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James V King of Scots 1512–1542 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 April 1512

Birth Location: Castle Linlithgow, Linlithgow, Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 14 December 1542

Death Location: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland

Father: James Scots

Mother: Margaret Tudor*

Spouse(s): Lady Erskine*, Marie Lorraine, Madeleine Valois

Children(s): James Stewart, Mary Scots

In 1512, James V King of Scots entered the world in Castle Linlithgow, Linlithgow, Lothian, Scotland, born to James Iv King Of Scots And Margaret Tudor. James V King of Scots married Lady Margaret Erskine, Madeleine Of Valois, Marie De Guise De Lorraine, and had children including James Stewart, Mary Stuart Queen Of Scots. James V King of Scots passed away in 1542 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1512, James V King of Scots entered the world in Castle Linlithgow, Linlithgow, Lothian, Scotland, born to James Iv King Of Scots And Margaret Tudor.
  • James V King of Scots married Lady Margaret Erskine, Madeleine Of Valois, Marie De Guise De Lorraine, and had children including James Stewart, Mary Stuart Queen Of Scots.
  • James V King of Scots passed away in 1542 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

James Scots's Ancestors

Self
James Scots
1512–1542
Birth Place: Castle Linlithgow, Linlithgow, Lothian, Scotland
Parents
James IV King of Scots
1473–1513
Perth,Scotland
Margaret Tudor*
1489–1541
London,England
Grandparents
James (III King of) Scotland
1451–1488
Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret (of) Denmark*
1456–1486
København, Kobenhavn, Denmark
Hendrik (VII Tudor Koning van Engeland Earl van) Richmond
1457–1509
Pembroke Castle (Gb)
Elisabeth (Plantagenet Koningin van) Engeland
1466–1503
Westminster Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England
Great-Grandparents
James Scotland
1430–1460
Mary Scotland
1430–1463
Christian Oldenburg
1426–1481
Dorothea VonBrandenburg
1430–1495
Edmund Tudor
1430–1456
Margaret Beaufort
1443–1457
King *
1442–1483
Elizabeth Woodville*
1437–1492
2nd-Great-Grandparents
King Stewart*
1394–1437
Joan Beaufort*
1404–1440
Arnold VonGeldern
1410–1473
Katherine VonKleve
1417–1479
Count Oldenburg
1398–1440
Helvig Holstein
–1436
Owen Tudor
1385–1461
Catherine Valois
1401–1437
John Somerset
1404–1444
Margaret Beauchamp*
1410–1482
Richard, *
1411–1460
Cecily York*
1415–1495
Richard Rivers
1408–1469
Jacquetta Woodville
1415–1472

