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James V King of Scotland Moray 1512–1542 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 April 1512

Birth Location: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 14 December 1542

Death Location: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland

Father: James Scotland\Scots

Mother: Princess Scotland

Spouse(s): Margaret Erskine, Euphemia Elphinstone, Frances Brandon, Madeleine Frankrijk, Marie\Mary Scots

Children(s): James Moray, Sir Orkney, Mary Scots, Lady Stewart, James Moray, Mary 1567), Lord Moray, Robert Stewart, Archibald Stewart, JOHNNE McCEROW, Francois Orleans, Henry Stewart, ARTHUR Orkney, Adam Stewart, Jean Campbell

In 1512, James V King of Scotland Moray entered the world in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to James Iv Iron Belt Stuart King Of Scotland Scots And Princess Margaret Tudor Douglas Of Scotland. James V King of Scotland Moray married Elizabeth Shaw Mistress, Euphemia Elphinstone, Frances Brandon, Madeleine Van Valois Angouleme Prinses Van Frankrijk, Margaret Lady Erskine, Marie Mary Of Guise Princess Of Lorraine Queen Of Scots, and had children including Adam Stewart, Archibald Stewart, Arthur Robert Stewart Earl Of Orkney, Francois De Longuevile Orleans, Henry Stewart, James Stewart 1St Earl Of Moray, Jean Campbell, Johnne Mccerow, Lady Marjory Stewart, Lord James Stewart Stuart 1St Lord Of Doune And Earl Of Moray, Mary I Queen Of Scots Stewart Stuart Reign 14 Dec 1542 24 Jul 1567, Mary I Queen Stewart Queen Of Scots, Robert Stewart, Sir Robert Stewart 1St Earl Of Orkney. James V King of Scotland Moray passed away in 1542 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1512, James V King of Scotland Moray entered the world in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to James Iv Iron Belt Stuart King Of Scotland Scots And Princess Margaret Tudor Douglas Of Scotland.
  • James V King of Scotland Moray married Elizabeth Shaw Mistress, Euphemia Elphinstone, Frances Brandon, Madeleine Van Valois Angouleme Prinses Van Frankrijk, Margaret Lady Erskine, Marie Mary Of Guise Princess Of Lorraine Queen Of Scots, and had children including Adam Stewart, Archibald Stewart, Arthur Robert Stewart Earl Of Orkney, Francois De Longuevile Orleans, Henry Stewart, James Stewart 1St Earl Of Moray, Jean Campbell, Johnne Mccerow, Lady Marjory Stewart, Lord James Stewart Stuart 1St Lord Of Doune And Earl Of Moray, Mary I Queen Of Scots Stewart Stuart Reign 14 Dec 1542 24 Jul 1567, Mary I Queen Stewart Queen Of Scots, Robert Stewart, Sir Robert Stewart 1St Earl Of Orkney.
  • James V King of Scotland Moray passed away in 1542 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Scotland\Scots
1473–1513
Birth Location: Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
JS
Princess Scotland
1489–1541
Birth Location: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
PS

Spouses(s)

Margaret Erskine
1513–1572
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
ME
Euphemia Elphinstone
1509–1547
Birth Location: Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Scotland
EE
Frances Brandon
1517–1559
Birth Location: Hatfield, Welwyn Hatfield District, Hertfordshire, England
FB
Madeleine Frankrijk
1520–1537
Birth Location: Saint-Germain-En-Laye, 78551, France
MF
Marie\Mary Scots
1515–1560
Birth Location: Bar-le-Duc, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France
MS

Children(s)

James Moray
1533–1570
Birth Location: Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
JM
Sir Orkney
1533–1593
Birth Location: Midlothian, Scotland
SO
Mary Scots
1542–1587
Birth Location: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
MS
Lady Stewart
1524–1639
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
LS
James Moray
1531–1570
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
JM
Mary 1567)
1542–1587
Birth Location: Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
M1
Lord Moray
1531–1570
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
LM
Robert Stewart
1533–1593
Birth Location: Holyrood, Midlothian, Scotland
RS
Archibald Stewart
1530–
Birth Location: Beath, Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland
AS
JOHNNE McCEROW
1530–1608
Birth Location: Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, , Scotland
JM
Francois Orleans
1537–1537
Birth Location: Longueville, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
FO
Henry Stewart
1532–1570
Birth Location: Drumin, Banffshire, Scotland
HS
ARTHUR Orkney
1533–1592
Birth Location: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
AO
Adam Stewart
1535–1575
Birth Location: Scotland
AS
Jean Campbell
1537–1588
Birth Location: Scotland
JC

