 The first king of Scotland was Kenneth MacAlpine, who managed to conquer the Picts and merge them with the Gaels into one political entity known as the Kingdom of Alipa in 843 A.D. The embryonic kingdom that Scotland grew out of. MacAlpine had previously ruled as the king of Dalriada since 841 A.D. A Gaelic kingdom that encompassed the western sea born of Scotland, around the Argyll region, parts of the Inner Hebridean Islands, and also parts of the North of Ireland for a period. MacAlpine ruled as the king of Alipa until his death in 858 A.D., an astonishing 15 years on the throne when he was succeeded by his brother. The first king of Great Britain wasn't a king at all, but a queen, Queen Anne. She had ruled as the Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland since 1702, but when Scotland and England merged in 1707, Queen Anne became the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland until her death in 1714, and route to the throne resulted from the fact that her sister Mary and her husband, Mary's husband, William of Orange. Rangers fans will know him well, but when they didn't have any children and didn't have any heirs to succeed them, Queen Anne, Mary's sister took the throne. Although Anne herself was pregnant 17 or 18 times during her life, by the time of her death in 1714, there was no surviving heir. Many died stillbirths, many were miscarriages and many children had died young as well. It's quite a tragic story, but Queen Anne, despite being pregnant 17 or 18 times in her life, didn't have any surviving heirs by the time of her death. This meant that the throne passed to George I. King George was from the House of Hanover, and this replaced the House of Stute on the throne, the British throne. Speaking of the British, who were the ancient ancestors of the British? To find out, please click here. Thanks for watching. If you like to support this work through Patreon, buy me a coffee or PayPal, all the links will be in the description below. Please subscribe and hit the bell and tell your friends and family about this channel. Thanks for watching and I'll see you next time.