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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.
Through the union of James IV of Scotland (1473-1513) and Margaret Tudor (1489-1541), the daughter of English King Henry VII, their descendant James VI of Scotland was able to claim the English throne a century later, on the death of Queen Elizabeth I.
On 8 August 1503 Princess Margaret Tudor of England married King James IV of Scotland in Holyrood Abbey, becoming Queen of Scots and providing the Scottish throne with an heir, King James V.
Apr 26, 2007 · The real Margaret Tudor was married to James IV of Scotland (and had two marriages after that) and was the mother of James V of Scotland, who in turn was the father of Mary Queen of Scots.
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. But there's more to her story.
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.
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Nov 20, 2017 · Margaret’s husband James IV was killed in this battle between the Scots and the English. Margaret’s son, James became King James V and James IV’s will nominated her regent so long as she did not remarry.
