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Margaret Tudor (28 November 1489 – 18 October 1541) was Queen of Scotland from 1503 until 1513 by marriage to King James IV. She then served as regent of Scotland during her son's minority, and fought to extend her regency.
Aug 8, 2003 · Richard Cavendish describes James IV of Scots and Margaret Tudor's wedding on August 8th, 1503. Detail of a portrait of Queen Margaret by Daniel Mytens. Dashing, accomplished, highly intelligent and interested in everything, James IV of Scots enjoyed himself with mistresses while manoeuvring to secure a politically useful bride.
Mar 25, 2024 · Margaret Tudor (born November 29, 1489, London—died October 18, 1541, Methven, Perth, Scotland) was the wife of King James IV of Scotland, mother of James V, and elder daughter of King Henry VII of England.
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James IV's marriage to Margaret meant that only the future Henry VIII stood between the Scottish king and the English succession, as Henry's lack of an heir made it possible that either James or one of his successors might succeed if the Tudors failed to produce heirs.
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Jul 18, 2018 · 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. She would marry twice more before her death in 1541 and, like her ill-fated granddaughter Mary, Queen of Scots, Margaret’s choice of husband threatened ...
Jan 19, 2021 · The royal houses of England and Scotland were joined in 1503 when James married Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England (r. 1485-1509). James IV was killed along with the flower of Scotland's nobility when he lost the Battle of Flodden against the English in September 1513.
Mar 15, 2024 · Relations between England and Scotland were further stabilized in 1503, when James married Margaret Tudor, the eldest daughter of the English king Henry VII; this match resulted, a century later, in the accession of James’s great-grandson, the Stuart monarch James VI of Scotland, to the English throne as King James I.
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