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James Stewart\Stuart V King of Scotland 1512 – 1542 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Apr 1512

Birth Location: Linlithgow Castle, Scotland

Death Date: 14 Dec 1542

Death Location: Falkland, Fife, Scotland

Father: James Scotland

Mother: Margaret (H.Stewart)

Spouse(s): Madeleine (Stewart\Stuart), Marie (Stewart\Stuart), Euphame (Bruce), Margaret (Douglas), Elizabeth (Gray), Christina King, Lady (Gordon), Elizabeth Shaw, Elizabeth Cambusnethan), UNK King, UNK King

Children(s): James Rothesay, Arthur Albany, Mary Stuart, Robert Shetland, James Darnley, Jean (Campbell), James Tertius, Adam Stewart, James Stewart, John Darnley, Margaret Stewart, Robert Stewart

James Stewart\Stuart V King of Scotland was born in 1512 in Linlithgow Castle, Scotland, the child of James Stewart IV King of Scotland and Margaret Tudor (Stewart) (Douglas) (H.Stewart). James Stewart\Stuart V King of Scotland married Madeleine of Valois (Stewart\Stuart), Marie of Guise de Lorraine (Stewart\Stuart), Euphame Elphinstone (Bruce), Margaret Erskine (Douglas), Elizabeth Bethune Beaton (Stewart) (Gray), Christina Barclay (Abercrombie) Mistress of King, Lady Helen "Elizabeth" Stewart (Hay) (Gordon), Elizabeth Shaw, Elizabeth Carmichael(Somerville of Cambusnethan), UNK Mistress of King, UNK Mistress of King, and had children including James Stewart\Stuart Duke of Rothesay, Arthur Stewart\Stuart 1st Duke of Albany, Mary Stuart, Robert Stewart 1st Earl of Orkney and Lord of Shetland, James Renfrew Stewart Earl of Moray; 1st Lord Darnley, Jean Stewart Countess of Argyll (Campbell), James Stewart, Tertius, Adam Stewart, James Shaw Stewart, John Stewart Lord Darnley, Margaret Stewart, Robert Stewart. James Stewart\Stuart V King of Scotland passed away in 1542 in Falkland, Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • James Stewart\Stuart V King of Scotland was born in 1512 in Linlithgow Castle, Scotland, the child of James Stewart IV King of Scotland and Margaret Tudor (Stewart) (Douglas) (H.Stewart).
  • James Stewart\Stuart V King of Scotland married Madeleine of Valois (Stewart\Stuart), Marie of Guise de Lorraine (Stewart\Stuart), Euphame Elphinstone (Bruce), Margaret Erskine (Douglas), Elizabeth Bethune Beaton (Stewart) (Gray), Christina Barclay (Abercrombie) Mistress of King, Lady Helen "Elizabeth" Stewart (Hay) (Gordon), Elizabeth Shaw, Elizabeth Carmichael(Somerville of Cambusnethan), UNK Mistress of King, UNK Mistress of King, and had children including James Stewart\Stuart Duke of Rothesay, Arthur Stewart\Stuart 1st Duke of Albany, Mary Stuart, Robert Stewart 1st Earl of Orkney and Lord of Shetland, James Renfrew Stewart Earl of Moray; 1st Lord Darnley, Jean Stewart Countess of Argyll (Campbell), James Stewart, Tertius, Adam Stewart, James Shaw Stewart, John Stewart Lord Darnley, Margaret Stewart, Robert Stewart.
  • James Stewart\Stuart V King of Scotland passed away in 1542 in Falkland, Fife, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Scotland
1473 – 1513
Birth Location: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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Margaret (H.Stewart)
1489 – 1541
Birth Location: Westminster Palace, London, England
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Spouses(s)

