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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.
The Marriage Procession of James IV and Margaret Tudor Edinburgh A.D. 1503. Creative Commons CC by NC. About this artwork. This is the final panel in the suite of historical scenes on the walls of the Great Hall in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
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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. Margaret was just thirteen years old and James was thirty, and their marriage had been arranged by the 1502 Treaty of Perpetual Peace between England and Scotland.
- Childhood
- Marriage
- Disaster
- Journey North
- Queen of Scotland
- Children of Margaret Tudor and James IV
- War with England
- Regent of Scotland
- Marriage to Archibald Douglas
- Divorce
Margaret was christened two days after her birth at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster. Her godparents were her grandmother, Margaret Beaufort; Lady Berkeley, Duchess of Norfolk and the Earl of Shrewsbury. Like most royal children of the time, Margaret Tudor saw little of her parents. Her father, King Henry VII spent most of his time dealing with th...
From the moment of her birth, Margaret was a marriageable asset to her father, to be used as leverage to secure favourable alliances or treaties. In 1496 Henry VII wanted to stop King James IV of Scotland from helping the pretender to the throne, Perkin Warbeck.He offered Margaret Tudor as a bride and James accepted. When Margaret was ten years old...
In late March 1502, news reached the English court that Margaret’s brother, Arthur, and his new wife, Catherine of Aragon had been taken seriously ill, the following month news of Arthur’s death reached the London. The royal family were deeply shocked and distressed by the death of Arthur who had been expected to continue the Tudor dynasty. Tragedy...
On 8th July 1503, 14 year old Margaret Tudor began her journey north to Scotland to marry 29 year old King James IV and become Queen of Scotland. She rode in a litter hung with cloth of gold embroidered with the royal arms of England. A blue canopy lined with bearskins topped the litter. She was accompanied by 2,000 lords and ladies dressed in brig...
Margaret Tudor married James IV of Scotland in Holyrood Abbey on 8th August 1503. She wore a gown of white damask bordered and lined with crimson velvet with a gold and pearl collar round her neck. She wore a crown and veil over her long fair hair. James wore white damask embroidered with gold and lined with sarsenet. He wore a black velvet jacket ...
In 1506 Margaret became pregnant with the first of six children: James, Duke of Rothesay was born 21st February 1507 at Holyrood Palace and died shortly after his first birthday on 27th February 1508. A daughter was born 15th July 1508 at Holyrood Palace, she died later the same day. Arthur, Duke of Rothesay was born 20th October 1509, he died on 1...
In April 1509 Margaret’s father, King Henry VII of England, died. Her brother succeeded him to the throne as King Henry VIII. Margaret’s brother was not interested in maintaining peaceful relations with neighbouring countries but wanted to emulate King Henry V’s conquests of France and in 1513 he invaded France. Scotland and France had a tradition ...
Margaret’s son James became King James V on the death of his father and Margaret was nominated regent for the young king for so long as she did not remarry. However, not all Scottish nobles were happy with this decision and felt that Margaret Tudor, as an English woman, would not make decisions in best interests of Scotland. Instead they put forwar...
Before matters could come to a head, news leaked out that Margaret had secretly married Archibald Douglas on 6th August 1514. Margaret was removed from the regency and the Duke of Albany was named regent in her stead. The Scottish council also determined that by re-marrying Margaret Tudor had forfeited the right to raise her own children. In August...
Margaret wrote to her brother, King Henry VIII of England, asking for his support in gaining a divorce but he refused to give any assistance. With no support from her brother Margaret Tudor began to work with her husband’s opponents and openly supported Albany’s regency. However, when Albany returned to France she took back the regency for herself ...
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.
Jun 8, 2018 · Margaret Tudor (1489–1541), queen of James IV of Scotland. Elder daughter of Henry VII of England, Margaret was married to James at Holyrood on 8 August 1503, and bore her husband six children—four sons and two daughters—of whom only one, Prince James ( James V), born in April 1512, survived.
Margaret Tudor Marriage to James V. On 24 January 1502 Scotland and England concluded the Treaty of Perpetual Peace, which involved the marriage between the Princess Margaret and James IV (pictured below right), sixteen years her senior, which was completed by proxy.
