Legendary kings of Scotland Scottish history. When James VI entered Edinburgh in 1579 the pageantry included a public posting of the genealogy of the Scottish kings; and when his son Charles I visited in 1633, portraits of 107 kings were displayed, some of which (by George Jamesone) survive. Another series of 110 imagined portraits of the monarchs from the list was painted for Charles II by Jacob de Wet II, and hung in Holyrood Palace. The de Wet portrait collection later became a noted sight for tourists, for example as written about by John Macky, "A Journey through Scotland". While "Rerum Scoticarum Historia" was
Charroux Abbey built in front of the Romanesque church facade in the 13th century. 27 sculptures of kings and abbots, and several parts of the gates, were preserved following the demolition of the church, and they represent the height of Gothic sculpture in the Poitou region. The sculptures are displayed in the chapter house. This is an incomplete list of abbots and commendators of Charroux. Charroux Abbey Charroux Abbey (), is a ruined monastery in Charroux, in the Vienne department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, western France. Charroux was a Benedictine abbey, founded in 785 by Roger, Count of Limoges. It had up to 213