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King of Scotland James IV 1478–1521 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1478

Birth Location: Balveny, Fifeshire, , Scotland

Death Date: 9 Sep 1521

Death Location: Richmond, Greater London, England

Father: Alexander STEWART

Mother: Lady St.Clair

Spouse(s): Lady Atholl), Agnes Stewart, Cecily Plantagenet

Children(s): Lady Atholl, Lady Stewart

The story of King of Scotland James IV began in 1478 in Balveny, Fifeshire, , Scotland. King of Scotland James IV married Agnes Stewart, Cecily Plantagenet, Lady Janet Campbell Countess Atholl, and had children including Lady Elizabeth Isobel Stewart Of Atholl, Lady Janet Dowager Countess Sutherland Stewart. King of Scotland James IV passed away in 1521 in Richmond, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • The story of King of Scotland James IV began in 1478 in Balveny, Fifeshire, , Scotland.
  • King of Scotland James IV married Agnes Stewart, Cecily Plantagenet, Lady Janet Campbell Countess Atholl, and had children including Lady Elizabeth Isobel Stewart Of Atholl, Lady Janet Dowager Countess Sutherland Stewart.
  • King of Scotland James IV passed away in 1521 in Richmond, Greater London, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

King IV's Ancestors

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King IV
1478–1521
Birth Place: Balveny, Fifeshire, , Scotland
Parents
Alexander [Pm] 1st Duke of Albany Lord High Admiral Earl of March STEWART
1454–1485
Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Lady (Catherine Sinclair) St.Clair
1442–1486
Dunbeath Castle, Caithness,(Orkney, Orkney Islands ?), Scotland
Grandparents
Richard (III) Plantagenet
1411–1460
Conisbrough, Yorkshire, England
Cecily Neville
1415–1495
Staindrop, County Durham, England
William SINCLAIR
1433–1487
Dunbeath,Caithness
Lady (Christian Leslie (Lady of Caithness) (Daughter of 1st Earl of) Rothes)
1432–1501
Caithness, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Edward Norwich
1373–1415
Philippa Mohun
1360–1431
Ralph Westmorland
1364–1425
Joan DeBeaufort
1375–1440
William Sinclair
1414–1480
Elizabeth Douglas
1401–1451
George Rothes)
1416–1490
Lady Rothes)
1416–1508
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edward Wales
1463–1483
Edmund Plantagenet
1341–1402
John Mohun
–1330
Sir Plantagenet
1340–1399
Mathilde Percy
1335–1378
John Lancaster
1340–1398
Catherine Swynford
1350–1403
Henry Sinclair
1375–1422
Egidia Douglas
1391–1438
Archibald Douglas
1370–1424
Princess Stewart**
1367–1450
Sir Rothes)
1380–1440
LADY SETON
1395–1455
SIR Dirleton
1363–1447
Mary Douglas
1377–1421

King IV's Descendants

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King (of Scotland James) IV (1478–9 Sep 1521) m. Lady (Janet Campbell (Countess) Atholl) (1468–2 Feb 1546) m. Agnes Stewart (1480–20 Feb 1557) m. Cecily Plantagenet (20 March 1469–24 August 1507)
  1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Isobel Stewart, of) Atholl 1513–1567 m. Sir (Kenneth "Coinneach na Ciurc" (of "The Whittle"), 10th Baron of Kintail) MacKenzie 1513–1568 m. Mungo Mure 1500–1547 m. James (Earl of Moray) Stewart 1499–1544 m. James Hering 1502– m. William Sutherland 1509–1543 m. James (Stewart Illegitimet son of James) IV 1500–1570
    1. 1. Catherine McKenzie 1559–1592 m. Sir (James 4th Lord Ross of) Halkhead 1555–1581
      1. 1. Sir (Peter) Ross 1575–1659 m. Lady (Margaret Patterson) Jack 1574–1659
        1. 1. Alexander Ross 1608–1694 m. Isabella MacLeod 1614–1647
  2. 2. Lady (Janet Dowager Countess Sutherland) Stewart 1505–1566

King IV's Timeline

2 Records

1478
1478
Birth of King of Scotland James IV in Balveny, Fifeshire, , Scotland
Balveny, Fifeshire, , Scotland
1521
9 Sep 1521
Age 43
Death of King of Scotland James IV in Flodden Field, Northumberland, England
Flodden Field, Northumberland, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1478
    Event Place: Balveny, Fifeshire, , Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothian: - Protocol Book of James Young, 1501-1504

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Sep 1521
    Event Place: Flodden Field, Northumberland, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Richmond, Greater London, England
    Record Source: International, Find a Grave Index

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