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Auld Alliance

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The Auld Alliance (Scots for "Old Alliance") was an alliance made in 1295 between the kingdoms of Scotland and France. [1]

158 relations: Anglo-Scottish Wars, Anglophobia, Antoine d'Arces, Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas, Aubigny-sur-Nère, Auld Alliance Trophy, Barons' Letter of 1301, Battle of Ancrum Moor, Battle of Baugé, Battle of Flodden, Battle of Pontvallain, Battle of Verneuil, Bernard Stewart, 4th Lord of Aubigny, Bordeaux wine, Burning of Edinburgh, Capture of Berwick (1296), Capture of Berwick (1482), Chepman and Myllar Press, Clan Bruce, Cockburn (surname), David II of Scotland, Duke of Aubigny, Dunfermline, Early Scots, Edinburgh town walls, Edward I of England, Edward III of England, Elizabeth Melville, English claims to the French throne, English invasion of Scotland (1385), Entente Cordiale, Estate houses in Scotland, Foreign relations of France, France in the Middle Ages, France–United Kingdom relations, Francis II of France, Franco-British Union, French Institute for Scotland, Garde Écossaise, Gardening in Scotland, George Seton, 7th Lord Seton, Gilles de Noailles, Girvan, Global spread of the printing press, Great Michael, Henri Cleutin, Henry de Lichton, Henry Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton, Henry VII of England, History of Bordeaux wine, ..., History of Dundee, History of France, History of French wine, History of Scotland, History of the Scots language, History of Yorkshire, House of Capet, House of Tudor, Hundred Years' War, Ingram de Umfraville, Invasions of the British Isles, Jacobean debate on the Union, Jacques de la Brosse, James Bane, James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas, James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran, James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran, James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault, James I of Scotland, James IV of Scotland, James V of Scotland, John Balliol, John Comyn, Earl of Buchan, John de Crannach, John Devereux, Lord of Munsley, John Stewart of Darnley, John Stewart, Duke of Albany, John Stewart, Earl of Buchan, Kingdom of Scotland, Languages of Scotland, List of battles of the Italian Wars, List of cultural icons of France, List of cultural icons of Scotland, List of diasporas, List of heirs to the Scottish throne, List of military alliances, List of treaties, Madeleine of Valois, Margaret Tudor, Marian civil war, Mariotta Haliburton, Mary of Guise, Mary, Queen of Scots, Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, Military history of Scotland, Nicholas Throckmorton, Norman Macdougall, October 23, Orle (heraldry), Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell, Pedro de Ayala, Philip IV of France, Richard Cholmondeley, Richard III of England, Robert Blackadder, Robert Cockburn, Robert the Bruce, Robert Wishart, Rough Wooing, Royal Arms of Scotland, Royal intermarriage, Scotland, Scotland in the early modern period, Scotland in the Late Middle Ages, Scotland in the Middle Ages, Scots College (Paris), Scots language, Scottish Canadians, Scottish cuisine, Scottish independence, Second War of Scottish Independence, Secret Bond, Siege of Haddington, Siege of Leith, Siege of St Andrews Castle, Stewart of Darnley, The 'Wonderful Parliament' (1386), The Complaynt of Scotland, Thomas Erskine of Haltoun, Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray, Thomas Wolsey, Timeline of the Hundred Years' War, Treaty of Berwick (1560), Treaty of Corbeil (1326), Treaty of Edinburgh, Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton, Treaty of Perpetual Peace, Treaty of Rouen, Treaty of the More, Treaty of Vincennes-Edinburgh, Treaty of York (1464), Tudor period, Union of the Crowns, United Kingdom, University of Douai, Wars of Scottish Independence, William Crichton, 1st Lord Crichton, William Cunningham, 4th Earl of Glencairn, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, William Douglas of Nithsdale, William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas, William Wynter, 1290s in England, 1294, 1295, 1326 in Scotland, 1560, 1560 in France. Expand index (108 more) »

Anglo-Scottish Wars

The Anglo-Scottish Wars comprise the various battles which continued to be fought between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland from the time of the Wars of Independence in the early 14th century through to the latter years of the 16th century.

