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James III's reign began with a minority that lasted almost a decade, during which Scotland was governed by a series of regents and factions who struggled for possession of the young king before his personal rule began in 1469. James III was an unpopular and ineffective king and was confronted with two major rebellions during his reign.
Earl of Glencairn was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. King James III created the title in 1488 by royal charter for Alexander Cunningham, 1st Lord Kilmaurs . He held the earldom just two weeks before he and the king were killed at the Battle of Sauchieburn .
[citation needed] In 1468 Margaret was betrothed to James of Scotland as a means to stop a feud regarding the debt Scotland owed Denmark over the taxation of the Hebrides and Isle of Man. The marriage was arranged on the recommendation of king Charles VII of France. In July 1469, at the age of 13 she married James III at Holyrood Abbey. Upon ...
Gilbert Kennedy of Dunure, 1st Lord Kennedy (22 February 1405 – 27 March 1489) was a Scottish lord, a son of Sir James Kennedy, Younger of Dunure, and Lady Mary Stewart, daughter of Robert III, King of the Scots. He served as one of six Regents during the early reign of James III of Scotland, after the 1460 death of James II.
of Scotland 1264–1284: Margaret of Scotland 1261–1283: Eric II of Norway 1268–1299: Isabel Bruce c. 1272 –1358: Elizabeth de Burgh c. 1284 –1327: Robert I the Bruce 1274–1329 r. 1306–1329: Isabella of Mar c. 1277 –1296: Cecilia Dunbar: James 5th High Steward d. 1309: Edward III King of England 1312–1377: Margaret Maid of ...
Sir John Drummond, 1st Lord Drummond (died 1519), was a Scottish statesman.. Drummond, ninth successive knight of his family, was the eldest son of Sir Malcolm Drummond of Cargill and Stobhall, Perthshire, Chief of Clan Drummond (d. 1470), by his marriage in 1445 with Mariot or Mariota, eldest daughter of Sir David Murray of Tullibardine in the same county, and wife Margaret Colquhoun ...
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.
There is a tradition that a brother of Lord Gifford was given the name for delivering a message with great speed to James III of Scotland. [2] The chiefs of the clan in the Scottish Borders were the Trotters of Prentannan in Berwickshire. [2] They followed the Clan Home on many of their forays across the border. [2]