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Hayes & Dand Ancestors and related families - Kings & Queens of Scotland
Up to 1603 when James VI Stewart, King of Scotland also became James I, King of England & Ireland.
Statues of Kings & Queens of Scotland and other Historical Figures - adorn the façades of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
Statues of Kings & Queens of Scotland adorning the façades include:
King Malcolm III "Canmore" (d.1093) and his wife Saint Margaret (d.1093) (above left and right of main entrance), Robert "the Bruce" (d.1329) (right of main entrance), King James I (d.1437), and descendants of the above:
King Alexander III (d.1286), King James V (d.1542), and his daughter Mary Queen of Scots (d.1587), and her son King James VI of Scotland & I of England (d.1625).
The Scottish National Portrait Gallery is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site - Old and New Towns of Edinburgh.
Statues of Kings & Queens of Scotland and other Historical Figures - adorn the façade of main entrance to St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh
Statues of Kings & Queens of Scotland include (upper level left to right):
Alexander I (d.1124) [a brother of King David I], David I (d.1153) [Founded St. Giles’ Cathedral in 1124], Alexander III (d.1286) [a descendant of King David I], Saint Margaret (d.1093), Margaret Tudor (d.1541) [wife of King James IV], Robert “the Bruce” (d.1329), James I (d.1437) and James IV (d.1513) [a descendant of King James I].
St. Giles’ Cathedral is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site - Old and New Towns of Edinburgh.
Statues of Saints adorning the façades of Eglise de la Madeleine, Paris
There are over 30 statues portraying Saints and include:
Saint Margaret - Patroness Saint of Scotland
(Canonized 1250 - Feast Day - November 16 - Scottish Feast Day - June 16)
Margaret, Queen of Scotland (died 1093), wife of
Malcolm III "Ceannmor" or "Great Head" King of Scotland (died 1093).
Eglise de la Madeleine is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site - Paris, Banks of the Seine.
Saint Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh Castle
Saint Margaret - Patroness Saint of Scotland
(Canonized 1250 - Feast Day - November 16 - Scottish Feast Day - June 16)
Margaret, Queen of Scotland (died 1093), wife of
Malcolm III "Ceannmor" or "Great Head" King of Scotland (died 1093).
Edinburgh Castle is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site - Old and New Towns of Edinburgh.
Kings of Scotland - Holyrood Abbey
Holyrood Abbey is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site - Old and New Towns of Edinburgh.
Kings of Scotland - Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Castle is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site - Old and New Towns of Edinburgh.
Statue of Robert “the Bruce”, King of Scotland - Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
The bronze statue of Robert "the Bruce", King of Scotland (d.1329) was added in 1929 to the façade on the left side of the entrance to Edinburgh Castle.
Edinburgh Castle is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site - Old and New Towns of Edinburgh.
Statues of Robert “the Bruce”, King of Scotland - Stirling, Scotland & Calgary, Canada
Stirling Castle - the statue of Robert “the Bruce”, King of Scotland (d.1329) was erected in 1876 at Stirling Castle. The statue faces South towards the location of the 1314 Battle of Bannockburn.
Bannockburn, Stirling - there is also an Equestrian Statue of King Robert “the Bruce” nearby in Bannockburn, Stirling that was erected in 1964 to commemorate the 650th Anniversary of the 1314 Battle of Bannockburn.
Calgary, Canada - in 1967 a replica of the Equestrian Statue in Bannockburn was erected in Calgary near the Jubilee Auditorium and the Alberta University of the Arts.
Link for 700th Anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn - image chart.
Kings of Scotland - Robert The Bruce
The Coronation of Robert II Stewart, King of Scotland took place in 1371 -
1st of the Stewart/Stuart Kings & Queens of Scotland and later also of England & Ireland.
King Robert II was born in 1316 at Paisley Abbey. Six generations of his paternal ancestors & their wives (the 1st six High Stewards of Scotland) & his son (John) Robert III Stewart, King of Scotland were all buried in Paisley Abbey.
King Robert II died in 1390 and was buried in Scone Abbey.
Archaeological investigations through 2009 have identified the location and layout of the former Scone Abbey - east of Scone Palace - and south of Moot (or Boot) Hill the Coronation site of Scottish Kings for Centuries.
Kings James VI of Scotland & I of England & Ireland
Statues of Kings James VI/I and Charles I at Glamis Castle, Scotland
Statues facing Glamis Castle: King James VI of Scotland & I of England & Ireland (d.1625) and of his son King Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d.1649).
Ancestor & Family Links between Royal Houses of Scotland (Kings & Queens).
Houses of Alpin, Dunkeld, Moray, Sverre, Balliol, Bruce, & Stewart/Stuart.
Photos of Edinburgh Castle & Holyrood Palace.
Kings of Scotland - Holyrood Palace
Holyrood Palace is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site - Old and New Towns of Edinburgh.
Other Images grouped by theme
Other events/activities included an emotional Clan Parade up the “Royal Mile” (from Holyrood Palace to Edinburgh Castle – with Pipe Bands, 8,000 participants and 20,000 spectators) - this was followed by an entertaining show on the History of the Clans.
Switzerland - Lords of Grandson (Grandson Castle); de La Sarraz family (La Sarraz Castle); Counts of Gruyeres (Gruyeres Castle); Lay Abbots of St. Maurice (Abbey); Benefactor of Romainmotier (Abbey); Bishop of Lausanne (Lausanne Cathedral); House of Savoy family (Chateau de Chillon & the North-South trade route over the Grand St. Bernard Mountain Pass) ...
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