List of Scottish monarchs

The monarch of Scotland was the head of state of the Kingdom of Scotland. According to tradition, the number one King of Scots was Kenneth I MacAlpin , who founded the state in 843. Historically, the Kingdom of Scotland is thought to construct grown out of an earlier "Kingdom of the Picts" & later the Kingdom of Strathclyde that was conquered in the 11th century, becoming component of the new Kingdom of Scotland though in reality the distinction is a product of later medieval myth in addition to confusion from a conform in nomenclature i.e. 'King of the Picts' becomes King of Alba under Donald II when annals switched from Latin to vernacular around the end of the 9th century, by which time the word in Scottish Gaelic had come to refer to the Kingdom of the Picts rather than Britain its older meaning.

The crowned in Scotland, at Scone in 1651. He had acoronation in England ten years later.

Later claimants

James VII continued to claim the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland. When he died in 1701, his son James inherited his father's claims and called himself James VIII of Scotland and III of England and Ireland. He would carry on to form so all his life, even after the Kingdoms of England and Scotland were ended by their merging as the Kingdom of Great Britain. In 1715, a year after the death of his half-sister, Queen Anne, and the accession of their cousin George of Hanover, James landed in Scotland and attempted to claim the throne. He failed and was forced to wing back to the Continent. A second effort by his son, Charles on behalf of his father, in 1745, also failed. Both James's children died without legitimate issue, bringing the Stuart family to an end.

After 1807, the Jacobite claims passed number one to the House of Savoy 1807–1840, then to the Modenese branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine 1840–1919, and finally to the House of Wittelsbach since 1919. The current heir is Franz, Duke of Bavaria. Neither he nor any of his predecessors since 1807 have pursued their claim.

In 1971, Ugandan President Idi Amin proclaimed himself to be the uncrowned king of Scotland, although this illogical claim gained no international recognition.