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James's heir, the fifteen-year-old James, Duke of Rothesay, left Stirling Castle without his father's knowledge on 2 February 1488, marking the beginning of a four-month rebellion against James III. Prince James became, perhaps reluctantly, the figurehead of the rebels, whose aim seems to have been the establishment of a council of regency ...
James Francis Edward Stuart (10 June 1688 – 1 January 1766) [a] was the House of Stuart claimant to the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland from 1701 until his death in 1766. The only son of James II of England and his second wife, Mary of Modena , he was Prince of Wales and heir until his Catholic father was deposed and exiled in the ...
James IV (17 March 1473 – 9 September 1513) was King of Scotland from 11 June 1488 until his death at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. He inherited the throne at the age of fifteen on the death of his father, James III, at the Battle of Sauchieburn, following a rebellion in which the younger James was the figurehead of the rebels.
In Scotland, James attempted to bring the Scottish Kirk "so neir as can be" to the English church and to reestablish episcopacy, a policy that met with strong opposition from presbyterians. [ j ] James returned to Scotland in 1617 for the only time after his accession in England, in the hope of implementing Anglican ritual.
James I: The Key Will Keep The Lock (2014) by Rona Munro. A co-production between the National Theatre of Scotland, Edinburgh International Festival and the National Theatre of Great Britain. The James Plays — James I, James II and James III — are a trio of history plays by Rona Munro. Each play stands alone as a vision of a country ...
This was arranged by the King, James, to heal the ongoing feud between the Stewart and Gordon families. [1] In 1618 John Taylor, the London Water Poet, visited the Earl and Countess at Darnaway Castle for four days on his pilgrimage in Scotland, after staying four days at Ballachastel with the Grants. [3]
In 1469, James III conferred on James the Earldom of Buchan (first of the third creation). [1] In 1471 James was appointed Lord High Chamberlain of Scotland and in 1473 he travelled to France as an ambassador. [2] When he returned from France he was made Warden of the East Marches. [2] James III conferred the estate of Traquair to William ...
James III may refer to: James III of Cyprus (1473–1474) James III of Majorca (c. 1315–1349) James III of Scotland (1451–1488) James III, Margrave of Baden-Hachberg (1562–1590) James Francis Edward Stuart (1688–1766), pretender who styled himself James III of England and Ireland, and James VIII of Scotland