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Authors: Alison Weir

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JAMES IV
He was born on 17 March, 1473, and was Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick and Lord of Cunningham probably from birth. He succeeded his father as King of Scotland on 11 June, 1488, and was crowned on 26 June, 1488, at Scone Abbey, Perthshire.
James IV married
, by proxy on 25 January, 1502, at Richmond Palace, Surrey, and in person on 8 August, 1503, at Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh:
Margaret
She was the daughter of Henry VII, King of England, by Elizabeth of York, and she was born on 28, 29 or 30 November, 1489, at the Palace of Westminster. She was crowned Queen Consort on 8 August, 1503, at Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh. After the death of James, she married secondly Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus (1490?–1557),
on 4, 5 or 6 August, 1514, at Kinnoul Church, and had issue:
1  Margaret (1515–1578); she married firstly Lord Thomas Howard (
d
.1537). She married secondly Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (1516–murdered 1571), and had issue, including Henry, Lord Darnley, who married Mary, Queen of Scots.
Margaret divorced her second husband on 11 March, 1527/8. She married thirdly Henry Stewart, 1st Lord Methven (1495/1500?–1552), before 2 April, perhaps in March, 1528, and may have had issue (although this is improbable):
1  Dorothea (?); (
d
. young).
Margaret died on 8 or 18 October, or on 24 November, 1541, at Methven Castle, Perthshire, of ‘palsy’, and was buried in the Carthusian Abbey of St John, Perth.
Issue of marriage:
1  
James
He was born on 21 February, 1507, at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, and was Duke of Rothesay from birth. He died on 27 February, 1508, at Stirling Castle.
2  
Daughter
(
name not known
)
She was born on 15 July, 1508, at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, where she died the same day.
3  
Arthur
He was born on 20/21 October, 1509, at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, and was Duke of Albany from birth. He died on 14/15 July, 1510, at Edinburgh Castle, and was buried in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh.
4  
James V
(
see here
).
5  
Daughter
(
name not known
)
She was born in November, 1512, at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, and died the same month.
6  
Alexander
His father’s posthumous son, he was born on 12 or 30 April, 1514, at Stirling Castle, and was styled Duke from birth: perhaps Duke of Ross. He died on 18 December, 1515, at Stirling Castle, and was buried in Cambuskenneth Abbey, Stirlingshire.
James IV also had the following
illegitimate issue
:
By Marion Boyd of Bonshaw:
1  Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews (1493?–1513); he
was killed at Flodden.
2  Katherine (
d
. after 1554); she married James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton (
d
.1548), and had issue.
By Janet Kennedy:
3  James Stewart, Earl of Moray (1499?–1544/5); he married Elizabeth, daughter of Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll, and had issue.
4  Unnamed child (
d.
young).
5  Unnamed child (
d.
young).
By Margaret (murdered by poison, 1502), daughter of John, Lord Drummond:
6  Margaret (
b
.1497?); she married firstly John, Lord Gordon, Master of Huntly (
d
.1517), and had issue. She married secondly Sir John Drummond of Innerpeffray, and had issue.
By Isabella (
d
.1557), daughter of James Stewart, Earl of Buchan:
7  Janet or Joan (
d.
1560/63); she married Malcolm, 3rd Lord Fleming, and had issue.
JAMES IV
He was killed on 9 September, 1513, at the Battle of Flodden Field, Northumberland. He was perhaps buried in Sheen Abbey, Surrey, and his head may be interred in the Church of St Michael, Wood Street, City of London. A body said to be his was found at Hume Castle, but the identification is dubious. The only certain evidence of the fate of the King’s body is the report that it was kept in a lumber room at Richmond Palace, Surrey, during the reign of Henry VIII. Reports that James IV was seen alive on the evening after Flodden and thereafter went on pilgrimage to the Holy Land, whence he never returned, are not to be trusted, although in 1527 Queen Margaret petitioned for a divorce from her second husband on the grounds that James was still alive in 1514 when her second marriage took place. James was succeeded by his son James.
James V
F
ATHER
:
James IV
(
see here
)
M
OTHER
:
Margaret Tudor
(
see here
, under
James IV
).
S
IBLINGS
: (
see here
, under
James IV
).
JAMES V
He was born on 10, 11 or 15 April, 1512, at Linlithgow Palace, Fife, and was Duke of Rothesay from birth. He succeeded his father as King of Scotland on 9 September, 1513, and was crowned on 21 September, 1513, at the Chapel Royal, Stirling Castle. He was made a Knight of the Garter on 20 January, 1535.
James V married firstly
, on 1 January, 1537, at the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris:
Madeleine
She was the daughter of Francis I, King of France, by Claude, daughter of Louis XII, King of France, and she was born on 10 August, 1520, at the Château of St Germain-en-Laye, Paris. She died on 2 or 7 July, 1537, at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, and was buried in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh. There was no issue of the marriage.
James V married secondly
, by proxy in May, 1538, and in person on 12 June, 1538, at St Andrews Cathedral, Fife:
Mary
She was the daughter of Claude I, Duke of Guise-Lorraine, by Antoinette, daughter of Francis de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme, and she was born on 22 November, 1515, at Bar-le-Duc, France. She married firstly Louis II, Duke of Longueville (
d
.1537), on 4 August, 1534, and had issue:
1  Francis, Duke of Longueville (1535–1551).
2  Louis (
b
.
&d
.1537).
Mary was crowned Queen Consort on 22 February, 1540, at Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh. She died on 11 June, 1560, at Edinburgh Castle, and was buried in Rheims Cathedral, France.
Issue of marriage:
1  
James
He was born on 22 May, 1540, at St Andrews, Fife, and was Duke of Rothesay from birth. He died in April, 1541, at St Andrews, and was buried in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh.
2  Arthur
or
Robert
He was born in April, 1541, at Falkland Palace, Fife, where he died, aged 8 days, the same month. He was styled Duke of Albany during his lifetime. He was buried in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh.
3  
Queen Mary
(
see here
).
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