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James V Stewart 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: Falkland, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: James Schotland

Mother: Margaretha Schotland

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Bethune, Margaretha Erskine

Children(s): Lady Stuart, James Moray, Robert Orkney, Adam Stuart, Lady Stuart, Robert Stuart, Johanna Stuart, James Rothesay, Arthur Albany, Maria Schotland

In 1512, James V Stewart entered the world in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to James IV Stuart Koning van Schotland and Margaretha Tudor Koningin van Schotland. James V Stewart married Elizabeth Bethune, Margaretha Erskine, and had children including Lady Jean Stuart, James II Stuart Earl van Moray, Robert Lord Stuart van Zetland Earl van Orkney, Adam Stuart, Lady Jean Stuart, Robert Stuart, Johanna Stuart, James Stuart Hertog van Rothesay, Arthur Stuart Hertog van Albany, Maria I Stuart Koningin van Schotland. James V Stewart passed away in 1542 in Falkland, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1512, James V Stewart entered the world in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to James IV Stuart Koning van Schotland and Margaretha Tudor Koningin van Schotland.
  • James V Stewart married Elizabeth Bethune, Margaretha Erskine, and had children including Lady Jean Stuart, James II Stuart Earl van Moray, Robert Lord Stuart van Zetland Earl van Orkney, Adam Stuart, Lady Jean Stuart, Robert Stuart, Johanna Stuart, James Stuart Hertog van Rothesay, Arthur Stuart Hertog van Albany, Maria I Stuart Koningin van Schotland.
  • James V Stewart passed away in 1542 in Falkland, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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James Stewart's Ancestors

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James Stewart
1512 – 1542
Birth Place: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
James IV Stuart Koning van Schotland
1473 – 1513
Edinburgh
Margaretha (Tudor Koningin van) Schotland
1489 – 1541
Westminster Palace, Londen
Grandparents
Henry (VII Of) England
1457 – 1509
Pembroke, Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Elizabeth (Of) York
1466 – 1503
Westminster, Palace, Middlesex, England
Great-Grandparents
Edward IV
1442 – 1483
Elizabeth Woodville
1437 – 1492
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard York
1411 – 1460
Cecily York
1455 – 1495
Richard Woodville
1410 – 1469
Jacquetta Luxembourg
1415 – 1472

James Stewart's Descendants

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James (V) Stewart (10 April 1512 – 14 December 1542) m. Elizabeth Bethune ( – 11 June 1581) m. Margaretha Erskine (1515 – 5 May 1572)
  1. 1. Lady (Jean) Stuart (1536 – 7 Jan 1587) m. Archibald (2nd of Lochnell) Campbell (1530 – 4 Oct 1594)
    1. 1. Lady (Elspeth "Eleanor") Campbell (1555 – 1660) m. Donogh (Fitzjohn) Carroll\O'Carroll\O'Ceaberhaill (1 July 1540 – 1636)
      1. 1. Daniel Carroll (1570 – ) m. Lady (Margery (O'Brien) of Thond Lady O'Carroll of) Ely'ir (1568 – 1650)
        1. 1. Anthony Carroll (1600 – 1650)
  2. 2. James (II Stuart Earl van) Moray (1531 – 21 January 1569)
  3. 3. Robert (Lord Stuart van Zetland Earl van) Orkney (1533 – 4 February 1592)
  4. 4. Adam Stuart (1535 – 20 June 1575)
  5. 5. Robert Stuart (1537 – 1580)
  6. 6. Johanna Stuart (1538 – 7 January 1588)
  7. 7. James (Stuart Hertog van) Rothesay (22 May 1540 – April 1541)
  8. 8. Arthur (Stuart Hertog van) Albany (1 April 1541 – 29 April 1541)
  9. 9. Maria (I Stuart Koningin van) Schotland (8 December 1542 – 18 February 1587)

James Stewart's Timeline

2 Records

1512
10 April 1512
Birth of James V Stewart in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Linlithgow, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1542
14 December 1542
Age 30
Death of James V Stewart in Falkland, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 December 1542
    Event Place: Falkland, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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