History of Scotland

Macbeth [c. 1014-August 15, 1057] and his Lady [b. c. 1015] were responsible for the death of King Duncan I [d. August 14, 1040] of Scotland. Lady Macbeth was responsible for having planned the details of the murder plot. She also was an accessory in drugging the two royal guards, and in planting the murder weapons in the bloodied crime scene. Macbeth was responsible for having carried out the fatal stabbings of the three murder victims.

He was also called Robert (de Brus) and was 6th Lord of Annandale and Earl of Carrick.

Yes, scotch whiskey is whiskey made in Scotland.

You will notice that although there is good whiskey made in other countries, Ireland for example, the bottle will say what kind of whiskey it is : single, double malt, blend but not call it scotch.

In 1938 (before the war had started, the German Air-force (The Luftwaffe) had taken reconnaissance pictures of Clydebank, Duntocher, Old Kilpatrick and Yoker - using non-military planes with cameras attached to them. From these they were able to see the large Industrial potential of the area in Wartime. In this pre war mission, they found the Fuel tanks at Duntocher, the Singer factory, John Browns shipyard, and the Shipyards in the Beardmore area (where the hotel/hospital now sits). These areas were heavily bombed on the nights of the raids.

After the war was finished, a Clydebank born soldier by chance found some of the surveillence photos from the 1938 mission.

The three regions of Great Britain are England, Scotland and Wales. If you add Northern Ireland, it becomes the United Kingdom, or to give the country its full title, The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

They never met, but as Mary was the first cousin once removed of Elizabeth, she posed a threat to Elizabeth's right to the English throne.

Mary was also Catholic while Elizabeth was the leader of the Protestant Church of England.

Of course there was no problem when Elizabeth died, Mary was already dead but her son was offered the throne as he was Protestant.

In the six cities of Scotland there are approximately 1.9 million people.

The Wallace sword on display at the Wallace monument in Stirling weighs 2.7 kg. There are however doubts as to its authenticity.

Mary Queen of Scots gave birth to three children. First, James VI of Scotland(James I of England) to Lord Henry Stuart of Darnley and then twins to Lord James Hepburn of Bothwell. However, Bothwell's children were stillborn.

Fotheringhay Castle

mary was imprisoned nearly half of her life (19years)

then she was taken to Fotheringhay in 1586 and was executed there

I heard the term "Da" (silent d on then end? I don't know) quite often when I was in Scotland for several months. Father is still used as a term of address.

The British Government and the House of Hanover.

The Jacobite rebellion was the support of the Stuart claim to the throne believing that James II and VII and his heirs was the legitimate King of England and Scotland (or Great Britain after 1707) which led to risings lasting from 1688 to 1746. The major ones in 1715 and 1745. It was finally brought to an effective end in the battle of Culloden in 1746. After Charles Edward Stuart's (Bonnie Prince Charlie) death his brother Henry and blood descendants have never asserted any claim.

While The Bruce was sneaking around and hiding out in caves in the Highlands he noticed a spider who restored it's web each and every time it was destroyed. This, purportedly gave Robert the conficence to keep to his work.

The English thought their cavalry, armoured knights on horseback, would win the battle for them: How wrong can you be....

Hume called women the weak and pious sex, and said men gallantly defer to them, concealing their superiority, especailly in polite company, since women were "sovereigns of the empire of conversation." But he withdrew this essay, and in less frivolous vein he pointed out that women have the power to break any conspiracy to deny them rights, since they have the power to conceal from their men who fathered the children they bear, and men, especially propertied men, desperately want such knowledge. So some feminists, such as Joan Tronto,have hailed him as ahead of his time. Hume also believed Elizabeth Tudor was one of England's ablest rulers, and praised the heroism of Joan of Arc.

The year was 1305. That makes it the 14th century.

She was nearly 16 when she married her first husband, Francis II of France.

he is believed to be loaded because he was the second son of a minor noble but noone really knows.

His Head was set on a spike at London Bridge,His right leg was taken to Berwick Upon Tweed, and his left to Perth, his left arm to Stirling and his right arm hung above the bridge at Newcastle-upon-Tyne 'over the common sewer'.

Because Calloden was lost and he was a coward.

Alex Salmond is the current leader of the Scottish National Party and is currently the First Minister of Scotland. Alex Salmond has led the party twice, once between 1990 and 2000, and since 2004 to present. Alex Salmond led the SNP to victory in May 2007, forming the first ever SNP government in the Scottish Parliament.

3 that I know of. Stirling Bridge, Louden Hill (or was that Robert the Bruce) and the Bell O' The Brae.

Working class. Manual workers.

William Wallace led a war for independence from England. The English will tell you they did not murder Wallace, rather they executed him for treason and atrocities against civilians during war.

In 'Macbeth,' Banwuo was a real person, who happened to be related to King James I. The character was originally supposed to be a murderer who helped Macbeth kill King Duncan. However, fearing the king might not take too kindly to his relative being called a murderer, Banquo's character was changed into a nobleman.