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King James IV 'Iron Belt' Stewart 1472 – 1513 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Mar 1472

Birth Location: Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Death Date: 09 Sep 1513

Death Location: Branxton, Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland, England

Father: King Stewart

Mother: Queen Denmark

Spouse(s): Lady Stewart, Queen Tudor, Lady Hamilton, Lady Stewart, Lady Boyd, Lady Ker

Children(s): Lady Stewart, Lady Kennedy, Sir Watson, King Stewart, Janet Stewart, King Stewart, Lady Stewart, Sir Stewart, Lord Home

In 1472, King James IV 'Iron Belt' Stewart , King of Scotland, Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Baron of Renfrew, Earl of Carrick, 6th Duke of Rothesay, 6th Duke of Ro entered the world in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, born to King James III Stewart and Queen Margaret of Denmark. King James IV 'Iron Belt' Stewart , King of Scotland, Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Baron of Renfrew, Earl of Carrick, 6th Duke of Rothesay, 6th Duke of Ro married Lady Agnes 'Isabel' Stewart, Queen Margaret Tudor, Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, Lady Catherine Stewart, Lady Marion Boyd, Lady Nicholace Ker, and had children including Lady Janet Stewart, Lady Catherine Kennedy, Sir John James Watson, King James V Stewart, Janet Elizabeth Stewart, King James V Stewart, Lady Catherine Stewart, Sir Alexander Stewart, Lord Alexander Home. King James IV 'Iron Belt' Stewart , King of Scotland, Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Baron of Renfrew, Earl of Carrick, 6th Duke of Rothesay, 6th Duke of Ro passed away in 1513 in Branxton, Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland, England.

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Biography

  • In 1472, King James IV 'Iron Belt' Stewart , King of Scotland, Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Baron of Renfrew, Earl of Carrick, 6th Duke of Rothesay, 6th Duke of Ro entered the world in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, born to King James III Stewart and Queen Margaret of Denmark.
  • King James IV 'Iron Belt' Stewart , King of Scotland, Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Baron of Renfrew, Earl of Carrick, 6th Duke of Rothesay, 6th Duke of Ro married Lady Agnes 'Isabel' Stewart, Queen Margaret Tudor, Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, Lady Catherine Stewart, Lady Marion Boyd, Lady Nicholace Ker, and had children including Lady Janet Stewart, Lady Catherine Kennedy, Sir John James Watson, King James V Stewart, Janet Elizabeth Stewart, King James V Stewart, Lady Catherine Stewart, Sir Alexander Stewart, Lord Alexander Home.
  • King James IV 'Iron Belt' Stewart , King of Scotland, Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Baron of Renfrew, Earl of Carrick, 6th Duke of Rothesay, 6th Duke of Ro passed away in 1513 in Branxton, Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

King Stewart
1451 – 1488
Birth Location: St Andrews Castle, Scotland
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Queen Denmark
1456 – 1486
Birth Location: Copenhagen Castle, Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Denmark
QD

Spouses(s)

Lady Stewart
1480 – 1557
Birth Location: Traquair, Peeblesshire, Schotland
LS
Queen Tudor
1489 – 1541
Birth Location: Richmond Palace, London, England
QT
Lady Hamilton
1473 – 1531
Birth Location: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
LH
Lady Stewart
1489 – 1554
Birth Location: Westminster, Middlesex, England
LS
Lady Boyd
1476 – 1559
Birth Location: Bonshaw, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
LB
Lady Ker
1472 – 1557
Birth Location: Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland
LK

Children(s)

Lady Stewart
1502 – 1562
Birth Location: Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
LS
Lady Kennedy
1500 – 1545
Birth Location: Maybole, Ayrshire, Schotland
LK
Sir Watson
1500 – 1568
Birth Location: Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
SW
King Stewart
1512 – 1544
Birth Location: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
KS
Janet Stewart
1502 – 1523
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
JS
King Stewart
1512 – 1544
Birth Location: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
KS
Lady Stewart
1489 – 1554
Birth Location: Westminster, Middlesex, England
LS
Sir Stewart
1473 – 1513
Birth Location: Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
SS
Lord Home
– 1516
Birth Location: –
LH

King Stewart's Ancestors

Self
King Stewart
1472 – 1513
Birth Place: Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Parents
King James III Stewart
1451 – 1488
St Andrews Castle, Scotland
Queen (Margaret of) Denmark
1456 – 1486
Copenhagen Castle, Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Denmark
Grandparents
King (James II) Stewart
1430 – 1460
Holyrood Abbey, Scotland
Queen (Mary of) Guelders
1434 – 1463
Grave, Duchy of Brabant, Holy Roman Empire
King (Christian) I
1426 – 1481
Oldenburg, Stadtkreis Oldenburg, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
Queen (Dorothy von) Brandenburg
1430 – 1495
Brandenburg, Germany
Great-Grandparents
King Stewart
1394 – 1451
Queen Beaufort
1406 – 1445
2nd-Great-Grandparents
King Stewart
1337 – 1420
Queen Drummond
1350 – 1401
Lord Beaufort
1373 – 1410
Lady Holland
1385 – 1439

