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unusual facts about Regent of Scotland



Halidon Hill

At the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333, Edward III of England used longbowmen on the heights of the hill to defeat the Scottish army led by Archibald the "Tyneman" Douglas, Regent of Scotland.

Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany

After the death of his brother King Robert III, Albany ruled Scotland as Regent, king in all but name.


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James Somerville, 6th Lord Somerville

James Somerville wrote to Queen Regent of Scotland, Mary of Guise, from Cowthally Castle on 22 March 1554.

John Randolph

John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray (1306–1346), 3rd Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland

Patrick Adamson

In 1575, he was appointed by the General Assembly as one of the Commissioners to settle the jurisdiction and policy of the Church; and, the following year he was named with David Lyndsay, to report their proceedings to James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, then Regent of Scotland.

Robert of Scotland

Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale, claimant to the Scottish throne 1290-92, sometime regent of Scotland