James V Stewart King of Scotland (1512–1542) • FamilySearch

James V Stewart King of Scotland

Brief Life History of James V

When James V Stewart King of Scotland was born on 10 April 1512, in Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, his father, James IV Stewart King of Scotland, was 39 and his mother, Margaret Tudor Queen Consort of Scotland, was 22. He married Madeleine of Valois on 11 January 1537, in Paris, Île-de-France, France. He registered for military service in 1542. 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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James V Stewart King of Scotland
1512–1542
Mary de Guise Queen consort of Scotland
1515–1560
Marriage: 18 May 1538
James Stewart, Duke of Rothesay
1540–1541
Arthur Robert Stewart of Albany
1541–1541
Mary Stuart -Queen Of Scots
1542–1587

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  • England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
  • Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910
  • James King of Scots, "Find A Grave Index"

Name Meaning

Scottish (Lanarkshire) and English: originally an occupational name for an administrative official of an estate, from Middle English stiward, Old English stigweard, stīweard, a compound of stig ‘house(hold)’ + weard ‘guardian’. In the Anglo-Saxon period this title was used of an officer controlling the domestic affairs of a household, especially of the royal household; after the Norman Conquest it was also used more widely as the native equivalent of Seneschal, for the steward of a manor or manager of an estate. In Scotland the term was also used of a magistrate originally appointed by the king to administer crown lands, forming a stewartry.

History: Stuart or Stewart is the surname of one of the great families of Scotland, the royal family of Scotland from the 14th century, and of England from 1603, when James VI of Scotland acceded to the English throne as James I. There were many minor branches of the family left in Britain after the flight of James II in 1688, but not every bearer of the surname can claim relationship with the royal house, even in Scotland. Every great house in medieval England and Scotland had its steward, and in many cases the office gave rise to a hereditary surname. The fall of the house of Stuart in Britain, conversely, led to the establishment of several highly placed branches bearing this surname in continental Europe, which are in most cases related to the old Scottish royal family.

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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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