King Stewart's Descendants

1.
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King (James IV 'Iron Belt') Stewart (17 Mar 1472 – 09 Sep 1513) m. Lady (Agnes 'Isabel') Stewart (1480 – 20 February 1557) m. Queen (Margaret) Tudor (28 November 1489 – 18 October 1541) m. Lady (Elizabeth) Hamilton (Mar 1473 – 8 Apr 1531) m. Lady (Catherine) Stewart (28 November 1489 – 5 Jul 1554) m. Lady (Marion) Boyd (1476 – 31 Aug 1559) m. Lady (Nicholace) Ker (1472 – Feb 20, 1557)
  1. 1. Lady (Janet) Stewart (17 July 1502 – 20 February 1562) m. Lord (Malcolm Henry) Fleming (1500 – 10 Sep 1547)
    1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth) Fleming (December 1525 – 15 Mar 1586)
    2. 2. Lady (Margaret Methven "The Honorable") Fleming (1536 – 15 March 1586) m. Lord (John) Stewart (1533 – 24 Apr 1579) m. Robert Graham (13 Mar 1522 – 10 SEP 1547) m. Sir (Robert) Scott (1529 – 9 Sep 1585)
      1. 1. Lady (Jean 'Janet') Stewart (29 Dec 1557 – 15 Sep 1593) m. Sir (Knight Duncan 'Black Duncan') Campbell (7 Aug 1550 – 23 Jun 1631)
        1. 1. Sir (Patrick 'Para Dubh Beag' (Little Black Pat)) Campbell (December 1598 – 25 March 1678) m. Annabella (Margaret) Campbell (1601 – 2 June 1634)
      2. 2. Sir (John) Graham (1547 – 9 Nov 1608) m. Lady (Jean, Countess of Montrose,) Drummond (1549 – Mar 1598)
        1. 1. Lady (Lillias Katherine) Graham (1568 – 1607) m. Lord (John) Fleming (13 January 1567 – 16 Apr 1619)
      3. 3. Elizabeth (fitz Roger) Scott (1587 – abt 1827) m. Rev (Richard Peter) Smith (1555 – 1630)
        1. 1. Sir (Richard) Smithe (1590 – abt 1656) m. Rebecca Bushwell (1593 – 16 Oct 1667)
    3. 3. Lord (Sir Knight John Fleming , KNIGHT of BIGGAR, LORD of MONTROSE, 5th LORD of FLEMING, 3rd EARL of WIGTON, GOVENOR of DUNBARTON, 4th LORD) CHAMBERLAI (1540 – 6 Sep 1572) m. Elizabeth (Stewart) Ross (1541 – 14 April 1578)
      1. 1. Lord (John) Fleming (13 January 1567 – 16 Apr 1619) m. Lady (Lillias Katherine) Graham (1568 – 1607)
        1. 1. John Fleming (9 Dec 1589 – 7 May 1650) m. Lady (Margaret) Livingston (1587 – 1634)
  2. 2. Lady (Catherine) Kennedy (1500 – 1545) m. Lord (William) Herries (14 Jan 1501 – 26 Sep 1543)
    1. 1. Lady (Agnes) Herries (1530 – 14 Mar 1594) m. Lord (John) Maxwell (1555 – 10 October 1604)
      1. 1. Countess (Margaret Fergusson) Maxwell (1548 – 8 January 1617) m. Mark Kerr (20 February 1558 – 8 April 1609)
        1. 1. Lady (Jean Johanna) Kerr (1577 – 17 Aug 1632) m. Lord (Thomas) Hamilton (January 1563 – 29 May 1637)
      2. 2. Edward Maxwell (abt 1561 – 29 Sep 1598) m. Alice (Margaret) Baillie (ABT 1560 – ABT 1607) m. Margret Blacklock (1570/1560/ – 1592/1607)
        1. 1. William (B) Baillie (1550 – abt 1606) m. Catherine Munro (1561 – Aft 1585)
    2. 2. Lady (Catharina Elizabeth) Herries (1536 – 8 Feb 1593) m. Laird (Sir Alexander Dubh) Stewart (1527 – 4 Sep 1571)
      1. 1. Lord (Alexander) Stewart (1551 – 6 Oct 1596) m. Christine Douglas (1550 – Feb 1637)
        1. 1. William (John) Stuart (1580 – 1630) m. Alice (Maud) Matthews (1583 – abt 1630)
        2. 2. Rev. (Andrew Alexander) Stewart (1580 – 25 Oct 1635) m. Lady (Gisela de) Grizel (1585 – 1649)
