James IV of Scotland

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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.

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James IV of Scotland canonical 65
King James IV of Scotland 5
James IV 2

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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
League of Cambrai
surface form: 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 Stuart
surface form: House of Stewart
languageSpoken French
Gaelic
Latin
Scots
mannerOfDeath killed in action
mother Margaret of Denmark
nobleFamily House of Stuart
surface form: 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 of Scotland self-linksurface differs
surface form: James IV
reignEnd 1513-09-09
reignStart 1488-06-11
religion Roman Catholicism
spouse Margaret Tudor
successor James V of Scotland

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Methven Castle associatedWith James IV of Scotland
Dowager Queen of Scotland spouse James IV of Scotland
subject surface form: Margaret Tudor
Margaret of Denmark child James IV of Scotland
Henry Stewart, 1st Lord Methven monarchServed James IV of Scotland
Catherine Stewart childOf James IV of Scotland
Catherine Stewart hasFather James IV of Scotland
Lordship of the Isles dissolutionBy James IV of Scotland
Scottish army commandedBy James IV of Scotland
Clan Drummond associatedWithMonarch James IV of Scotland
Clan Maxwell associatedWithMonarch James IV of Scotland
this entity surface form: King James IV of Scotland
Kings of Scotland notableMonarch James IV of Scotland
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk victoryOver James IV of Scotland
James Beaton appointedBy James IV of Scotland