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Anglophobia

Anti-English sentiment or Anglophobia (from Latin Anglus "English" and Greek φόβος, phobos, "fear") means opposition to, dislike of, fear of, or hatred towards England or the English people.

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Antoine d'Arces

Antoine d'Arcy, sieur de la Bastie-sur-Meylan and of Lissieu, (d. 18 September 1517) was a French nobleman involved in the government of Scotland.

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Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas

Archibald Douglas, Earl of Douglas and Wigtown, Lord of Galloway, Douglas and Bothwell, called Archibald the Grim or Black Archibald, was a late medieval Scottish nobleman.

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Aubigny-sur-Nère

Aubigny-sur-Nère is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

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Auld Alliance Trophy

The Auld Alliance Trophy is a trophy in rugby union awarded to the winner of the annual Six Nations Championship match between France and Scotland.

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Barons' Letter of 1301

The Barons' Letter of 1301 was written by seven English earls and 96 English barons to Pope Boniface VIII as a repudiation of his claim of feudal overlordship of Scotland (expressed in the Bull Scimus Fili), and as a defence of the rights of King Edward I of England as overlord of Scotland.

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Battle of Ancrum Moor

The Battle of Ancrum Moor was fought during the War of the Rough Wooing in 1545.

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Battle of Baugé

The Battle of Baugé, fought between the English and a Franco-Scots army on 22 March 1421 at Baugé, France, east of Angers, was a major defeat for the English in the Hundred Years' War.

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Battle of Flodden

The Battle of Flodden, Flodden Field, or occasionally Branxton (Brainston Moor) was a military combat in the War of the League of Cambrai between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, resulting in an English victory.

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Battle of Pontvallain

The Battle of Pontvallain was fought on 4 December 1370 in the Sarthe region during the Hundred Years' War.

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Battle of Verneuil

The Battle of Verneuil was a strategically important battle of the Hundred Years' War, fought on 17 August 1424 near Verneuil in Normandy and a significant English victory.

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Bernard Stewart, 4th Lord of Aubigny

Bernard Stewart, 3rd Lord of Aubigny (French: Bérault Stuart) (c. 1452 – 15 June 1508) was a French soldier, commander of the Garde Écossaise, and diplomat belonging to the Scottish family of Stewart of Darnley.

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Bordeaux wine

A Bordeaux wine is any wine produced in the Bordeaux region of southwest France, centred on the city of Bordeaux on the Garonne River, to the north of the city the Dordogne River joins the Garonne forming the broad estuary called the Gironde and covering the whole area of the Gironde department,with a total vineyard area of over 120,000 hectares, making it the largest wine growing area in France.

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Burning of Edinburgh

The Burning of Edinburgh in 1544 by an English sea-borne army was the first major action of the war of the Rough Wooing.

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Capture of Berwick (1296)

The Capture of Berwick was the first significant battle of the First War of Scottish Independence in 1296.

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Capture of Berwick (1482)

Berwick upon Tweed and its castle were captured by the English in 1482 during the Anglo-Scottish Wars.

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Chepman and Myllar Press

The Chepman and Myllar Press was the first printing press to be established in Scotland.

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Clan Bruce

Clan Bruce (Brùs) is a Scottish clan from Kincardine in Scotland.

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Cockburn (surname)

Cockburn is a Scottish surname that originated in the Borders region of the Scottish Lowlands.

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David II of Scotland

David II (Medieval Gaelic: Daibhidh a Briuis, Modern Gaelic: Dàibhidh Bruis; Norman French: Dauid de Brus, Early Scots: Dauid Brus; 5 March 132422 February 1371) was King of Scots for over 41 years, from 1329 until his death in 1371.

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Duke of Aubigny

Duke of Aubigny was a title in the Peerage of France, held by Scottish noblemen.

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Dunfermline

Dunfermline (Dunfaurlin, Dùn Phàrlain) is a town and former Royal Burgh, and parish, in Fife, Scotland, on high ground from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth.

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Early Scots

Early Scots was the emerging literary language of the Northern Middle English speaking parts of Scotland in the period before 1450.

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Edinburgh town walls

There have been several town walls around Edinburgh, Scotland, since the 12th century.

