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James V King Of Scotland 1512 – 1542 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1512-04-10

Birth Location: Linlithgow,West-Lothian,,Scotland

Death Date: 1542-12-14

Death Location: Falkland,Fifeshire,,Scotland

Father: James Scotland

Mother: Margaret Tudor

Spouse(s): Margaret Erskine

Children(s): James Stewart

In 1512, James V King Of Scotland entered the world in Linlithgow,West-Lothian,,Scotland, born to James King Scotland and Margaret Tudor. James V King Of Scotland married Margaret Erskine, and had children including James Stewart. James V King Of Scotland passed away in 1542 in Falkland,Fifeshire,,Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1512, James V King Of Scotland entered the world in Linlithgow,West-Lothian,,Scotland, born to James King Scotland and Margaret Tudor.
  • James V King Of Scotland married Margaret Erskine, and had children including James Stewart.
  • James V King Of Scotland passed away in 1542 in Falkland,Fifeshire,,Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Scotland
1473 – 1513
Birth Location: ,Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland
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Margaret Tudor
1489 – 1541
Birth Location: Westminster,,Middlesex,England
MT

Spouses(s)

Margaret Erskine
1513 – 1572
Birth Location: Edinburgh,Mid,Lothian,Scotland
ME

Children(s)

James Stewart
1531 – 1569
Birth Location: Edinburgh,Mid,Lothian,Scotland
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James Scotland's Ancestors

Self
James Scotland
1512 – 1542
Birth Place: Linlithgow,West-Lothian,,Scotland
Parents
James King Scotland
1473 – 1513
,Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland
Margaret Tudor
1489 – 1541
Westminster,,Middlesex,England
Grandparents
James Stewart
1451 – 1488
Stirling,,Stirlingshire,Scotland
Margaret (Of) Denmark
1456 – 1486
København,København,,Denmark
Henry Tudor
1457 – 1509
Castle,Pembroke,Pembrokeshire,Wales
Elizabeth Plantagenet
1465 – 1503
Westminster Palace,Westminster,Middlesex,England
Great-Grandparents
James Stewart
1430 – 1460
Marie Guelders
1432 – 1463
Christian Oldenburg
1426 – 1481
Dorothea Brandenburg
1430 – 1495
Edmund Tudor
1430 – 1456
Margaret Beaufort
1443 – 1509
Edward Plantagenet
1442 – 1483
Elizabeth Wydeville
1437 – 1492
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Stewart
1394 – 1437
Joan Beaufort
1406 – 1445
Arnold Geldern
1409 – 1473
Katherine Kleve
1417 – 1479
Dietrich Oldenburg
1380 – 1440
Hedwig Holstein
1395 – 1436
John Hohenzollern
1406 – 1464
Barbara Wittenberg
1405 – 1465
Owen Tudor
1397 – 1461
Catherine Valois
1401 – 1437
John Beaufort
1404 – 1444
Margaret Beauchamp
1410 – 1482
Richard Plantagenet
1411 – 1460
Cecily Neville
1415 – 1495
Richard Wydeville
1412 – 1469
Jacquette Luxembourg
1416 – 1472

James Scotland's Descendants

1.
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James (V King Of) Scotland (1512-04-10 – 1542-12-14) m. Margaret Erskine (1513 – 1572-05-05)
  1. 1. James Stewart (1531 – 1569-01-21) m. Agnes (Anna) Keith (1530-07-14 – 1588-07-16)
    1. 1. Margaret Stewart (1569-04-18 – 1586-08-03)
      1. 1. Georg Willheit (1580 – 19 Aug 1623) m. Anna Bickel (1587 – 10 Jul 1635)
        1. 1. Johann (Georg) Willheit (1610-04-25 – 1685-11-13) m. Barbara Lutz (1615-12-04 – 1674-07-31)

James Scotland's Timeline

2 Records

1512
1512-04-10
Birth of James V King Of Scotland in Linlithgow,West-Lothian,,Scotland
Linlithgow,West-Lothian,,Scotland
1542
1542-12-14
Age 30
Death of James V King Of Scotland in Falkland,Fifeshire,,Scotland
Falkland,Fifeshire,,Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1512-04-10
    Event Place: Linlithgow,West-Lothian,,Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1542-12-14
    Event Place: Falkland,Fifeshire,,Scotland
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