- Sovereigns of Scotland
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▪ TableSovereigns of Scotland1name reignKenneth I MacAlpin (Kenneth I) 843–858Donald I 858–862Constantine I 862–877Aed (Aodh) 877–878Eochaid (Eocha) and Giric (Ciric)2 878–889Donald II 889–900Constantine II 900–943Malcolm I 943–954Indulf 954–962Dub 962–966Culen 966–971Kenneth II 971–995Constantine III 995–997Kenneth III 997–1005Malcolm II 1005–34Duncan I 1034–40Macbeth 1040–57Lulach 1057–58Malcolm III Canmore 1058–93Donald Bane (Donalbane) 1093–94Duncan II 1093–94Donald Bane (restored) 1094–97Edgar 1097–1107Alexander I 1107–24David I 1124–53Malcolm IV 1153–65William I the Lion (William I) 1165–1214Alexander II 1214–49Alexander III 1249–86Margaret, Maid of Norway (Margaret) 1286–90Interregnum 1290–92John de Balliol (John) 1292–96Interregnum 1296–1306Robert I the Bruce (Robert I) 1306–29David II 1329–71House of Stewart (Stuart)3Robert II 1371–90Robert III 1390–1406James I 1406–37James II 1437–60James III 1460–88James IV 1488–1513James V 1513–42Mary, Queen of Scots (Mary) 1542–67James VI (James I)4 1567–16251Knowledge about the early Scottish kings, until Malcolm II, is slim and is partly based on traditional lists of kings. The dating of reigns is thus inexact.2Eochaid may have been a minor and Giric his guardian; or Giric may have been a usurper. Both appear in the lists of kings for the period.3"Stewart" was the original spelling for the Scottish family; but, during the 16th century, French influence led to the adoption of the spelling Stuart (or Steuart), owing to the absence of the letter "w" in the French alphabet.4James VI of Scotland became also James I of England in 1603. Upon accession to the English throne he styled himself "King of Great Britain" and was so proclaimed. Legally, however, he and his successors held separate English and Scottish kingships until the Act of Union of 1707, when the two kingdoms were united as the Kingdom of Great Britain.See as table:
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