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James Stewart IV King of Scotland 1473 – 1513 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Mar 1473

Birth Location: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Death Date: 9 Sep 1513

Death Location: Battle Of Flodden, Branxton, Northumberland, England

Father: James Scotland

Mother: Margarethe Scotland

Spouse(s): Margaret Boyd, Margaret Scotland, Margaret (H.Stewart), Isabel (Stewart)

Children(s): Lady (Mure), Alexander Andrews, Lady (Drummond), James Scotland, Lady France

The story of James Stewart IV King of Scotland * began in 1473 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland. James Stewart IV King of Scotland * married Margaret Boyd, Margaret Jane Drummond, Mistress of King James IV of Scotland, Margaret Tudor (Stewart) (Douglas) (H.Stewart), Isabel Stewart (Stewart), and had children including Lady Catherine Stewart Countess of Morton (Douglas) ? (Mure), Alexander Stewart Archbishop of St Andrews, Lady Margaret Stewart (Gordon) (Drummond), James Stewart\Stuart V King of Scotland, Lady Janet Stewart (Fleming)Mistress of King Henry II of France. James Stewart IV King of Scotland * passed away in 1513 in Battle Of Flodden, Branxton, Northumberland, England.

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Biography

  • The story of James Stewart IV King of Scotland * began in 1473 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
  • James Stewart IV King of Scotland * married Margaret Boyd, Margaret Jane Drummond, Mistress of King James IV of Scotland, Margaret Tudor (Stewart) (Douglas) (H.Stewart), Isabel Stewart (Stewart), and had children including Lady Catherine Stewart Countess of Morton (Douglas) ? (Mure), Alexander Stewart Archbishop of St Andrews, Lady Margaret Stewart (Gordon) (Drummond), James Stewart\Stuart V King of Scotland, Lady Janet Stewart (Fleming)Mistress of King Henry II of France.
  • James Stewart IV King of Scotland * passed away in 1513 in Battle Of Flodden, Branxton, Northumberland, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Scotland
1451 – 1488
Birth Location: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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Margarethe Scotland
1456 – 1486
Birth Location: Kbenhavn, Denmark
MS

Spouses(s)

Margaret Boyd
1473 – 1559
Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
MB
Margaret Scotland
1476 – 1501
Birth Location: Innerpeffray, Crief, Perthshire, Scotland
MS
Margaret (H.Stewart)
1489 – 1541
Birth Location: Westminster Palace, London, England
M(
Isabel (Stewart)
1480 – 1556
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Lady (Mure)
1491 – 1554
Birth Location: Midlothian, Scotland
L(
Alexander Andrews
1493 – 1513
Birth Location: Edinburgh, West Lothian, Scotland
AA
Lady (Drummond)
1498 – 1537
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
L(
James Scotland
1512 – 1542
Birth Location: Linlithgow Castle, Scotland
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Lady France
1502 – 1562
Birth Location: –
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James Scotland's Ancestors

Self
James Scotland
1473 – 1513
Birth Place: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Parents
James Stewart III King of Scotland
1451 – 1488
Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Margarethe (Oldenburg (Stewart) Princess of Denmark, Queen Of) Scotland
1456 – 1486
Kbenhavn, Denmark
Grandparents
James (Stewart II King of) Scotland
1430 – 1460
Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Scotland
Marie (van Egmond-Gelre (Stewart) Queen Consort of) Scotland
1433 – 1463
Grave, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Great-Grandparents
James Scotland
1394 – 1436
Joan Scots
– 1445
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Scotland
1337 – 1406
Annabella Scotland
1350 – 1401

