James II of Scotland

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King of Scotland human monarch

James II of Scotland was a 15th-century king whose turbulent reign was marked by efforts to curb the power of the great nobles and consolidate royal authority before his death in 1460.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
James II of Scotland’s government	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	King of Scotland ⓘ human ⓘ monarch ⓘ
ascendedToThroneAsMinor	true ⓘ
birthOrder	only legitimate son of James I of Scotland ⓘ
causeOfDeath	exploding cannon ⓘ
child	Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany ⓘ Annabella of Scotland ⓘ James III of Scotland ⓘ John Stewart, Earl of Mar ⓘ Margaret of Scotland, Dauphine of France ⓘ Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran ⓘ
conflict	Clan Douglas ⓘ surface form: Black Douglas family Wars with England ⓘ
coronationDate	1437-03-25 ⓘ
coronationPlace	Holyrood Abbey ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1430-10-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1460-08-03 ⓘ
era	15th century ⓘ
father	James I of Scotland ⓘ
givenName	James ⓘ
house	House of Stuart ⓘ surface form: House of Stewart
language	Latin ⓘ Scots ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	accidental death ⓘ
monogram	“Fiery Face” (nickname) ⓘ
mother	Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots ⓘ surface form: Joan Beaufort
nobleFamily	Stewart family ⓘ surface form: Stewart dynasty
notableEvent	murder of William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas ⓘ
notableFeature	birthmark on face ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Edinburgh ⓘ Palace of Holyroodhouse ⓘ surface form: Holyrood Palace
placeOfDeath	Roxburgh ⓘ Roxburgh Castle ⓘ
policy	consolidation of royal authority ⓘ reduction of power of great magnates ⓘ
positionHeld	King of Scots ⓘ
predecessor	James I of Scotland ⓘ
regency	governed by regents during minority ⓘ
regnalName	James II ⓘ
reignEnd	1460 ⓘ
reignStart	1437 ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
siege	siege of Roxburgh Castle (1460) ⓘ
spouse	Mary of Guelders ⓘ
successor	James III of Scotland ⓘ
title	Duke of Rothesay ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blackness Castle → acquiredBy → James II of Scotland ⓘ

Battle of Arkinholm → associatedWith → James II of Scotland ⓘ

Black Dinner → associatedWith → James II of Scotland ⓘ

Red Douglases → associatedWithMonarch → James II of Scotland ⓘ

James I of Scotland → child → James II of Scotland ⓘ

Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots → child → James II of Scotland ⓘ

James III of Scotland → father → James II of Scotland ⓘ

House of Stuart → hasMonarch → James II of Scotland ⓘ

Duke of Rothesay → heldBy → James II of Scotland ⓘ

Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots → motherOf → James II of Scotland ⓘ

Stewart family → notableMember → James II of Scotland ⓘ

Black Douglases → opposedBy → James II of Scotland ⓘ

Black Dinner → perpetrator → James II of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: James II of Scotland’s government

James III of Scotland → predecessor → James II of Scotland ⓘ

Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots → regencyFor → James II of Scotland ⓘ

Mary of Guelders, Queen of Scots → spouse → James II of Scotland ⓘ

subject surface form: Mary of Guelders

James I of Scotland → successor → James II of Scotland ⓘ

Threave Castle → surrenderedTo → James II of Scotland ⓘ

Rex Scottorum → titleHolder → James II of Scotland ⓘ

Linlithgow Palace → usedBy → James II of Scotland ⓘ