Madeleine (Stewart\Stuart)
1520 – 1537
Birth Location: Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
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Marie (Stewart\Stuart)
1515 – 1560
Birth Location: Bar-De-Luc, Lorraine, France
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Euphame (Bruce)
1509 – 1547
Birth Location: Elphinstone, East Lothian, Scotland
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Margaret (Douglas)
1515 – 1572
Birth Location: Linlithgow Palace, West Lothian, Scotland
M(
Elizabeth (Gray)
1518 – 1581
Birth Location: Creich, Fife, Scotland
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Christina King
1510 –
Birth Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
CK
Lady (Gordon)
1514 – 1564
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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Elizabeth Shaw
1510 – 1590
Birth Location: Sauchie, Scotland
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Elizabeth Cambusnethan)
1473 – 1540
Birth Location: Balmedie, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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UNK King
Birth Location: –
UK
UNK King
Birth Location: –
UK

Children(s)

James Rothesay
1540 – 1541
Birth Location: St. Andrews, Sterling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
JR
Arthur Albany
1541 – 1541
Birth Location: Falkland, Fife, Scotland
AA
Mary Stuart
1542 – 1587
Birth Location: Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, Scotland
MS
Robert Shetland
1533 – 1593
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
RS
James Darnley
1531 – 1570
Birth Location: Midlothian, Scotland
JD
Jean (Campbell)
1529 – 1588
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
J(
James Tertius
1529 – 1536
Birth Location: –
JT
Adam Stewart
1535 – 1575
Birth Location: Scotland
AS
James Stewart
1529 – 1559
Birth Location: Holyrood Castle, Scotland
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John Darnley
1531 – 1563
Birth Location: Inverness, Scotland
JD
Margaret Stewart
1539 –
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
MS
Robert Stewart
1535 – 1581
Birth Location: Scotland
RS

James Scotland's Ancestors

Self
James Scotland
1512 – 1542
Birth Place: Linlithgow Castle, Scotland
Parents
James Stewart IV King of Scotland
1473 – 1513
Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Margaret (Tudor (Stewart) (Douglas)) (H.Stewart)
1489 – 1541
Westminster Palace, London, England
Grandparents
James (Stewart III King of) Scotland
1451 – 1488
Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Margarethe (Oldenburg (Stewart) Princess of Denmark, Queen Of) Scotland
1456 – 1486
Kbenhavn, Denmark
Henry (Tudor VII King of) England
1457 – 1509
Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Elizabeth (Tudor of York\Plantagenet, Queen of) England
1466 – 1503
Palace of Westminster, London, England
Great-Grandparents
James Scotland
1430 – 1460
Marie Scotland
1433 – 1463
Edward England
1442 – 1483
Elizabeth England
1437 – 1492
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Scotland
1394 – 1436
Joan Scots
– 1445

James Scotland's Descendants

1.
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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)
        1. 1. Charles (James, Prince of) Wales (13 May 1629 – 13 May 1629)
        2. 2. Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 Feb 1685)
        3. 3. Mary (Henrietta Stuart von) Nassau-Dillenburg (4 Nov 1631 – 24 Dec 1660) m. Willem (Hendrik) II (27 May 1626 – 6 Nov 1650)
        4. 4. Elizabeth Stuart (28 Dec 1635 – 8 Sep 1650)
        5. 5. Anne Stuart (17 Mar 1637 – 8 Dec 1640)
        6. 6. Catherine Stuart (29 Jun 1639 – 29 Jun 1639)
        7. 7. Henry Stuart (8 Jul 1640 – 18 Sep 1660)
      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)

James Scotland's Timeline

2 Records

1512
10 Apr 1512
Birth of James Stewart\Stuart V King of Scotland in Linlithgow Castle, Scotland
Linlithgow Castle, Scotland
1542
14 Dec 1542
Age 30
Death of James Stewart\Stuart V King of Scotland in Falkland, Fife, Scotland
Falkland, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 Apr 1512
    Event Place: Linlithgow Castle, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1520=1542

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Dec 1542
    Event Place: Falkland, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    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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