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Edward I of England

Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots (Malleus Scotorum), was King of England from 1272 to 1307.

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Edward III of England

Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from January 1327 until his death; he is noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority after the disastrous and unorthodox reign of his father, Edward II.

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Elizabeth Melville

Elizabeth Melville, Lady Culross (c.1578–c.1640) was a Scottish poet.

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English claims to the French throne

From the 1340s to the 19th century, excluding two brief intervals in the 1360s and the 1420s, the kings and queens of England (and, later, of Great Britain) also claimed the throne of France.

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English invasion of Scotland (1385)

The English invasion of Scotland took place in July 1385 when King Richard II led an English army into Scotland.

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Entente Cordiale

The Entente Cordiale was a series of agreements signed on 8 April 1904 between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Republic which saw a significant improvement in Anglo-French relations.

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Estate houses in Scotland

Estate houses in Scotland or Scottish country houses, are large houses usually on landed estates in Scotland.

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Foreign relations of France

In the 19th century France built a new colonial empire second only to the British Empire.

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France in the Middle Ages

The Kingdom of France in the Middle Ages (roughly, from the 9th century to the middle of the 15th century) was marked by the fragmentation of the Carolingian Empire and West Francia (843–987); the expansion of royal control by the House of Capet (987–1328), including their struggles with the virtually independent principalities (duchies and counties, such as the Norman and Angevin regions) that had developed following the Viking invasions and through the piecemeal dismantling of the Carolingian Empire and the creation and extension of administrative/state control (notably under Philip II Augustus and Louis IX) in the 13th century; and the rise of the House of Valois (1328–1589), including the protracted dynastic crisis of the Hundred Years' War with the Kingdom of England (1337–1453) compounded by the catastrophic Black Death epidemic (1348), which laid the seeds for a more centralized and expanded state in the early modern period and the creation of a sense of French identity.

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France–United Kingdom relations

France–United Kingdom relations are the relations between the governments of the French Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK).

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Francis II of France

Francis II (François II) (19 January 1544 – 5 December 1560) was a King of France of the House of Valois-Angoulême from 1559 to 1560.

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Franco-British Union

A Franco-British Union is a concept for a union between the two independent sovereign states of the United Kingdom and France.

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French Institute for Scotland

The French Institute is a cultural center which promotes French language and French culture in Edinburgh and in Scotland.

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Garde Écossaise

The Garde Écossaise (Scots Guard) was an elite Scottish military unit founded in 1418 by the Valois Charles VII of France, to be personal bodyguards to the French monarchy.

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Gardening in Scotland

Gardening in Scotland, the design of planned spaces, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature, began in the Middle Ages.

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George Seton, 7th Lord Seton

George Seton V, 7th Lord Seton (1531–1586) was a Lord of the Parliament of Scotland, Master of the Household of Mary, Queen of Scots and Provost of Edinburgh.

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Gilles de Noailles

Gilles de Noailles, abbé de l'Isle (1524–1600) was French Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1575 to 1579.

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Girvan

Girvan (Inbhir Gharbhain, "mouth of the River Girvan") is a burgh in Carrick, South Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Global spread of the printing press

The global spread of the printing press began with the invention of the printing press with movable type by Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz, Germany.

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Great Michael

Michael, popularly known as Great Michael, was a carrack or great ship of the Royal Scottish Navy.

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Henri Cleutin

Henri Cleutin, seigneur d'Oisel et de Villeparisis (1515 – 20 June 1566), was the representative of France in Scotland from 1546 to 1560, a Gentleman of the Chamber of the King of France, and a diplomat in Rome 1564-1566 during the French Wars of Religion.

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Henry de Lichton

Henry de Lichton (died 1440) was a medieval Scottish prelate and diplomat, who, serving as Bishop of Moray (1414–1422) and Bishop of Aberdeen (1422–1440), became a significant patron of the church, a cathedral builder, and a writer.

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Henry Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton

Henry Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton, KG (c. 1534 – 13 June 1592) was the son and heir of John Scrope, 8th Baron Scrope of Bolton and Catherine Clifford, daughter of Henry Clifford, Earl of Cumberland.