  3. 3. Sir (John James) Watson (1500 – 31 Aug 1568) m. Lady (Joane Margaret Sothern,) (Sotheran) (1502 – Abt. 1565)
    1. 1. Maria (Isabel) Watson (ABT 1525 – 1643) m. Richard Barrett (1541 – Apr 1590)
      1. 1. Elizabeth Barrett (2 Feb 1570 – abt 1638) m. Hugh Maltby (15 Sep 1557 – abt 1633)
        1. 1. Isabella Maltby (1586 – 12 Feb 1661) m. Richard (James) Jackson (28 Oct 1582 – 22 Jun 1672)
  4. 4. King (James V) Stewart (10 April 1512 – 14 March 1544) m. Lady (Elizabeth Isabel Marion) Campbell (1502 – 1550) m. Lady (Margaret) Erskine (8 Oct 1515 – 5 May 1572) m. Marie\Mary (of) Guise (22 Nov 1515 – 10 Jun 1560) m. Madeleine (van Valois-Angoulême Prinses van) Frankrijk (18 Aug 1520 – 2 Jul 1537) m. Euphemia (Elphinstone) Bruce (11 May 1509 – 1547) m. Lady (Margaret Margaretha) Tudor (13 August 1513 – 5 May 1572)
    1. 1. Lord (Sir John) Stewart (1526 – 5 Aug 1574) m. Margaret Wallace (20 May 1839 – 1586)
      1. 1. Sir (Lord Walter) Stewart (1555 – 12 Jun 1618) m. Lady (Nicola) Somerville (1552 – 30 Aug 1614)
        1. 1. Alma (May Lee) Stewart (1581 – 1681) m. John (William) Birdwell (1579 – 1679)
    2. 2. King (Regent James) Stewart (22 May 1531 – April 1541) m. Lady (Agnes Anna) Keith (14 Jul 1530 – 16 Jul 1588)
    3. 3. Lady (Jean) Stewart (1547 – 7 Jan 1586) m. Francis (de) Laugharne (1539 – 18 May 1583)
      1. 1. Maj (Gen Rowland) Laugharne (1564 – 5 May 1587) m. Letitia Perrott (1560 – 27 Nov 1620)
        1. 1. Dorothy Laugharne (1573/83 – 24 Feb 1653) m. Sir (John) Owen (1570 – 8 Oct 1612)
  5. 5. Janet (Elizabeth) Stewart (17 July 1502 – 12 December 1523) m. Lord (Ninian) Ross (1491 – 2 Feb 1556)
    1. 1. Lord (Robert) Ross (1511 – 13 Jan 1549) m. Lady (Agnes Margaret Erskine) Moncrieff (1511 – 1543)
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Stewart) Ross (1541 – 14 April 1578) m. Lord (Sir Knight John Fleming , KNIGHT of BIGGAR, LORD of MONTROSE, 5th LORD of FLEMING, 3rd EARL of WIGTON, GOVENOR of DUNBARTON, 4th LORD) CHAMBERLAI (1540 – 6 Sep 1572)
        1. 1. Lady (Jane (Janet)) Fleming (30 September 1570 – 26 July 1598) m. Sir (William Bruce, Laird of) Airth (1565 – 26 Jul 1598)
  6. 6. Lady (Catherine) Stewart (28 November 1489 – 5 Jul 1554) m. Lord (Archibald) Douglas (29 Nov 1489 – 22 January 1557) m. King (James IV 'Iron Belt') Stewart (17 Mar 1472 – 09 Sep 1513) m. Lord (James) Douglas (Jan 1487 – December 1548) m. Lord (Henry) Stewart (1500 – 1552)
    1. 1. Lady (Margaret) Douglas (1523 – 24 May 1579) m. Lord (James) Hamilton (1517 – 22 Jan 1575)
      1. 1. Lord (Claud) Hamilton (1546 – 15 Jan 1622) m. Lady (Margaret Montgomerie) Seton (1555 – March 1616)
        1. 1. Lady (Margaret Anne) Hamilton (21 September 1577 – 23 December 1577) m. Lewis (Rodolphi) Bayly (1565 – 26 Oct 1631)
    2. 2. Lady (Margaret Douglas, Baroness of Hamilton, 2nd Countess of Arran, Duchess of Hamilton & 1st Duchess of) Chatel (1 Jan 1511 – 24 May 1579 - 1580)
  7. 7. Sir (Alexander) Stewart (17 March 1473 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Lady (Elizabeth) Rattray (Abt. 1489 – 1573)
  8. 8. Lord (Alexander) Home ( – 1516) m. Lady (Agnes 'Isabel') Stewart (1480 – 20 February 1557)

