Union of the Crowns
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The Union of the Crowns was the accession of James VI of Scotland to the thrones of England and Ireland as James I on 24 March 1603, and the consequent formation of a personal union between the Kingdo
Margaret Tudor
James in the year of his coronation in England, 1603
"England and Scotland with Minerva and Love" Allegorical work of the Union of the Crowns by Peter Paul Rubens
Arms of James VI and I in Edinburgh Castle, giving the Scottish elements precedence
Coat of arms of Scotland
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The coat of arms of Scotland, colloquially called the Lion Rampant, is the coat of arms historically used as arms of dominion by the monarchs of the Kingdom of Scotland, and later used within the coat
Heraldic tabard and caparison
Arms of Alexander II, as shown in Matthew Paris's Historia Anglorum, c. 1250
Arms of the King of Scots, from the Wernigerode Armorial, c. 1475
The arms in the Portuguese Livro de Armerio-Mor, c. 1509