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- Margaret and James IV were married at Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh on 8th August 1503 by the Archbishops of Glasgow and of York. Margaret was crowned following the nuptial mass, King James holding her around the waist for much of the ceremony and handing her the sceptre.
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Margaret and James IV were married at Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh on 8th August 1503 by the Archbishops of Glasgow and of York. Margaret was crowned following the nuptial mass, King James holding her around the waist for much of the ceremony and handing her the sceptre.
Feb 12, 2020 · Margaret Tudor was the daughter of King Henry VII and older sister of King Henry VIII. She was promised in marriage to James IV of Scotland, part of the Treaty of Perpetual Peace between England and Scotland in 1502.
The Marriage Procession of James IV and Margaret Tudor Edinburgh A.D. 1503. Creative Commons CC by NC. About this artwork. This is the final panel in the suite of historical scenes on the walls of the Great Hall in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
Margaret was not yet 14 when she was sent to Scotland to marry James IV, the Scottish king 16 years her senior, not unlike her paternal grandmother and the woman she was named after, Margaret Beaufort, whose own marriage to Edmund Tudor occurred when she was only 12 years old.
Aug 8, 2023 · On this day in Tudor history, 8th August 1503, King Henry VII's eldest daughter, Princess Margaret Tudor, married King James IV of Scotland at Holyrood Abbey. Margaret was just thirteen years old and James was thirty, and their marriage had been arranged by the 1502 Treaty of Perpetual Peace between England and Scotland.
Jul 25, 2014 · July 25, 2014 Renaissance, Treasures. University of Aberdeen experts have confirmed that an oak chest acquired by a collector was made for the 1503 wedding of King James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England. When antique furniture collector Aidan Harrison researched the carvings on the chest he’d acquired a ...
As elder sister to Henry VIII, Margaret's marriage to James IV meant that her Scottish descendants were in close line of succession to the English throne. Her marriage at the age of thirteen sealed a treaty of ‘perpetual peace’, and James began to build a splendid new palace of Holyroodhouse in preparation.