James Moray's Ancestors

Self
James Moray
1512–1542
Birth Place: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
James IV "Iron Belt" Stuart King of Scotland\Scots
1473–1513
Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
Princess (Margaret Tudor, Douglas, of) Scotland
1489–1541
Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
Grandparents
James (III Stewart\Stuart-Koning van) Schotland
1451–1488
Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
Margaret (of) Denmark
1456–1486
Copenhagen København, Kobenhavn, Denmark
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Moray's Descendants

1.
JM
James (V King of Scotland) Moray (10 April 1512–14 December 1542) m. Margaret (Lady) Erskine (13 August 1513–5 May 1572) m. Euphemia Elphinstone (11 May 1509–1547) m. Frances Brandon (16 July 1517–21 November 1559) m. Madeleine (van Valois-Angoulême Prinses van) Frankrijk (18 Aug 1520–7 Jul 1537) m. Marie\Mary (of Guise Princess of Lorraine Queen of) Scots (22 Nov 1515–10 Jun 1560)
  1. 1. James (Stewart 1st Earl of) Moray 1533–1570 m. Lady (Margaret Agnes Anna (Anne) Countess of Moray Keith Countess of Moray & Argyll Campbell) Stewart 1530–1588
    1. 1. Elizabeth (2nd Countess Moray) Stewart 1565–1591 m. James ("The Bonnie Earl" Stewart, King James I of England James V of Scotland 2nd Earl of) Moray 1568–1591 m. Sir (Alexander "Alistair" STEWART "1st Laird) Ardvorlich" 1538–1618
      1. 1. Lord (James Stewart, 3rd Earl of Moray, Doune, Strathearn, and Abernathy - aka the "Bonny Earl of) Moray" 1581–1638 m. Lady (Anne GORDAN Stewart, Countess of Huntly) +# 1590–1674
        1. 1. Princess (Margaret\Margaretha Tudor (Home) (Countess of) Moray) 1607–1658 m. Sir (James Thomas Stuart 4th Earl of Moray, 9th Earl of Argyll,) D 1608–1653
        2. 2. James (Thomas Stewart, 4th Earl of) Moray 1608–1653
        3. 3. Lady (Countess Mary Stewar\Stuart-van Freuchie, Countess of) Freuchie 1605–1662
        4. 4. Margaret, (Lady) Home 1607–1683
        5. 5. Sir (James Thomas Stuart, 4th Earl of Moray, 9th Earl of Argyll, Duke of Richmon &) Lennox 1608–1681
        6. 6. Lady (Grizzel Isabella) Stewart\Stuart 1613–1650
        7. 7. Sir (William Home\Hume) 1610 1611–
        8. 8. Margaretha Home\Hume 1610–1668
        9. 9. William Home\Hume 1598–
        10. 10. Lady (Anne (Home\Hume) Maitland) 1616 1616–1671
        11. 11. Sir (John) Home\Hume 1602–1606
        12. 12. Lady (Anne Home) (Hume) 1610–1658
        13. 13. 09 (MGU Lord James Home, 2nd Earl of Home\Hume) 1607 1607–1633
        14. 14. ▪️08 (MGM Lady Margaret HOME Countess Moray 1607 **Descendent of Anne Boleyn** **Descendent: Hugh Bigod, Magna Carta) Surety** 1607–1684
        15. 15. Sir (Earl James Stewart\Stuart-van) Moray 1608–1652
        16. 16. Lady (Mary Stewart , Countess of) Freuchie 1615–1662
        17. 17. Sir (George) Stewart\Stuart 1611–
        18. 18. Lady (Mary) Stewart\Stuart 1612–1687
        19. 19. Sir (Simon\Symon Renfro\) Renfrew-Stewart\Stuart 1613–1690
        20. 20. Sir (Robert) Stewart\Stuart 1632–
        21. 21. Lady (Jean) Stewart\Stuart 1606–1655
        22. 22. Lady (Henrietta) Stewart\Stuart 1628–1704
    2. 2. Annabel Stewart 1567–1571
    3. 3. James (Renfrew) Stewart 1570–
    4. 4. Margaret Stewart 1569–1587
    5. 5. William Stewart 1564–
  2. 2. Sir (Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of) Orkney 1533–1593
  3. 3. Mary (I Queen Stewart Queen of) Scots 1542–1587 m. Henry Stuart 1545–1567
    1. 1. James I 1566–1625 m. Princess (Anne Oldenburg (Stuart) , Princess of Denmark, Queen consort of) England 1574–1619
      1. 1. King (Charles Stuart, King of England, Scotland and Ireland; Duke of York, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Duke of Albany) 1st 1600–1649
      2. 2. James (VI Stewart; Stuart; Earl of) Moray 1601–1602 m. Anne 1574–1619
      3. 3. Charles (of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of York, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Duke of Albany) 2nd 1600–1649
      4. 4. Princess (Margaret Stuart, Princess of) Scotland 1598–1600
      5. 5. Princess (Mary Filia Jacobi) Stuart 1605–1607
      6. 6. Prince (Robert Bruce Stuart, Prince of) Scotland 1601–1602 m. Isabel Wanan –1791
      7. 7. Princess (Sophia Stewart;) Stuart 1606–1606
      8. 8. Frederick (V of the Palatinate 'The Winter) King' 1596–1632
      9. 9. Alexander (Stewart Great) BritainEngland 1586–1602
      10. 10. Sophia (Rosula Stuart Queen of) Bohemia 1592–1662
      11. 11. Elizabeth (Stuart Kurfürstin von der Pfalz, Königin zu) Böhmen 1596–1662
      12. 12. Henry (Frederick Stuart Tudor Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay, Earl of Chester \ Carrick, Baron of) Renfrew 1594–1612
      13. 13. Robert (Stuart Duke of Kintyre and) Lorne 1595–1595
      14. 14. Elizabeth (of) England 1566–1662
      15. 15. James (I) STUART 1566–1625
      16. 16. James (Charles Stuart VI- I, king of England, Scotland and Ireland; Duke of York, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Duke of) Albany 1566–1622
    2. 2. Henry (Stewart;) Stuart 1566–1567
    3. 3. Mary (Elizabeth Stewart;) Stuart 1562–1629
    4. 4. King (Charles Stuart, King of England, Scotland, & Ireland) I 1564–1660 m. Anna (van) DENEMARKEN 1574–1619 m. Henrietta (Maria Queen) France 1609–1669
    5. 5. Jacques (VI and I Stewart;) Stuart 1566–1625
    6. 6. Charles (Stuart, 1st Earl of Lennox) (1555-1576) 1555–1576
  4. 4. Lady (Marjory) Stewart 1524–1639
  5. 5. James (Stewart 1st Earl of) Moray 1531–1570
  6. 6. Mary (I "Queen of Scots" Stewart Stuart (reign 14 Dec 1542 - 24 Jul) 1567) 1542–1587
  7. 7. Lord (James Stewart Stuart 1st Lord of Doune and Earl of) Moray 1531–1570
  8. 8. Robert Stewart 1533–1593
  9. 9. Archibald Stewart 1530–
  10. 10. JOHNNE McCEROW 1530–1608
  11. 11. Francois (De Longuevile) Orleans 1537–1537
  12. 12. Henry Stewart 1532–1570
  13. 13. ARTHUR (ROBERT STEWART Earl Of) Orkney 1533–1592
  14. 14. Adam Stewart 1535–1575
  15. 15. Jean Campbell 1537–1588