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Henry VII of England

Henry VII (Harri Tudur; 28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was the King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 to his death on 21 April 1509.

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History of Bordeaux wine

The history of Bordeaux wine spans almost 2000 years to Roman times when the first vineyards were planted.

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History of Dundee

Dundee (Dùn Dèagh) is the fourth-largest city in Scotland with a population of around 150,000 people.

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History of France

The first written records for the history of France appeared in the Iron Age.

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History of French wine

The history of French wine, spans a period of at least 2600 years dating to the founding of Massalia in the 6th century BC by Phocaeans with the possibility that viticulture existed much earlier.

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History of Scotland

The is known to have begun by the end of the last glacial period (in the paleolithic), roughly 10,000 years ago.

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History of the Scots language

The history of the Scots language refers to how Anglic varieties spoken in parts of Scotland developed into modern Scots.

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History of Yorkshire

Yorkshire is a historic county of England, centred on the county town of York.

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House of Capet

The House of Capet or the Direct Capetians (Capétiens directs, Maison capétienne), also called the House of France (la maison de France), or simply the Capets, ruled the Kingdom of France from 987 to 1328.

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House of Tudor

The House of Tudor was an English royal house of Welsh origin, descended in the male line from the Tudors of Penmynydd.

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Hundred Years' War

The Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453 by the House of Plantagenet, rulers of the Kingdom of England, against the House of Valois, over the right to rule the Kingdom of France.

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Ingram de Umfraville

Sir Ingram de Umfraville or d'Umfraville (fl. 1284–1320) was a Scottish noble who played a particularly chequered role in the Wars of Scottish Independence.

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Invasions of the British Isles

Invasions of the British Isles have occurred throughout history.

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Jacobean debate on the Union

The Jacobean debate on the Union took place in the early years of the reign of James I of England, who came to the English throne in 1603 as James VI of Scotland, and was interested in uniting his kingdoms of England (including Wales) and Scotland.

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Jacques de la Brosse

Jacques de la Brosse, (c. 1485–1562), cupbearer to the king, was a sixteenth-century French soldier and diplomat.

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James Bane

James Bane (or Ben) (died 1332) was Bishop of St. Andrews for a brief period in the early 14th century.

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James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas

Sir James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas and Mar (c. 1358 – 14 August 1388) was an influential and powerful magnate in the Kingdom of Scotland.

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James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran

James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran and 2nd Lord Hamilton (c. 1475–1529) was a Scottish nobleman, naval commander and first cousin of James IV of Scotland.

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James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran

James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran (–1609) was a Scottish nobleman and soldier who opposed the French-dominated regency during the Scottish Reformation.

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James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault

James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault and 2nd Earl of Arran (c. 1516 – 22 January 1575), was a regent for Mary, Queen of Scots.

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James I of Scotland

James I (late July 139421 February 1437), the youngest of three sons, was born in Dunfermline Abbey to King Robert III and his wife Annabella Drummond.

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James IV of Scotland

James IV (17 March 1473 – 9 September 1513) was the King of Scotland from 11 June 1488 to his death.

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James V of Scotland

James V (10 April 1512 – 14 December 1542) was King of Scotland from 9 September 1513 until his death, which followed the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Solway Moss.

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John Balliol

John Balliol (– late 1314), known derisively as Toom Tabard (meaning "empty coat") was King of Scots from 1292 to 1296.

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John Comyn, Earl of Buchan

John Comyn, 3rd Earl of Buchan (died 1308) was an important member of Clan Comyn during the early 14th century.

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John de Crannach

John de Crannach (c. 1386 – 1453/54) was a 15th-century Scottish scholar, diplomat and prelate.

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John Devereux, Lord of Munsley

John Devereux, Lord of Munsley, was an Anglo-Norman nobleman living during the reigns of Edward I and Edward II.

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John Stewart of Darnley

Sir John Stewart of Darnley, 1st Lord of Concressault and 1st Lord of Aubigny, Count of Évreux (1380 – 1429) was a Scottish nobleman and prominent soldier during the Hundred Years War.

