James IV of Scotland

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King of Scots Renaissance ruler human monarch

James IV of Scotland was a Renaissance-era king who ruled from 1488 to 1513, noted for strengthening the Scottish monarchy, fostering culture and learning, and dying at the Battle of Flodden.

Aliases (2)

James IV ×1
King James IV of Scotland ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	King of Scots → Renaissance ruler → human → monarch →
alliance	Auld Alliance →
associatedWithPlace	Edinburgh → Stirling →
birthDate	1473-03-17 →
birthPlace	Stirling Castle →
child	Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews → Catherine Stewart → James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (illegitimate) → James V of Scotland →
conflict	Battle of Flodden → War of the League of Cambrai →
coronationDate	1488-06-24 →
countryOfBirth	Kingdom of Scotland →
deathDate	1513-09-09 →
deathPlace	Battle of Flodden →
era	Renaissance →
father	James III of Scotland →
givenName	James →
house	House of Stewart →
languageSpoken	French → Gaelic → Latin → Scots →
mannerOfDeath	killed in action →
mother	Margaret of Denmark →
nobleFamily	Stewart dynasty →
notableAchievement	commissioned the warship Michael → expanded royal navy of Scotland →
notableEvent	fostered culture and learning in Scotland → strengthened the Scottish monarchy →
notableFor	being the last reigning British monarch killed in battle →
occupation	king →
patronage	Scottish Renaissance culture → humanist scholars → poets and musicians →
policy	centralization of royal authority → promotion of justice and legal reform →
positionHeld	King of Scots →
predecessor	James III of Scotland →
regnalName	James IV →
reignEnd	1513-09-09 →
reignStart	1488-06-11 →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
spouse	Margaret Tudor →
successor	James V of Scotland →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Stirling Castle ("King James IV of Scotland") → William Dunbar →	associatedWith
James III of Scotland → Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scots →	child
Red Douglases →	associatedWithMonarch
Tantallon Castle →	attackedBy
William Dunbar →	employer
James V of Scotland →	father
House of Stuart →	hasMonarch
Duke of Rothesay →	heldBy
Stewart family →	notableMember
Scottish monarch →	notableMonarch
Royal Scots Navy →	patron
James V of Scotland →	predecessor
James IV of Scotland ("James IV") →	regnalName
Linlithgow Palace →	significantBuilder
Anglo-Scottish Wars →	significantPerson
Margaret Tudor →	spouse
James III of Scotland →	successor
Rex Scottorum →	titleHolder
Linlithgow Palace →	usedBy