James Scotland's Descendants

1.
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James (Stewart IV King of) Scotland (17 Mar 1473 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Margaret Boyd (Abt. 1473 – Bef. 31 Aug 1559) m. Margaret (Jane Drummond, Mistress of King James IV of) Scotland (Jan 1476 – 1501) m. Margaret (Tudor (Stewart) (Douglas)) (H.Stewart) (1489 – 18 Oct 1541) m. Isabel (Stewart) (Stewart) (Abt. 1480 – Feb 1556)
  1. 1. Lady (Catherine Stewart Countess of Morton (Douglas) ?) (Mure) (Abt. 1491 – Aft. 5 Jul 1554) m. James Douglas (Jan 1487 – Dec 1548)
    1. 1. Lady (Margaret Douglas (Hamilton) Dowager Countess of) Arran (Aft. 1507 – Aft. 1579)
    2. 2. Elizabeth (Douglas) (Douglas) (Abt. 1513 – 12 Jun 1581)
    3. 3. Beatrix (Douglas) (Maxwell) (1514 – Aft. 31 Oct 1583)
  2. 2. Alexander (Stewart Archbishop of St) Andrews (1493 – Abt. 9 Sep 1513)
  3. 3. Lady (Margaret Stewart (Gordon)) (Drummond) (1498 – 1537) m. John Gordon (Aft. 1485 – Abt. 5 Dec 1517) m. Sir? (John) Drummond (1480 – Aft 1558)
    1. 1. George (Gordon 4th Earl of) Huntly (1514 – 28 Oct 1562)
    2. 2. James Gordon (Abt. 1516 – )
    3. 3. Alexander Gordon ( – 1575)
    4. 4. Agnes (Drummond (H.Campbell) (Montgomerie)) (Drummond) (Abt. 1523 – 21 Jan 1590)
    5. 5. Margaret (Drummond) (Elphinstone) (Abt. 1524 – 1568)
    6. 6. Elizabeth (Drummond) (Drummond) (Abt. 1525 – )
    7. 7. Jean (Drummond) (Chisholm) (Abt. 1527 – Mar 1597)
    8. 8. Lady (Isabelle Drummond (Campbell) of) Innerpaffrey (1531 – 1568) m. Sir (Matthew Campbell, Sheriff of Ayr, Lord of) Loudoun (1530 – 21 May 1593)
      1. 1. Margaret (Campbell) (Wallace) (11 Dec 1550 – 5 May 1597)
      2. 2. Marion (Campbell) (Boyd) (1552 – ) m. Thomas (Boyd, 6th Lord of) Kilmarnock (Abt. 1548 – 1 Jun 1611)
        1. 1. Master (Robert) Boyd (1567 – 1597)
        2. 2. Andrew Boyd (1569 – 21 Dec 1639)
        3. 3. Lady (Isabel) Boyd (1572 – Nov 1641)
        4. 4. Adam Boyd (1573 – 1654)
        5. 5. Thomas Boyd (1575 – )
        6. 6. John Boyd (1579 – )
        7. 7. Lady (Marion\Mary Wallace Boyd (Hamilton) Countess of) Abercorn (1583 – 26 Aug 1632) m. James (Hamilton Duke of Abercorn 1st Earl of Abercorn 2nd Lord) Paisley (12 Aug 1575 – 23 Mar 1618)
        8. 8. Agnes Boyd (1585 – 10 Jul 1672)
      3. 3. Jean (Campbell (Montgomery)) (Stuart) (1553 – 15 Dec 1610)
      4. 4. Matthew Campbell (1554 – 15 Dec 1622)
      5. 5. Agnes (Campbell (W.) Cunningham) (1557 – )
      6. 6. Sir (Hugh Campbell of Loudoun, 1st Lord) Campbell (1560 – 15 Dec 1622) m. Lady (Margaret Gordon of Muldavit) (Campbell) (1565 – 22 May 1607)
        1. 1. Juliana (Egidia) Campbell (1581 – 23 Jan 1640)
        2. 2. Margaret Campbell (1585 – 5 May 1597)
        3. 3. Agnes Campbell (1585 – )
        4. 4. Nanc Campbell (Abt. 1585 – Abt. 1612)
        5. 5. George Campbell (1587 – 1611)
        6. 6. William Campbell (5 Jun 1594 – )
      7. 7. Isabel (Campbell) (Crawford) (1566 – Dec 1620)
      8. 8. Annabella (Campbell (Ker)) (Dunbar) (1568 – 1652)
      9. 9. Anne (Campbell) (Kirkcudbright)
