Brief Life History of James V
When King James V of Scotland was born on 10 April 1512, in Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, his father, King James IV of Scotland, was 39 and his mother, Margaret Queen Consort of Scotland, was 22. He married Madeleine of Valois on 1 January 1537, in Notre-Dame, Le Havre, Normandy, France. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He registered for military service in 1488. He died on 14 December 1542, in Falkland, Fife, Scotland, at the age of 30, and was buried in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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- England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
- Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910
- James III, "Find a Grave Index"
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German: possibly a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman, from orfe, a species of freshwater fish. Alternatively, a habitational name from Urff near Kassel, formerly Orpha.
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James was son of King James IV of Scotland and his queen Margaret Tudor, a daughter of Henry VII of England, and was the only legitimate child of James IV to survive infancy. He was born on 10 April 1 …
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