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James II (16 October 1430 – 3 August 1460) was King of Scots from 1437 until his death in 1460. The eldest surviving son of James I of Scotland, he succeeded to the Scottish throne at the age of six, following the assassination of his father. The first Scottish monarch not to be crowned at Scone, James II's coronation took place at Holyrood ...
Jan 9, 2023 · James II (Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, 16 October 1430 – 3 August 1460) reigned as King of Scots from 1437 to 1460. He was the son of James I, King of Scots and of Joan Beaufort (daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and of Margaret Holland). He had an elder twin, Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, who lived long enough to receive ...
Jul 30, 2023 · James II (Stewart) King of Scots is a member of Clan Stewart. James Stewart was born on the 16th of October 1430 at Holyrood, near Edinburgh, the second but oldest surviving son and heir of James I of Scotland and Joan Beaufort, eldest daughter of John Beaufort, 1st earl of Somerset, and Margaret de Holand.
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son James II. James I (born 1394—died February 20/21, 1437, Perth, Perth, Scotland) was the king of Scots from 1406 to 1437. During the 13 years (1424–37) in which he had control of the government, he established the first strong monarchy the Scots had known in nearly a century. James was the son and heir of King Robert III (reigned 1390 ...
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On 21 February 1437, James I was assassinated and the six-year-old Duke of Rothesay immediately succeeded him as James II. His mother became joint regent but was arrested after marrying James Stewart, who was Lord of Lorne and a noble of lesser rank. From 1437 to 1439 the King´s first cousin Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas, headed the ...
May 9, 2024 · James II (born October 14, 1633, London, England—died September 5/6 [September 16/17, New Style], 1701, Saint-Germain, France) was the king of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1685 to 1688, and the last Stuart monarch in the direct male line. He was deposed in the Glorious Revolution (1688–89) and replaced by William III and Mary II.
James VII and II (14 October 1633 O.S. – 16 September 1701) [a] was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII [4] from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He was the last Catholic monarch of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
