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- King David II of Scotland succeeded his father, Robert I better known as Robert the Bruce in 1329 at the age of five, and ruled until his death ...9 KB (1,346 words) - 20:57, 19 May 2020
- Margaret (1283 – 1290), usually known as the Maid of Norway, literally ... She was the daughter of King Eirik II of Norway and Margaret, daughter ...12 KB (1,837 words) - 05:29, 5 November 2022
- The Acts of Union were a pair of Parliamentary Acts passed in 1706 ... A Treaty of Union was negotiated between the two countries, which ...14 KB (2,210 words) - 17:39, 27 June 2023
- Matilda of Scotland (c. 1080 – 1 May 1118) was the first wife and ... also commissioned the Gesta regum Anglorum of William of Malmsbury, considered ...12 KB (1,885 words) - 16:52, 7 November 2022
- Great Britain is the largest island of the British Isles. It lies ... As a part of the once powerful British Empire, Great Britain played ...13 KB (1,955 words) - 12:20, 24 January 2023
- The Church of Scotland (known informally as The Kirk) is the national ... The church adheres to the Bible and the Westminster Confession of ...20 KB (2,987 words) - 22:00, 10 December 2023
- Robert Burns (January 25, 1759 – July 21, 1796) was a Scottish poet ... William Wordsworth, Burns is perhaps one of the most enduringly popular ...16 KB (2,543 words) - 03:14, 15 December 2022
- animal magnetism. He recognized the veracity of the phenomena but believed ... James Braid was born in Rylawhouse, Fife, Scotland in 1795. He was ...8 KB (1,149 words) - 08:55, 18 March 2024
- to the English military occupation of Scotland during significant ... To the Scottish people, Wallace was the exemplification of undying ...21 KB (3,320 words) - 20:44, 13 May 2023
- The Massacre of Glencoe occurred in Glen Coe, Scotland early in the ... accepted the invitation to take the throne of the Kingdom of England. The ...14 KB (2,279 words) - 16:47, 7 November 2022
- Matilda of Flanders (c. 1031 – November 2, 1083) was Queen consort ... Matilda was daughter of count Baldwin V of Flanders and Adèle (1000 ...15 KB (2,261 words) - 16:52, 7 November 2022
- Rosslyn Chapel, properly named the Collegiate Church of St Matthew ... Built 150 years after the dissolution of the Knights Templar, the structure ...15 KB (2,311 words) - 22:26, 16 December 2022
- William of Normandy (French: Guillaume de Normandie) (1028 – September ... William invaded England with his band of Normans, defeated the English ...20 KB (3,034 words) - 11:03, 9 May 2023
- Robert Southey (August 12, 1774 – March 21, 1843) was an English ... his poetry but on his prose. Although many of Southey's contemporaries ...13 KB (2,061 words) - 02:17, 16 December 2022
- history that coincides with the reign of King James I (1603-1625). The ... James I ruled at a time when the fallout from the Reformation was ...11 KB (1,631 words) - 08:05, 18 March 2024
- Anne (February 6, 1665 – August 1, 1714) became Queen of England ... both personally and relating to succession of the Crown and religious polarization ...29 KB (4,444 words) - 15:41, 7 December 2022
- politician who served as Governor General of Canada. Buchan was an officer ... Buchan was the eldest child in the family of four sons and one surviving ...18 KB (2,741 words) - 04:22, 3 August 2022
- The Glorious Revolution was the overthrow of James II of England in ... The Glorious Revolution also saw a partnership of husband and wife ...16 KB (2,559 words) - 18:55, 31 December 2023
- The Long Parliament is the name of the English Parliament called by ... after the English Civil War and at the end of Interregnum in 1660."Dissolving ...14 KB (2,082 words) - 21:03, 3 November 2022
- William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield PC (March 2, 1705 – March ... that slavery was immoral. This is an example of how a slavish adherence to ...15 KB (2,385 words) - 20:02, 24 November 2022