  4. 4. James (Stewart\Stuart V King of) Scotland (10 Apr 1512 – 14 Dec 1542) m. Madeleine (of Valois) (Stewart\Stuart) (10 Aug 1520 – 7 Jul 1537) m. Marie (of Guise de Lorraine) (Stewart\Stuart) (22 Nov 1515 – 10 Jun 1560) m. Euphame (Elphinstone) (Bruce) (11 May 1509 – Nov 1547) m. Margaret (Erskine) (Douglas) (Abt. 1515 – 5 May 1572) m. Elizabeth (Bethune Beaton (Stewart)) (Gray) (Abt. 1518 – Abt. 1581) m. Christina (Barclay (Abercrombie) Mistress of) King (Abt. 1510 – ) m. Lady (Helen "Elizabeth" Stewart (Hay)) (Gordon) (Abt. 1514 – 25 Nov 1564) m. Elizabeth Shaw (Abt. 1510 – 1590) m. Elizabeth (Carmichael(Somerville of) Cambusnethan) (1473 – 1540) m. UNK (Mistress of) King m. UNK (Mistress of) King
    1. 1. James (Stewart\Stuart Duke of) Rothesay (22 May 1540 – 21 Apr 1541)
    2. 2. Arthur (Stewart\Stuart 1st Duke of) Albany (Apr 1541 – 29 Apr 1541)
    3. 3. Mary Stuart (8 Dec 1542 – 8 Feb 1587) m. François Valois-Angouleme (9 Jan 1544 – 5 Dec 1560) m. Henry (Stewart\Stuart Lord) Darnley (7 Dec 1545 – 10 Feb 1567) m. James (Hepburn Fourth Earl of) Bothwell (Abt. 1536 – 14 Apr 1578)
      1. 1. James (Charles Stuart "King James VI of Scotland and I of England, Scotland, France and) Ireland" (19 Jun 1566 – 27 Mar 1625) m. Anne (Oldenburg (Stuart) , Princess of Denmark, Queen Consort of) England (14 Oct 1574 – 4 Mar 1619)
        1. 1. Henry (Frederick Stuart Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay, Earl of Chester\Carrick, Baron of) Renfrew (19 Feb 1594 – 6 Nov 1612)
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Ann Stuart, Queen of Bohemia aka The Winter) Queen (19 Aug 1596 – 13 Feb 1662)
        3. 3. Margaret (Stuart, Princess of) Scotland (24 Dec 1598 – Mar 1600)
        4. 4. Charles (Stuart I King of England, King of Scotland, Lord of) Ireland (19 Nov 1600 – 30 Jan 1649) m. Henriette-Marie (de) Bourbon (25 Nov 1609 – 10 Sep 1669)
        5. 5. Robert (Bruce Stuart, Prince of) Scotland (18 Jan/Feb 1601 – 27 May 1602)
        6. 6. Mary (Filia Jacobi Stuart Princess of) Scotland (8 Apr 1605 – 16 Sep 1607)
        7. 7. Sophia (Stuart Princess of) Scotland (22 Jun 1606 – 23 Jun 1606)
    4. 4. Robert (Stewart 1st Earl of Orkney and Lord of) Shetland (1533 – 4 Feb 1593)
    5. 5. James (Renfrew Stewart Earl of Moray; 1st Lord) Darnley (22 May 1531 – 23 Jan 1570)
    6. 6. Jean (Stewart Countess of Argyll) (Campbell) (Abt. 1529 – 7 Jan 1588)
    7. 7. James (Stewart,) Tertius (Abt. 1529 – Aft. 1536)
    8. 8. Adam Stewart (Abt. 1535 – Abt. 20 Jun 1575)
    9. 9. James (Shaw) Stewart (Abt. 1529 – Abt. 1559)
    10. 10. John (Stewart Lord) Darnley (Abt. 1531 – Nov 1563)
    11. 11. Margaret Stewart (1539 – )
    12. 12. Robert Stewart (Abt. 1535 – Abt. 1581)
  5. 5. Lady (Janet Stewart (Fleming)Mistress of King Henry II of) France (1502 – 1562)

James Scotland's Timeline

2 Records

1473
17 Mar 1473
Birth of James Stewart IV King of Scotland * in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
1513
9 Sep 1513
Age 40
Death of James Stewart IV King of Scotland * in Battle Of Flodden, Branxton, Northumberland, England
Battle Of Flodden, Branxton, Northumberland, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Mar 1473
    Event Place: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: Abt. 1480
    Event Place: Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: Bet. 1500-?
    Event Place: Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Sep 1513
    Event Place: Battle Of Flodden, Branxton, Northumberland, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Richmond, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
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