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John Stewart, Duke of Albany

John Stewart, Duke of Albany (1481 or 14842 July 1536 in Mirfleur, France) was Regent of the Kingdom of Scotland, Duke of Albany in peerage of Scotland and Count of Auvergne and Lauraguais in France.

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John Stewart, Earl of Buchan

John Stewart, Earl of Buchan (c. 1381 – 17 August 1424) was a Scottish nobleman and soldier who fought alongside Scotland's French allies during the Hundred Years War.

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Kingdom of Scotland

The Kingdom of Scotland (Rìoghachd na h-Alba; Kinrick o Scotland) was a sovereign state in northwest Europe traditionally said to have been founded in 843.

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Languages of Scotland

The languages of Scotland are the languages spoken or once spoken in Scotland.

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List of battles of the Italian Wars

The Sack of Brescia took place on February 18, 1512 during the War of the League of Cambrai.

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List of cultural icons of France

This List of cultural icons of France is a list of links to potential cultural icons of France.

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List of cultural icons of Scotland

This List of cultural icons of Scotland is a list of objects, topics or people identified as cultural icons of Scotland.

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List of diasporas

History provides many examples of notable diasporas.

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List of heirs to the Scottish throne

List of heirs apparent and presumptive to the Scottish throne details those people who have been either heir apparent or heir presumptive to the Kingdom of Scotland, according to the rules of cognatic primogeniture, except at times when other forms of inheritance were specified, for example from 1371 to 1542 when the succession was limited to agnatic primogeniture by Act of Parliament.

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List of military alliances

This is the list of military alliances.

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List of treaties

This list of treaties contains known historic agreements, pacts, peaces, and major contracts between states, armies, governments, and tribal groups.

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Madeleine of Valois

Madeleine of Valois (10 August 1520 – 7 July 1537) was a French princess who became Queen of Scots as the first spouse of King James V.

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Margaret Tudor

Margaret Tudor (28 November 1489 – 18 October 1541) was Queen of Scots from 1503 until 1513 by marriage to James IV of Scotland and then, after her husband died fighting the English, she became regent for their son James V of Scotland from 1513 until 1515.

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Marian civil war

The Marian civil war in Scotland (1568–1573) was a period of conflict which followed the abdication of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her escape from Loch Leven Castle in May 1568.

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Mariotta Haliburton

Mariotta Haliburton, Lady Home (circa 1500-circa 1563) was a 16th-century Scottish noblewoman.

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Mary of Guise

Mary of Guise (Marie; 22 November 1515 – 11 June 1560), also called Mary of Lorraine, ruled Scotland as regent from 1554 until her death.

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Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I, reigned over Scotland from 14 December 1542 to 24 July 1567.

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Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox

Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (21 September 1516 – 4 September 1571), was the fourth Earl of Lennox, and a leader of the Catholic nobility in Scotland.

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Military history of Scotland

Historically, Scotland has a long military tradition that predates the Act of Union with England.

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Nicholas Throckmorton

Sir Nicholas Throckmorton (or Throgmorton) (circa 1515/1516 – 12 February 1571) was an English diplomat and politician, who was an ambassador to France and played a key role in the relationship between Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots.

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Norman Macdougall

Norman Macdougall is a Scottish historian who is known for writing about Scottish crown politics.

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October 23

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Orle (heraldry)

In heraldry, an orle is a subordinary consisting of a narrow band occupying the inward half of where a bordure would be, following the exact outline of the shield but within it, showing the field between the outer edge of the orle and the edge of the shield.

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Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell

Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell (died 18 October 1508) was Lord High Admiral of Scotland.

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Pedro de Ayala

Don Pedro de Ayala also Pedro López Ayala (died 31 January 1513) was a 16th-century Spanish diplomat employed by Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile at the courts of James IV of Scotland and Henry VII of England.

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Philip IV of France

Philip IV (April–June 1268 – 29 November 1314), called the Fair (Philippe le Bel) or the Iron King (le Roi de fer), was King of France from 1285 until his death.

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Richard Cholmondeley

Sir Richard Cholmondeley (or Cholmeley) (c. 1460–1521) was an English farmer and soldier, who served as Lieutenant of the Tower of London from 1513 to 1520 during the reign of Henry VIII.

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Richard III of England

Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 1483 until his death at the Battle of Bosworth Field.

