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James's nickname, Fiery Face, referred to a conspicuous vermilion birthmark on his face, which appears to have been deemed by contemporaries an outward sign of a fiery temper. [4] James was a politic and singularly successful king. He was popular with the commoners, with whom, like most of the Stewarts, he socialised often, in times of peace ...
James "Beag" Stewart (c1424-1470) of Baldorran was the seventh illegitimate son of James Mor Stewart (known as "James the Fat"), who fled into exile in Ireland when his father Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany was executed for treason by James I of Scotland in 1425. James the Fat would never return to Scotland, and he was unable to inherit the ...
Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay: 1430: 1430: Died James Stewart, Duke of Rothesay: 1430: 1437: Acceded to the Throne of Scotland Earl of Mar (1114) Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar: 1408: 1435: Died; for de jure Earl of Mar 1438–1565 see Lords Erskine below Earl of Dunbar (1115) George II, Earl of March: 1420: 1457: Earl of Lennox (1184 ...
Joan of Scotland, Countess of Morton (c. 1428–1486) married James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton. Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay (born and died 1430); twin of James II. King James II of Scotland (1430–1460) married Mary of Guelders on 3 July 1449. Eleanor Stewart, Princess of Scotland (1433–1484) married Sigismund, Archduke of Austria.
Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay (born and died 16 October 1430), elder twin of James II; James II of Scotland (16 October 1430 – 3 August 1460), married Mary of Guelders ; Eleanor Stewart (1433 – 20 November 1480), married Sigismund, Archduke of Austria , about 12/24 February 1449;
Walter Stewart 1421–1425, Son Alexander Stewart 1425, Son Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl: Heir presumptive Half-uncle 25 May 1425 Half-nephew executed 16 October 1430 Twin sons born to king Alan Stewart, Earl of Caithness Son Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay: Heir apparent Son 16 October 1430 Born 1430 Died James Stewart Brother James ...
James was a younger brother of Robert Stewart, 1st Lord Lorne (1382–1449), whose descendants bore this title. He was an ally of the Black Douglases, Earls of Douglas. After the murder of James I of Scotland in 1437, power was held by Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas as regent for the underage James II of Scotland.
February 20–21 – James I of Scotland is fatally stabbed at Perth in a failed coup by his uncle and former ally, Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl. March 11–25 – Nova Scorpii AD 1437 is observed from Seoul, Korea. [19] [20] March 25 – In a ceremony in Holyrood Abbey, James II of Scotland is crowned at the age of six by Pope Eugene IV.