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Thane (/ ˈ θ eɪ n /; Scottish Gaelic: taidhn) [1] was the title given to a local royal official in medieval eastern Scotland, equivalent in rank to the son of an earl, [2] who was at the head of an administrative and socio-economic unit known as a thanedom or thanage.
Thegn. Ivory seal of Godwin, an unknown thegn – first half of eleventh century, British Museum. In later Anglo-Saxon England, a thegn ( pronounced / θeɪn /; Old English: þeġn) or thane[ 1] (or thayn in Shakespearean English) was an aristocrat who owned substantial land in one or more counties. Thanes ranked at the third level in lay ...
The Royal Banner of the Royal Arms of Scotland, [1] also known as the Royal Banner of Scotland, [2] [3] or more commonly the Lion Rampant of Scotland, [4] and historically as the Royal Standard of Scotland, (Scottish Gaelic: Bratach rìoghail na h-Alba, Scots: Ryal banner o Scotland) or Banner of the King of Scots, [5] is the royal banner of Scotland, and historically, the royal standard of ...
Battle of Stirling Bridge. Battle of Falkirk. Battle of Happrew. Sir William Wallace ( Scottish Gaelic: Uilleam Uallas, pronounced [ˈɯʎam ˈuəl̪ˠəs̪]; Norman French: William le Waleys; [ 2] c. 1270[ 3] – 23 August 1305) was a Scottish knight who became one of the main leaders during the First War of Scottish Independence.
Clan Brodie is a Scottish clan whose origins are uncertain. The first known Brodie chiefs were the Thanes of Brodie and Dyke in Morayshire. The Brodies were present in several clan conflicts, and during the civil war were ardent covenanters. They indirect involvement in the Jacobite uprising of 1715, and none with that of 1745.
A Red Ensign with the Flag of Scotland in the canton . First Union Flag with the Flag of Scotland superior to and overlying the Flag of England . A blue Saint Andrew's Saltire superimposed over a red Saint George's Cross on a white background. Flag of the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies.
Alma mater. Christ Church, Oxford. Known for. Doctrine of Lapse. James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie KT PC (22 April 1812 – 19 December 1860), known as the Earl of Dalhousie between 1838 and 1849, was a Scottish statesman and colonial administrator in British India. He served as Governor-General of India from 1848 to 1856.
The recorded history of Scotland begins with the arrival of the Roman Empire in the 1st century, when the province of Britannia reached as far north as the Antonine Wall. North of this was Caledonia, inhabited by the Picti, whose uprisings forced Rome's legions back to Hadrian's Wall. As Rome finally withdrew from Britain, a Gaelic tribe from ...