Aberdeenshire is a historic county of Scotland, with Aberdeen serving as its county town. Located to the north of Kincardineshire, Angus, and Perthshire, east of Inverness-shire and Banffshire, and south and west of the North Sea, it was an administrative county of Scotland from 1890 to 1975. Aberdeenshire was once a home of the Picts, who were converted to Christianity in the 5th century AD. The Vikings and Danes periodically raided the coast during the Viking Age, but, after Macbeth rose to the throne in 1040, Jarl Thorfinn Sigurdsson of Orkney ceased his harassment of the Scottish coast. Following the Norman conquest of England, several Anglo-Saxon exiles, Flemings, Saxon farmers, and Scandinavian seafarers immigrated to Aberdeenshire, and Aberdeen was chartered in 1179. Following the Reformation, Aberdeenshire became a stronghold of Episcopalianism instead of the popular Presbyterian faith, and the city supported Charles II of England's return from exile in 1650. Aberdeenshire later supported the Jacobites during the early 18th century. Aberdeenshire's agriculture, industry, and commerce developed by leaps and bounds over the following centuries. In 1900, Aberdeen became an independent city. In 1971, Aberdeenshire had a population of 137,962 people.
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