catholic Church eventually granted Scotland exclusive right over the word, and this led to Anglo-Scottish takeovers of continental Gaelic monasteries (e.g., the Schottenklöster).
King of Alba before 879–952 r. 900–943: Eochaid King of the Picts r. 878–889: Malcolm I King of Alba c. 900 –954 r. 943–954: Indulf King of Alba r. 954–962: Cellach d. 937: Dub King of Alba r. 962–967: Kenneth II King of Alba before 954–995 r. 971–995: Cuilén King of Alba r. 967–971: Amlaíb mac Ilduilb King of Alba r. 973 ...
Laird (earlier lard) is the now-standard Scots pronunciation (and phonetic spelling) of the word that is pronounced and spelled in standard English as lord. [3] As can be seen in the Middle English version of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, [4] specifically in the Reeve's Tale, Northern Middle English had a where Southern Middle English had o, a difference still found in standard English two and ...
King James VI of Scotland became King James I of England in 1603. Since England was the larger and richer of the two Kingdoms, James moved his court to London in England. The poets of the court therefore moved south and "began adapting the language and style of their verse to the tastes of the English market". [ 16 ]
The standard Scottish Gaelic pronunciation is /ˈruə̯.rʲɪ/, and in Munster Irish /rəiˈrʲiː/. In English, it is typically pronounced as English: / ˈ r ɔːr i / ( ROR -ee ). [ 1 ] In Classical Gaelic, the name was written Ruaidhrigh , and in Old Irish Ruaidríg /ruaðʲr͈ʲiːʝʲ/ (Proto Celtic *roudo-riks ).
The account of their origin, given by Mr. Nisbet, and other historians, is, that in the reign of king Kenneth II, a kinsman, and favourite of that king, being taken prisoner by the Picts, was put to death, and hung up upon a gallows in view of the Scots camp. King Kenneth being highly provoked and incensed at the affront, offered a considerable ...