Assassination of James I of Scotland

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The Assassination of James I of Scotland was the 1437 murder of the Scottish king in Perth, a pivotal event that ended his turbulent reign and triggered a period of political instability.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf assassination
historical event
regicide
chronologicallyFollows reign of James I of Scotland
chronologicallyPrecedes minority of James II of Scotland
country Kingdom of Scotland
describedIn The Auchinleck Chronicle
Scotichronicon
surface form: The Scotichronicon

medieval Scottish chronicles
hasAftermath execution of Robert Graham
execution of Robert Stewart, Master of Atholl
execution of Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl
parliamentary actions to punish conspirators
hasAlternativeName killing of James I of Scotland
Assassination of James I of Scotland
surface form: murder of James I of Scotland
hasCause dynastic ambitions of the Earl of Atholl’s faction
noble opposition to royal policies
resentment of James I’s centralising reforms
hasConspirator Robert Graham
Robert Stewart, Master of Atholl
Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl
hasContext late medieval Scotland
hasDate 1437
20 February 1437
night of 20–21 February 1437
hasEffect accession of James II of Scotland
death of James I of Scotland
harsh reprisals against conspirators
period of political instability in Scotland
hasLocation Blackfriars, Perth
Perth
Perth, Scotland
hasMethod stabbing
hasMotive noble discontent with royal financial exactions
removal of James I to alter succession
hasNumberOfAssailants about 30
hasPerpetrator Robert Graham
Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl
surface form: Robert Stewart, Master of Atholl

Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl
surface form: Walter Stewart
hasSetting royal lodging at Blackfriars in Perth
hasSignificance important episode in Scottish royal history
marked the violent end of James I’s reforming reign
triggered power struggles among Scottish nobility
hasVictim James I of Scotland
hasVictimReignEnd 1437
hasVictimReignStart 1406
hasVictimTitle King of Scots
partOf history of the Kingdom of Scotland

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Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots associatedWithEvent Assassination of James I of Scotland
Assassination of James I of Scotland hasAlternativeName Assassination of James I of Scotland
this entity surface form: murder of James I of Scotland