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Robert Blackadder

Robert Blackadder was a medieval Scottish cleric, diplomat and politician, who was abbot of Melrose, bishop-elect of Aberdeen and bishop of Glasgow; when the last was elevated to archiepiscopal status in 1492, he became the first ever archbishop of Glasgow.

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Robert Cockburn

Robert Cockburn (died 1526) was a 16th-century Scottish diplomat and cleric.

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Robert the Bruce

Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (Medieval Gaelic: Roibert a Briuis; modern Scottish Gaelic: Raibeart Bruis; Norman French: Robert de Brus or Robert de Bruys; Early Scots: Robert Brus; Robertus Brussius), was King of Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329.

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Robert Wishart

Robert Wishart was Bishop of Glasgow during the Wars of Scottish Independence and a leading supporter of Sir William Wallace and Robert Bruce.

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Rough Wooing

The Rough Wooing (December 1543 – March 1551) was a war between Scotland and England.

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Royal Arms of Scotland

The royal arms of Scotland is the official coat of arms of the King of Scots first adopted in the 12th century.

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Royal intermarriage

Royal intermarriage is the practice of members of ruling dynasties marrying into other reigning families.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Scotland in the early modern period

Scotland in the early modern period refers, for the purposes of this article, to Scotland between the death of James IV in 1513 and the end of the Jacobite risings in the mid-eighteenth century.

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Scotland in the Late Middle Ages

Scotland in the Late Middle Ages, between the deaths of Alexander III in 1286 and James IV in 1513, established its independence from England under figures including William Wallace in the late 13th century and Robert Bruce in the 14th century.

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Scotland in the Middle Ages

Scotland in the Middle Ages concerns the history of Scotland from the departure of the Romans to the adoption of major aspects of the Renaissance in the early sixteenth century.

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Scots College (Paris)

The Scots College (Collegium Scoticum; Collège des Écossais) was a college of the University of Paris, France, founded by an Act of the Parlement of Paris on 8 July 1333.

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Scots language

Scots is the Germanic language variety spoken in Lowland Scotland and parts of Ulster (where the local dialect is known as Ulster Scots).

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Scottish Canadians

Scottish Canadians are people of Scottish descent or heritage living in Canada.

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Scottish cuisine

Scottish cuisine is the specific set of cooking traditions, practices and cuisines associated with Scotland.

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Scottish independence

Scottish independence (Scots unthirldom; Neo-eisimeileachd na h-Alba) is a political aim of various political parties, advocacy groups, and individuals in Scotland (which is a country of the United Kingdom) for the country to become an independent sovereign state.

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Second War of Scottish Independence

The Second War of Scottish Independence, also known as the Anglo-Scottish War of Succession (1332–1357) was the second cluster of a series of military campaigns fought between the independent Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England in the late 13th and early 14th centuries.

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Secret Bond

The Secret Bond (also known as the Secret Band) was a document drawn up by Cardinal Beaton and signed by a number of Scottish peers on 24 July 1543.

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Siege of Haddington

The Sieges of Haddington were a series of sieges staged at the Royal Burgh of Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, as part of the War of the Rough Wooing one of the last Anglo-Scottish Wars.

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Siege of Leith

The Siege of Leith ended a twelve-year encampment of French troops at Leith, the port near Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Siege of St Andrews Castle

The Siege of St Andrews Castle (1546–1547) followed the killing of Cardinal David Beaton by a group of Protestants at St Andrews Castle.

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Stewart of Darnley

Stewart of Darnley was a notable Scots family, a branch of the Clan Stewart, who provided the English Stuart monarchs with their male-line Stuart descent, after the reunion of their branch with the royal Scottish branch, which led to the ultimate union of the two main kingdoms of Great Britain: England and Scotland.

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The 'Wonderful Parliament' (1386)

The Wonderful Parliament was an English Parliamentary session of November 1386 which pressed for reforms of King Richard II's administration.

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The Complaynt of Scotland

The Complaynt of Scotland is a Scottish book printed in 1549 as propaganda during the war of the Rough Wooing against the Kingdom of England, and is an important work of the Scots language.