James Scots's Descendants

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James (V King of) Scots (10 April 1512–14 December 1542) m. Lady (Margaret) Erskine* (1515–5 May 1572) m. Marie (de Guise de) Lorraine (22 November 1515–10 June 1560) m. Madeleine (of) Valois (1537–)
  1. 1. James Stewart 1531–1570 m. Anne Campbell 1530–1588
    1. 1. Elisabeth (Stewart* 2nd Countess of) Moray 1565–1591 m. James (Stewart 2nd Earl of) Moray 1565–1592
      1. 1. Mary Stewart* 1587–1630 m. ALEXANDER (Cunningham* IV Laird of) Corsehill 1584–1640
        1. 1. Elizabeth Cunningham* 1608–1675 m. Robert Boyd* 1606–1684
      2. 2. Lady (Margaret) Stuart 1591–1639
      3. 3. James (Stuart Earl van) Moray 1585–1638
  2. 2. Mary (Stuart Queen of) Scots 1542–1587 m. Henry (Lord) Darnley 1545–1567
    1. 1. James (VI of Scotland (James I of England)) Stuart 1566–1625 m. Anne (Oldenburg of) Denmark 1574–1619
      1. 1. Charles (Stuart) I 1600–1649 m. Henrietta Maria 1609–1669 m. Princess (Henrietta Marie de) Bourbon 1609–1669 m. Henrietta (Maria of France de) BOURBON 1609–1669
        1. 1. Charles II 1630–1689 m. Henrietta Maria 1609–1669 m. Catherine (Braganza, Princess of Portugal, daughter of King John IV, Queen Consort married King Charles II of) England 1638–1705 m. Barbara Villiers 1640–1709 m. Catherine (de Braganca, "Lady Pegge" Thomas, mistress of King Charles II of) England 1635–1678 m. Frances ("La Belle" Stuart, Mistress of King Charles II of England, Figure of Britannia is on British) Coins 1623–1681 m. Hortense (Mancini, Mistress of King Charles II of England, Duchess of) Mazarin 1646–1699 m. Lucy (de Walter, daughter of Sir William, married Barlow, mistress of King Charles) II 1630–1658 m. Margaret (De) Carteret 1630–1684 m. Mary ("Moll" Davies\Davies, mistress of King Charles II of) England 1657–1676 m. Eleanor ("Nell" Gwynne, daughter of Captain Thomas, mistress of King Charles II of) England 1650–1687 m. Louise (Renee De Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth, Mistress of King Charles II of) England 1649–1734
        2. 2. James (II) Stuart 1633–1701
        3. 3. Henry (Stuart Glouchester) England 1640–1660
        4. 4. Anne Stuart 1636–1640
        5. 5. Anne Stewart 1635–1650
        6. 6. Joanna (Taylor) Brydges 1619–1679
        7. 7. Princess (Catherine Stuart, Princess of Larcombe, Princess of) England 1639–1665
        8. 8. Catherine (Stewart, Princess of) England 1625–1665
        9. 9. William (Stewart II, Prince of) Orange-Nassau 1626–1650
        10. 10. Princess (Elizabeth) Stuart 1635–1650
        11. 11. Mary Stuart 1631–1660
        12. 12. Duke (Charles James of Cornwall &) Rothesay 1629–1629
        13. 13. Henrietta Stuart 1644–1670
        14. 14. Henrietta Maria 1609–1669
        15. 15. James (Earl of Moray) Stewart 1608–1653
        16. 16. King (Charles II) Stuart 1630–1685
        17. 17. Anne Stuart 1637–1640
        18. 18. Henry Stuart 1640–1660
        19. 19. Elizabeth Stuart 1635–1650
        20. 20. Catherine Stuart 1639–1639
      2. 2. Princess Sophia 1606–1606
      3. 3. Princess Mary 1605–1607
      4. 4. Robert (Kintyre) Stuart 1602–1602
      5. 5. Margaret Stuart 1598–1599
      6. 6. Elizabeth Stuart 1596–1662 m. Frederick (V of Palatinate Von Der Pfalz House of) Hannover 1596–1632
        1. 1. Charles Louis 1617–1680
        2. 2. Edward 1625–1663
        3. 3. Sophie (of) Hanover 1630–1714 m. Ernst (August I. von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1629–1698
        4. 4. Rupert (von de) Pfalz 1619–1682 m. Margaret Hughes* 1630–1719
      7. 7. Henry (Frederick Wales) Stuart 1594–1612
      8. 8. Child Stuart 1595–1595
      9. 9. Son Stuart 1601–1602
      10. 10. Mary Stuart 1605–1607
      11. 11. Robert (Great) Britainengland 1601–

James Scots's Timeline

2 Records

1512
10 April 1512
Birth of James V King of Scots in Castle Linlithgow, Linlithgow, Lothian, Scotland
Castle Linlithgow, Linlithgow, Lothian, Scotland
1542
14 December 1542
Age 30
Death of James V King of Scots in Falkland, Fife, Scotland
Falkland, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 April 1512
    Event Place: Castle Linlithgow, Linlithgow, Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [4] North America, Family Histories
    [5] Moray, Scotland, Local Heritage Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 December 1542
    Event Place: Falkland, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [4] North America, Family Histories
    [5] Moray, Scotland, Local Heritage Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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