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 regency years provided factional unrest and ...

The Royal Family of Scotland was the Stewarts. The Crown (the King or Queen), controlled the country with the support of a Parliament made up of three main groups, the Three Estates: Clerics ...

Scotland's History Articles James VI, King of Scots 1567 - 1625 ... in his own courtiers to find ways of raising money for the crown. The outbreak of war on the continent, however, jeopardised ...

Through war, policy and marriage they dragged Scotland ... James was handed the crown of England. Centuries of warfare and enmity had resulted in the two kingdoms joined as equals under the same king.

The plan backfired disastrously as the boat was intercepted by the English and James, future monarch of Scotland ... of the English king, Henry IV (and later Henry V). During this absence the ...

The first known letter written by King James VI of Scotland - penned when he was no more than seven years old - is to go on display later this month. The rare document - held by National Records ...

In March 1603, Elizabeth died and James became king of England and Ireland in a remarkably smooth transition of power. After 1603 he only visited Scotland once, in 1617. One of James's great ...

Mary, Queen of Scots was born in 1542, daughter of King James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise. Her father died just a week after her birth. A fervent Roman Catholic and a claimant to the English Crown ...

Scotland's History Articles 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.

His legacy as a king is somewhat more mixed. After taking the throne of England James boasted that he ruled Scotland with the stroke of a pen. James's relationship with the country of his birth ...

Scotland's History Articles ... For the next 18 years James would be a prisoner of the English king, Henry IV (and later Henry V). During this absence the Scottish court was dominated by James ...