who was the last king of Scotland?

Answer 1

James VI (1567-1603)

Answer 2

Well there are a number of answers this could be.

King James the 6th became king James 1st of Kingland and unified the two kingdoms of England and Scotland in 1603. However the until 1707 the cowns of England and Scotland were still considered seperate. In 1707 when the Kingdom of Great britain was formed ending the scottish kingdom, therefore William 2nd was the last King of Scotland.

you could also say that King George 6th who died in 1952 being the last King of the United Kingdom which includes Scotland.

King Charles 1st was the last king born in Scotland in 19.11. 1600.

Answer 3

Technically, the last king of a truly independent Scotland was James VI. At the death of Elizabeth I of England in 1603, the two thrones were united when James VI of Scotland was also made James I of England (which happened because he was the second cousin of Elizabeth, sharing the common ancestor of Henry VII). The two countries, however, maintained separate parliments until the Acts of Union in 1707 during the reign of Queen Anne (*not* William II, who died in 1702). It was then that Scotland became part of Great Britain. In 1998 a new Scottish parliament was created, so in a way it's independent again, so one could argue the Elizabeth II is the current 'last Queen of Scotland'.

Answer 4

Technically, the monarchy of Scotland is tied into the English throne. Queen Elizabeth's ancestry is Scottish. This occurred when King James VI of Scotland became King James I of England in 1603. I guess the answer could be, if you want to get technical, would be William II just before the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. This united Britain and Scotland for good. There have been many claimants to the throne since then, the last being Idi Amin of Uganda during the 1970's.

Answer 5

James VI of Scotland, who was James I of England. Since the Union, the Monarch is King/Queen of England, Scotland, Wales and more recently Northern Ireland, so the last King of Scotland was George VI and the last reigning monarch is Queen Elizabeth I of Scotland and Elizabeth II of England. (If that's confusing, it's the same person).

Answer 6

If for "King" you mean "monarch" then the present Queen is also Queen of Scotland and George VI the last King.
Before the 1707 act of union Anne was Queen and her predecessor William III was last King.
When Queen Elizabeth I died James VI became James I of England as well so the Stuarts were Kings/Queens of two separate countries.
For the Jacobite supporters Bonnie Prince Charlie ruled in Edinburgh for a few months in 1745/6 but his father, the son of James II/VII would have been considered King by his followers as James VIII as he died in 1766

Answer 7

Technically speaking it was George VI, but James 1 of England was the first King of Scotland to rule both countries and is considered the last Scottish King although I beleive like his mother Mary Stuart was born in france.

Answer 8

The answer to this simple question is rather convoluted since James VI of Scotland became James I of England when he ascended the English throne in 1603, ruling both countries.

The last Stuart monarch before the Acts of Union in 1707 was Queen Ann (1702-1714). Prince William of Orange, who was Dutch, and his consort, Mary [Stuart] (II of Scotland) co-ruled both England and Scotland from 1688 to1702. James VI of Scotland (or James II of England), a staunch Roman Catholic, ruled both England and Scotland from 1685 to 1688 when he fled the advances of Prince William, throwing the great seal of England into the Thames. James II's heirs, including Bonnie Prince Charles, would try to reclaim both the English and Scottish thrones during the Jacobite rebellions.

Of course, the Hanoverian dynasty also ruled both England and Scotland as did their direct descendants who now call themselves the Windsors. The last King of the United Kingdom was George VI, who ruled from 1936 to 1952, when his daughter, Elizabeth, the current Queen, ascended the throne. Lady Diana Spencer, incidentally, was a descendant of Charles II and one of his mistresses.

Answer 9

James VI was the last King of Scotland. The movie by this name is based on the reign of Idi Amin the Ugandan dictator and stars Forest Whittaker.

Answer 10

Surely James Edward Stuart, the soi-disant 'JamesIII' whose banner Bonnie Prince Charlie raised at Glenfinnan in 1745.
As Charles then proceeded to take the capital Edinburgh and defeat the government forces at Prestonpans, he was therefore the de facto leader in Scotland holding it for his father, albeit briefly!
Big mistake1- to turn back at Derby with the house of Hanover in panic and disarray.
Second mistake- to turn back on the night foray at Nairn where he could have stolen a march on Cumberland's troops and obviated the disaster and slaughter at Culloden.

Answer 11

George VI was the last King of Scots.

His daughter, Queen Elizabeth is the present Queen of Scots.