The Kingdom of Scotland was first unified as a state by Kenneth I of Scotland in 843, and ceased to exist as an independent kingdom after the Act of Union 1707 when it was merged with the Kingdom of England to become the Kingdom of Great Britain.
The Kingdom of Scotland was unified by Kenneth I in 843 and ceased to exist as an independent kingdom after the Act of Union 1707, which merged it with the Kingdom of England to create the Kingdom of Great Britain.