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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.
Mar 14, 2024 · In 1503, 13-year-old Margaret was sent to Scotland to marry James IV, who was then 17 years older. Although young, as a new queen Margaret would, in a few years, be expected to produce an heir at an age appropriate for childbearing. During her marriage to James IV, Margaret bore six children.
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.
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.
Aug 6, 2020 · On this day in Tudor history, 6th August 1514, Margaret Tudor, sister of Henry VIII and Regent of Scotland, married for a second time. The widow of King James IV of Scotland married Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, the most important Scottish magnate, in a secret ceremony at Kinnoull in Perthshire.
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. The couple had been married by proxy on 15th January 1503 with Patrick Hepburn, the Earl of Bothwell and Lord High Admiral of Scotland, standing in for James.
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Jan 9, 2017 · On 24 January 1502 Scotland and England concluded the Treaty of Perpetual Peace, which included the marriage between Margaret and James IV of Scotland. They married by proxy on 25 January 1503 at Richmond Palace. She was provided with a large wardrobe and finally left for Scotland on 27 June 1503.
