James III Stewart, King of Scotland (1452-1488)
1452-07-10--1488-06-11 (man)
James III Stewart, King of Scotland was born on 10 July 1452 at Stirling Castle, Stirling, Stirlingshire, ScotlandG.1 He was the son of James II Stewart, King of Scotland and Marie van Egmont-Gelre.2 He married Margaret Oldenburg, Princess of Denmark, daughter of Christian I Oldenburg, King of Denmark and Norway and Dorothea von Hohenzollern, on 13 July 1469 at Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Midlothian, ScotlandG.2 He died on 11 June 1488 at age 35 at Milltown, Bannockburn, ScotlandG, stabbed to death after being thrown from his horse on leaving the battlefield of Sauchieburn.3 He was buried at Cambuskenneth Abbey, Stirlingshire, ScotlandG.3
He gained the title of Duke of Rothesay on 10 July 1452.4 On 9 July 1460 he was kidnapped by Sir Alexander Boyd. He succeeded as the King James III of Scotland on 3 August 1460.4 He was crowned King of Scotland on 10 August 1460 at Kelso Abbey, Roxburghshire, ScotlandG.4 In 1479 he ordered the murder of one of his brothers and exiled the other on grounds that they were suspected of plotting against their brother, the king. On 22 July 1482 he was unseated by his own nobles under the leadership of his uncle, the Earl of Atholl. Internal divisions among his enemies eventually allowed him to regain control. The kings brother, the Duke of Albany, was again forced into exile. He fought in the Battle of Sauchieburn on 11 June 1488.5 | |
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