Government of the Kingdom of Scotland

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The Government of the Kingdom of Scotland was the central authority that administered and governed the independent Kingdom of Scotland prior to its 1707 union with England.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former government ⓘ
state authority ⓘ
advisoryBody Privy Council of Scotland ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
continuedAfter Union of the Crowns ⓘ
country Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
countryGoverned Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
currencyUsed Pound Scots ⓘ
dissolvedAsResultOf Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
dissolvedOn 1707 ⓘ
executiveHead Monarch of Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Scottish monarch
exercisedPowerOver Scottish burghs ⓘ
Scottish shires ⓘ
linked to: Berwickshire
existedBefore Union of the Crowns ⓘ
flagUsed Royal Banner of Scotland ⓘ
Saltire ⓘ
followedBy Government of Great Britain ⓘ
foreignRelationsManagedBy Monarch of Scotland ⓘ
governmentSystem feudal monarchy ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
hasCapital Edinburgh ⓘ
hasComponent Scottish royal court ⓘ
royal household of Scotland ⓘ
headOfState Monarch of Scotland ⓘ
judicialBody Court of Session ⓘ
High Court of Justiciary ⓘ
keyOffice Lord Chancellor of Scotland ⓘ
Lord High Treasurer of Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Lord High Treasurer

Secretary of State of Scotland ⓘ
languageOfAdministration Latin ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
legalSystem Scots law ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
locatedIn Scotland ⓘ
militaryAuthorityOver Royal Scots Army ⓘ
linked to: Scottish army
officeHeldBy Kings of Scotland ⓘ
Queens of Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Queen of Scotland
religiousContext Presbyterianism ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
replacedBy Government of Great Britain ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Edinburgh ⓘ
sharesPowerWith Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
sovereignStateStatus independent kingdom ⓘ
symbol Royal Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
timePeriod Early modern period ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
unionEvent Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
Union of the Crowns ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Dunbar (1650) → opponentOf → Scottish Covenanter government ⓘ
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Scotland
Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain → followed → Government of the Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland → partOf → Scottish royal administration ⓘ
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Scotland
Lord Chancellor of Scotland → positionHeldIn → Government of the Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale → sphereOfInfluence → Scottish government ⓘ
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Scotland
Diocese of Dunblane → establishedBy → Kingdom of Scotland authorities ⓘ
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Scotland
Warden of the Scottish Marches → partOf → Scottish royal administration ⓘ
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Scotland
Nixon clan → opposedBy → Scottish Crown authorities ⓘ
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Scotland