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Thomas Erskine of Haltoun

Sir Thomas Erskine of Haltoun and Brechin was the royal secretary to James V of Scotland from 1524.

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Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray

Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray (c. 1278 – 20 July 1332) was an important soldier and diplomat in the Wars of Scottish Independence, who later served as regent of Scotland.

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Thomas Wolsey

Thomas Wolsey (c. March 1473 – 29 November 1530; sometimes spelled Woolsey or Wulcy) was an English churchman, statesman and a cardinal of the Catholic Church.

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Timeline of the Hundred Years' War

This is a timeline of the Hundred Years' War between England and France from 1337 to 1453 as well as some of the events leading up to the war.

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Treaty of Berwick (1560)

The Treaty of Berwick was negotiated on 27 February 1560 at Berwick-upon-Tweed.

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Treaty of Corbeil (1326)

The Treaty of Corbeil (1326) renewed the Auld Alliance between France and Scotland.

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Treaty of Edinburgh

The Treaty of Edinburgh (also known as the Treaty of Leith) was a treaty drawn up on 5 July 1560 between the Commissioners of Queen Elizabeth I of England with the assent of the Scottish Lords of the Congregation, and the French representatives of King Francis II of France (husband of Mary Queen of Scots) to formally conclude the Siege of Leith and replace the Auld Alliance with France with a new Anglo-Scottish accord, while maintaining the peace between England and France agreed by the Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis.

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Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton

The Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton was a peace treaty, signed in 1328 between the Kingdoms of England and Scotland.

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Treaty of Perpetual Peace

The Treaty of Perpetual Peace was signed by James IV of Scotland and Henry VII of England in 1502.

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Treaty of Rouen

The Treaty of Rouen was signed on 26 August 1517 between France and Scotland.

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Treaty of the More

The Treaty of the More was concluded on 30 August 1525 between Henry VIII and the interim French government of Louise of Savoy.

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Treaty of Vincennes-Edinburgh

The Treaty of Vincennes-Edinburgh (1371) renewed the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France, fifty-five years after the Treaty of Corbeil (1326).

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Treaty of York (1464)

The Treaty of York (1464) was made between England and Scotland on 1 June 1464 at York and was intended to establish 15 years of peace.

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Tudor period

The Tudor period is the period between 1485 and 1603 in England and Wales and includes the Elizabethan period during the reign of Elizabeth I until 1603.

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Union of the Crowns

The Union of the Crowns (Aonadh nan Crùintean; Union o the Crouns) was the accession of James VI of Scotland to the thrones of England and Ireland, and the consequential unification for some purposes (such as overseas diplomacy) of the three realms under a single monarch on 24 March 1603.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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University of Douai

The University of Douai (Université de Douai) is a former university in Douai, France.

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Wars of Scottish Independence

The Wars of Scottish Independence were a series of military campaigns fought between the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England in the late 13th and early 14th centuries.

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William Crichton, 1st Lord Crichton

William Crichton, 1st Lord Crichton (died 1454) was an important political figure in the late medieval Kingdom of Scotland.

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William Cunningham, 4th Earl of Glencairn

William Cunningham, 4th Earl of Glencairn (c. 1480–1548) was a Scottish nobleman, soldier, and "notorious intriguer".

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William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk

William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, (16 October 1396 – 2 May 1450), nicknamed Jackanapes, was an English magnate, statesman, and military commander during the Hundred Years' War.

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William Douglas of Nithsdale

Sir William Douglas of Nithsdale (c. 1370 – 1391 AD) was a Scottish knight and Northern Crusader.

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William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas

Sir William Douglas "le Hardi" (the Bold), Lord of Douglas (1255 – January 24, 1298) was a Scottish nobleman and warlord.

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William Wynter

Admiral Sir William Wynter (c.1521 – 20 February 1589) was an admiral and principal officer of the Navy Board under Queen Elizabeth I of England and served the crown during the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604).

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1290s in England

Events from the 1290s in England.

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1294

Year 1294 (MCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1295

Year 1295 (MCCXCV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1326 in Scotland

Events from the year 1326 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

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1560

Year 1560 (MDLX) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1560 in France

Events from the year 1560 in France.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Alliance

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