James Moray's Timeline

7 Records

1512
10 April 1512
Birth of James V King of Scotland Moray in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Linlithgow, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1523
04 Jun 1523
Age 11
James V King of Scotland Moray was married in Beath, Fife, Scotland
Beath, Fife, Scotland
1528
4 June 1528
Age 16
James V King of Scotland Moray was married in Beath, Fife, Scotland
Beath, Fife, Scotland
1533
4 June 1533
Age 21
James V King of Scotland Moray was married in Beath, Fife, , Scotland
Beath, Fife, , Scotland
1537
1 Jan 1537
Age 25
James V King of Scotland Moray was married in Notre Dame, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Notre Dame, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
1540
abt. 1540
Age 28
James V King of Scotland Moray was married in Carrick, Argyll, Scotland
Carrick, Argyll, Scotland
1542
14 December 1542
Age 30
Death of James V King of Scotland Moray in Falkland Castle, Falkland, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Falkland Castle, Falkland, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 April 1512
    Event Place: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 04 Jun 1523
    Event Place: Beath, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 4 June 1528
    Event Place: Beath, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 4 June 1533
    Event Place: Beath, Fife, , Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1 Jan 1537
    Event Place: Notre Dame, Paris, Ile-de-France, France

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: abt. 1540
    Event Place: Carrick, Argyll, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Fetter Angus, Ayr, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 December 1542
    Event Place: Falkland Castle, Falkland, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave™ Index, 1300s-Current
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