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ID: I28388
Name: James III STUART
Given Name: James III
Surname: STUART
Suffix: King Of Scotland
Name: STEWART
Given Name:
Surname: STEWART
Title: King Of Scotland
Sex: M
Birth: May 1452 in St Andrew's Castle, Fife, Scotland
Death: 11 Jun 1488 in Sauchieburn, Stirling of Captured and killed after the battle of Sauchieburn, Stirling
Burial: Cambuskenneth Abbey
Reference Number: Hunt-28388
Event: King of Scotland Titled 1460-1488
Note: Received the crown at the age of eight.
Note: (Research):James III (1451-1488), king of Scotland (1460-1488), son of King James II, born in Stirling. He was crowned king in 1460 after the death of his father. A regency ruled until 1469, when he began his personal rule. Through his marria ge to Margaret of Denmark in the same year, James gained control of the Orkney and Shetland islands. James was unpopular with the Scottish nobles, who were led by his brother Alexander Stewart, duke of Albany. The nobles seized the king and kept him prisoner in the castle at Edinburgh. Under the duke of Albany, English forces took Berwick and advanced to Edinburgh. In 1487, James made peace with the English, thereby further alienating his turbulent nobles, who rose in rebellion and induced James's son, later James IV, to become their nominal head. In the ensuing battle at Sauchieburn between the nobles and the Royalists, James was defeated, and he was murdered after the battle by on e of the rebels. He was succeeded by James IV.
Father: James II STUART b: 16 Oct 1430 in Holyrood Palace, Edinburg, Scotland
Mother: Mary Von GELDERN b: Abt 1432
Marriage 1 Margaret OLDENBURG b: Abt 1455
Married:
Children
James IV "The Iron Belt" STEWART b: 17 Mar 1473
The cited information was sourced from Website / URL published on November 30th, 2008 <http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=shtritar&id=I28388> The author/originator was Sandy Hunt.Name: James III STUART
Given Name: James III
Surname: STUART
Suffix: King Of Scotland
Name: STEWART
Given Name:
Surname: STEWART
Title: King Of Scotland
Sex: M
Birth: May 1452 in St Andrew's Castle, Fife, Scotland
Death: 11 Jun 1488 in Sauchieburn, Stirling of Captured and killed after the battle of Sauchieburn, Stirling
Burial: Cambuskenneth Abbey
Reference Number: Hunt-28388
Event: King of Scotland Titled 1460-1488
Note: Received the crown at the age of eight.
Note: (Research):James III (1451-1488), king of Scotland (1460-1488), son of King James II, born in Stirling. He was crowned king in 1460 after the death of his father. A regency ruled until 1469, when he began his personal rule. Through his marria ge to Margaret of Denmark in the same year, James gained control of the Orkney and Shetland islands. James was unpopular with the Scottish nobles, who were led by his brother Alexander Stewart, duke of Albany. The nobles seized the king and kept him prisoner in the castle at Edinburgh. Under the duke of Albany, English forces took Berwick and advanced to Edinburgh. In 1487, James made peace with the English, thereby further alienating his turbulent nobles, who rose in rebellion and induced James's son, later James IV, to become their nominal head. In the ensuing battle at Sauchieburn between the nobles and the Royalists, James was defeated, and he was murdered after the battle by on e of the rebels. He was succeeded by James IV.
Father: James II STUART b: 16 Oct 1430 in Holyrood Palace, Edinburg, Scotland
Mother: Mary Von GELDERN b: Abt 1432
Marriage 1 Margaret OLDENBURG b: Abt 1455
Married:
Children
James IV "The Iron Belt" STEWART b: 17 Mar 1473
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- Individual: King James of Scotland III