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James V (10 April 1512 – 14 December 1542) was King of Scotland from 9 September 1513 until his death in 1542. He was crowned on 21 September 1513 at the age of seventeen months. James was the son of King James IV and Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England.
James IV (born March 17, 1473—died Sept. 9, 1513, near Branxton, Northumberland, Eng.) was the king of Scotland from 1488 to 1513. An energetic and popular ruler, he unified Scotland under royal control, strengthened royal finances, and improved Scotland’s position in European politics.
Jan 21, 2021 · James V of Scotland ruled as king from 1513 to 1542. He succeeded his father James IV of Scotland (r. 1488-1513), one of the country's most popular Stuart kings, but as he was still a child, the early part of his reign was tempestuous with his mother and nobles battling for control of the regency.
James' personal rule began by savagely pursuing his opponents and he hounded the Earl of Angus out of Scotland. James combined suspicion of nobles with a popular touch, travelling anonymously among Scottish people as the 'Gudeman o'Ballengeich'.
James V, King of Scots 1513 – 1542. After the death of James IV at the disastrous Battle of Flodden in 1513 Scotland once again had an infant Stewart king on the throne. And once again the...
James V lived from 10 April 1512 to 14 December 1542 and was King of Scotland from 9 September 1513 until 14 December 1542. He was born at Linlithgow Palace and became an infant King when his father James IV was killed at the Battle of Flodden on 9 September 1513.
James V became King aged just seventeen months when his father, James IV, was killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. Initially, his mother, Margaret of England was his ‘tutrix’ and Governor of the kingdom, but she forfeited this position (most unwillingly) when she remarried.
Dec 12, 2013 · The Story of James V, King of Scotland. By Susan Abernethy. King James IV seemed to have recklessly led the flower of Scottish nobility into a deadly battle against the English at Flodden Field on September 9, 1513. He was to die in battle leaving his only legitimate surviving son and heir, James, as king when he was only seventeen months old.
Nov 28, 2022 · A dynasty offers the state security of succession. Scotland’s was a success, England’s a failure. James V, who reigned from 1513-42, came to the throne as an infant, after the death of his father, James IV, at the Battle of Flodden.
JAMES V, KING OF SCOTLAND. Son of Margaret Tudor and James IV. Became King of Scotland at less than a year old. Married Marie de Guise and fathered Mary (who became Queen of Scotland at six days old). Died after the Battle of Solway Moss.
