*smiles...* James III of Scotland. James III (10 July 1451 – 11 June 1488) was King of Scots from 1460 to 1488. James was an unpopular and ineffective monarch owing to an unwillingness to administer justice fairly, a policy of pursuing alliance with the Kingdom of England, and a disastrous relationship with nearly all his extended family. His reputation as the first Renaissance monarch in Scotland has sometimes been exaggerated, based on attacks on him in later chronicles for being more interested in such unmanly pursuits as music than hunting, riding and leading his kingdom into war.
In fact, the artistic legacy of his reign is slight, especially when compared to that of his successors, James IV and James V. Early life[edit] James was born to James II of Scotland and Mary of Guelders. Relation to the Boyd faction[edit] The Boyd faction made itself unpopular, especially with the king, through self-aggrandisement. Marriage[edit] James III and Margaret Break with the Boyds[edit] First alliance and then war with England[edit] James III Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland.
James III lived from 10 July 1451 to 11 June 1488 and was King of Scotland from 3 August 1460 until 11 June 1488. James was the eldest son of James II and at the time of his father's accidental death from an exploding cannon at Roxburgh castle he was just 9 years old. His coronation took place at Kelso Abbey on 10 August 1460. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline. James' mother, Mary de Gueldres, acted as his Regent during the early years of his reign, though after her death in 1463 James, like his father before him, found himself the focus of rival factions of Scottish nobles seeking to gain power for themselves.
In 1468 James took the reins of power for himself. By 1472 the money owed by King Kristian had still not been paid, so the Scottish Parliament passed an Act annexing both Orkney and Shetland to Scotland. In 1482 the English invaded Scotland yet again, taking Berwick-upon-Tweed for the final time as they did so. King James III. King James III. Kings and Queens of Scotland - James III.
James III, King of Scots, the eldest son of James II and Mary of Guelders, the daughter of Arnold, Duke of Guelders, and Catherine of Cleves. was born around 1451-2 and created Duke of Rothesay at birth. He succeeded his father in 1460, when the latter was killed in an accident involving an exploding cannon. At the age of nine James was crowned at Kelso Abbey, Roxboroughshire.
Scotland again faced a long minority government when it required a strong king to control its turbulent nobles. The Queen mother was appointed Regent and was aided in government by the aged Bishop Kennedy. On the death of Bishop Kennedy the familiar story of power hungry magnates vying to control the child monarch was resumed. James was taken captive at Linlithgow and taken by force to Edinburgh Castle by Sir Alexander Boyd, along with the Flemings, Hepburns, Lindsays and others. Following his marriage, the King, like his father before him, now began to assert himself in the government. Overview of King James III. The mysterious death of James III - The National Archives of Scotland. James III endured a turbulent reign. He alienated many of his nobles to the extent that they rebelled against him, and he was killed at the battle of Sauchieburn on 11 June 1488, fighting against forces led by his eldest son, the future King James IV (1488-1513). The manner of his death led to one of the many 'conspiracy theories' that litter Scottish history.
The parliamentary record merely states that the king 'happinit to be slane'and attributed the death to the king following bad counsel. But if anyone knew who actually killed the king they kept very quiet about it, perhaps because the new king, James IV, had given orders before the battle that no-one do harm to his father. By the 16th century, there were claims that James, while fleeing from the battle, had been murdered at Milltown, near Bannockburn, by an assassin disguised as a priest, although another version of the story has James being thrown by a horse during the battle, either being killed by the fall or by enemy soldiers. James III, King of Scotland | The Freelance History Writer. King James III of Scotland The third King James Stuart of Scotland appears to be a complete enigma through the annals of history.
A man of artistic temperament with an elevated sense of self importance, he does not appear to have had any idea how to handle the Scottish nobility. He had more enemies than friends, was unwilling to administer justice in a fair manner, pursued an alliance with England and was on bad terms with his own extended family. There is some confusion as to the exact date of birth of James. He was born either in July of 1451 at Stirling Castle or in May of 1452 at St.