King Stewart's Timeline

13 Records

1452
5 May 1452
Birth of King James IV 'Iron Belt' Stewart , King of Scotland, Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Baron of Renfrew, Earl of Carrick, 6th Duke of Rothesay, 6th Duke of Ro in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1472
17 Mar 1472
Birth of King James IV 'Iron Belt' Stewart , King of Scotland, Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Baron of Renfrew, Earl of Carrick, 6th Duke of Rothesay, 6th Duke of Ro in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1472
17 Mar 1472
Birth of King James IV 'Iron Belt' Stewart , King of Scotland, Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Baron of Renfrew, Earl of Carrick, 6th Duke of Rothesay, 6th Duke of Ro in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1473
17 Mar 1473
Age 1
Birth of King James IV 'Iron Belt' Stewart , King of Scotland, Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Baron of Renfrew, Earl of Carrick, 6th Duke of Rothesay, 6th Duke of Ro in Stirling Castle, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Stirling Castle, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
1473
17 March 1473
Age 1
Birth of King James IV 'Iron Belt' Stewart , King of Scotland, Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Baron of Renfrew, Earl of Carrick, 6th Duke of Rothesay, 6th Duke of Ro in Stirling Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Stirling Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1473
1473
Age 1
Birth of King James IV 'Iron Belt' Stewart , King of Scotland, Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Baron of Renfrew, Earl of Carrick, 6th Duke of Rothesay, 6th Duke of Ro in Biggar Castle, Cumbernauld, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Biggar Castle, Cumbernauld, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1473
17 March 1473
Age 1
Birth of King James IV 'Iron Belt' Stewart , King of Scotland, Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Baron of Renfrew, Earl of Carrick, 6th Duke of Rothesay, 6th Duke of Ro in Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
1513
9 Sep 1513
Age 41
Death of King James IV 'Iron Belt' Stewart , King of Scotland, Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Baron of Renfrew, Earl of Carrick, 6th Duke of Rothesay, 6th Duke of Ro in Branxton, Northumberland, England - Killed Battle of Flodden Field, Kirknewton, Northumberland, England
Branxton, Northumberland, England - Killed Battle of Flodden Field, Kirknewton, Northumberland, England
1513
9 Sep 1513
Age 41
Death of King James IV 'Iron Belt' Stewart , King of Scotland, Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Baron of Renfrew, Earl of Carrick, 6th Duke of Rothesay, 6th Duke of Ro in Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England
Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England
1513
9 Sep 1513
Age 41
Death of King James IV 'Iron Belt' Stewart , King of Scotland, Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Baron of Renfrew, Earl of Carrick, 6th Duke of Rothesay, 6th Duke of Ro in Battle Of flodden, Branxton, Northumberland, England
Battle Of flodden, Branxton, Northumberland, England
1513
9 September 1513
Age 41
Death of King James IV 'Iron Belt' Stewart , King of Scotland, Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Baron of Renfrew, Earl of Carrick, 6th Duke of Rothesay, 6th Duke of Ro in Battle of Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England
Battle of Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England
1513
09 Sep 1513
Age 41
Death of King James IV 'Iron Belt' Stewart , King of Scotland, Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Baron of Renfrew, Earl of Carrick, 6th Duke of Rothesay, 6th Duke of Ro in Branxton, Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland, England
Branxton, Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland, England
1524
1 Nov 1524
Age 52
Death of King James IV 'Iron Belt' Stewart , King of Scotland, Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Baron of Renfrew, Earl of Carrick, 6th Duke of Rothesay, 6th Duke of Ro in Castle Cumbernauld, Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Castle Cumbernauld, Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Mar 1473
    Event Place: Stirling Castle, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 March 1473
    Event Place: Stirling Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1473
    Event Place: Biggar Castle, Cumbernauld, Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 May 1452
    Event Place: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 March 1473
    Event Place: Stirling, Stirling, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Mar 1472
    Event Place: Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Mar 1472
    Event Place: Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Sep 1513
    Event Place: Branxton, Northumberland, England - Killed Battle of Flodden Field, Kirknewton, Northumberland, England

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Sep 1513
    Event Place: Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Nov 1524
    Event Place: Castle Cumbernauld, Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Sep 1513
    Event Place: Battle Of flodden, Branxton, Northumberland, England

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 September 1513
    Event Place: Battle of Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 09 Sep 1513
    Event Place: Branxton, Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland, England
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