Andrews in Fife. He was the son of King James II and his wife, Mary of Guelders. The next regent was James Kennedy, Bishop of St. Robert Boyd managed to discard his brother Alexander to rule in his own name. Thomas Boyd was instrumental in negotiating the marriage of the King to Margaret of Denmark, the daughter of Christian I of Norway, Denmark and Sweden. Eventually, the difficulties came to a head. Scotland's History - James III, King of Scots. On This Day in History: James III of Scotland Dies « Ella Kay’s Royal Roundup. King James III of Scotland. Books & Posters House of Stewart Family Tree Detailed Tree English King or Queen at the Time Name: King James III of ScotlandFather: James II, King of ScotlandMother: Mary of GueldesRelation to Elizabeth II: 13th great-grandfatherHouse of: StewartBorn: May, 1452 at Either St Andrews, Fife, or Stirling CastleAscended to the throne: August 3, 1460 aged 8 yearsCrowned: August 10, 1460 at Kelso AbbeyMarried: Margaret of Denmark, July 13, 1469Children: 3 sonsDied: June 11, 1488, assassinated at Milltown near Bannockburn, aged 36 years, 1 month, and 10 daysBuried at: Cambushkenneth Abbey, StirlingshireSucceeded by: his son James IV James III was 8 years old when he became king on the death of his father and was crowned at Kelso.
His mother Marie of Gueldes ruled in his minority until her death in 1463. He married Margaret of Denmark under whose dowry Orkney and Shetland were ceded from Danish rule to Scotland. James was weak and unpopular. James III :: Scottish History :: Browse John Donald Books :: Birlinn Ltd. James III is the most enigmatic of the Stewart kings of Scotland. Variously characterised as artistic, peace-loving, morbidly suspicious, treacherous, pious, lecherous and lazy, King James was much criticised by contemporaries and later chroniclers for his failure to do his job in the manner expected of him, and particularly for his reliance on low-born favourites to the exclusion of his ‘natural’ counsellors, the nobility. Specific complaints included debasement of the coinage, royal hoarding of money, failure to staunch feuds and to enforce criminal justice. Yet James III has also been seen as a major patron of the arts, as Scotland’s first Renaissance king, and as the architect of an intelligent and forward-looking foreign policy.
Norman Macdougall was a senior lecturer at the Department of Scottish History at the University of St Andrews and is now retired. He is author of James IV (1989) and An Antidote to the English: The Auld Alliance (2001). BBC One - A History of Scotland, Series 1, Language is Power, James III of Scotland. James III Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about James III. James III - A Political Study. Jenny Wormald on a major work on 15th-century Scottish history. James III: A Political StudyNorman Macdougall. 338 pp. (John Donald: Edinburgh, 1982) This is a major publishing event in the annals of medieval Scottish history.
In 1981, no less than three substantial studies of fifteenth-century English kings were produced: two on Henry VI, by B.P. Wolffe and R.A. Griffiths, and – following up his book on Edward IV (1974) – Charles Ross's Richard III; and these are only a part of the corpus of scholarly writing on medieval English kings. Dr. Macdougall has brought the total of such works on Scottish monarchs to two (the other being Geoffrey Barrow's much-acclaimed Robert Bruce, published in 1965). Like Mary Queen of Scots and Bonnie Prince Charlie, Dr Macdougall's subject was a failure; unlike them, he was an unattractive failure. James III, Bell-the-Cat and Lauder Bridge, Lauder Scotland. James became King, in 1460, at the age of eight, upon the death of James II, killed by a bursting cannon at Roxburgh Castle. Until old enough to reign in his own right, James was under the guidance of his mother Mary of Gueldres and Bishop Kennedy of St Andrews. Unfortunately there was a power struggle between them as to which faction should be running the country.
In 1463, the Queen Mother died leaving Kennedy and his group in control of the monarch and Scotland. Inportant amongst the Council of Regency was the "Red" Douglas, Earl of Angus. In 1465, both Kennedy and Douglas died, leaving a power vacuum. Squabbling and inter family bloodshed was carried out as various groups fought for dominance over the following years. Rebellion broke out, led by the King's two brothers, Alexander, Duke of Albany and John, Earl of Mar. At the same time, Edward IV of England signed an agreement with France and named Albany as "Alexander, King of Scots" and demoting James. King James III of Scotland coat of arms - Rylands Collection. Gold unicorn of James III, king of Scotland.
James III Stewart, King of Scots (1451 - 1488. "James III (10 July 1451 – 11 June 1488) was King of Scots from 1460 to 1488. James was an unpopular and ineffective monarch owing to an unwillingness to administer justice fairly, a policy of pursuing alliance with the Kingdom of England, and a disastrous relationship with nearly all his extended family.
His reputation as the first Renaissance monarch in Scotland has sometimes been exaggerated, based on attacks on him in later chronicles for being more interested in such unmanly pursuits as music than hunting, riding and leading his kingdom into war. In fact, the artistic legacy of his reign is slight, especially when compared to that of his successors, James IV and James V. James was born to James II of Scotland and Mary of Guelders. His exact date and place of birth have been a matter of debate. Wikipedia links: other links: Portrait - NPG D23900; King James III of Scotland. Portrait - NPG D42374; King James III of Scotland. Margaret of Denmark. Bass Rock.