King James III of Scotland 1451-1488

On 3rd July 1449 [his father] King James II of Scotland [aged 18] and [his mother] Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland [aged 15] were married at Holyrood Abbey, Holyrood. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Arnold Egmont Duke Guelders [aged 38] and [his grandmother] Catherine de la Marck [aged 32]. He the son of King James I of Scotland and Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 10th July 1451 King James III of Scotland was born to King James II of Scotland [aged 20] and Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland [aged 17]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 22nd February 1452 William Douglas 8th Earl Douglas 2nd Earl Avondale [aged 27] was murdered by [his father] King James II of Scotland [aged 21] at Edinburgh Castle [Map] for refusing to desist from conspiring with Alexander Lindsay 4th Earl Crawford [aged 29]. His succeeded brother James [aged 26] succeeded 9th Earl Douglas, 3rd Earl Avondale.

In August 1455 George Crichton 1st Earl Caithness [aged 46] died. Earl Caithness reverted to the Crown following a disagreement between George Crichton 1st Earl Caithness and his son James Crichton from inheriting. James Crichton had imprisoned his father in Blackness Castle; he was rescued by King James II of Scotland [aged 24].

Around 1458 [his brother] John Stewart 1st Earl of Mar [aged 2] was created 1st Earl Mar.

In 1458 [his brother] Alexander Stewart 1st Duke Albany [aged 4] was created 1st Duke Albany.

In 1460 Robert Boyd 1st Lord Boyd [aged 40] was one of the Regents of King James III of Scotland [aged 8] during his minority.

Chronicle of Gregory. 1462. And then my Lord of Warwycke [aged 33] and his brother the Lord Montegewe [aged 31] put them in devyr to rescewe [t]e said castelle of Norham, and soo they dyd, and put bothe King Harry and the Kyng of Schotys [aged 10] to flyghte. And Quene Margarete whythe alle hir consayle, and Syr Perys de Brasey [aged 52] whythe the Fraynysche men, fledde a-wey by water with iiij balynggarys; and they londyd at the Scluse [Map] in Flaundyrs, and lefte Kyng Harry that was be hynde hem, and alle her hors and her harneys, they were so hastyd by my lord of Warwycke, and his brother the lord Mountegewe, and by her feleschippe with them accompanyde. And at the departynge of Syr Perys de Brasyl and his feleschippe was on manly man that purposyd to mete with my lord of Warwycke, that was a taberette, for he stode a-pon an hylle with his tabyr and his pype, taberyng and pyping as merely as any man might, stondyng by him selfe, tylle my lord come unto him he wold not lesse his grownd; and there he be-come my lordys man; ande yet he is with him full good and to his lorde.

On 1st December 1463 [his mother] Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland [aged 29] died at Roxburgh Castle. She was buried at Holyrood Abbey [Map].

Before 26th April 1467 Thomas Boyd 1st Earl Arran and [his sister] Mary Stewart Countess Arran [aged 13] were married. The marriage arranged by his father, Regent Robert Boyd 1st Lord Boyd [aged 47]. The King, her elder brother King James III of Scotland [aged 15] consider the marriage a great insult. He, Thomas, was subsequently charged with treason and when failing to appear in response to a summons, their marriage was declared null and void, and she was married to James Hamilton 1st Lord Hamilton [aged 52]. She the daughter of King James II of Scotland and Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland.

In July 1469 King James III of Scotland [aged 17] and Margaret Oldenburg Queen Consort Scotland [aged 13] were married at Holyrood Abbey, Holyrood. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the daughter of Christian I King of Denmark [aged 43] and Dorothea of Brandenburg [aged 38]. He the son of King James II of Scotland and Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland.

On 17th March 1473 [his son] King James IV of Scotland was born to King James III of Scotland [aged 21] and [his wife] Margaret Oldenburg Queen Consort Scotland [aged 16] at Stirling Castle [Map]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. He married 8th August 1503 his third cousin Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland, daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England, and had issue.

In March 1476 [his son] Archbishop James Stewart 1st Duke Ross was born to King James III of Scotland [aged 24] and [his wife] Margaret Oldenburg Queen Consort Scotland [aged 19]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.

Before 1477 [his brother] Alexander Stewart 1st Duke Albany [aged 22] and [his sister-in-law] Catherine Sinclair Duchess Albany [aged 36] were married. Catherine Sinclair Duchess Albany by marriage Duchess Albany. The marriage was subsequently regarded as illegitimate. She the daughter of William Sinclair 3rd Earl Orkney 1st Earl Caithness [aged 66] and Elizabeth Douglas Countess Buchan and Orkney. He the son of [his father] King James II of Scotland and [his mother] Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland. They were second cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 6th September 1478 [his brother-in-law] John King of Denmark Norway and Sweden [aged 23] and Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden [aged 16] were married. He the son of [his father-in-law] Christian I King of Denmark [aged 52] and [his mother-in-law] Dorothea of Brandenburg [aged 47].

In 1479 [his brother] John Stewart 1st Earl of Mar [aged 23] died.

On 16th January 1479 [his brother] Alexander Stewart 1st Duke Albany [aged 25] and [his sister-in-law] Anne de la Tour Auvergne Duchess Albany were married. She by marriage Duchess Albany. She the daughter of Bertrand Auvergne VI Count Auvergne [aged 62] and Louise de La Trémoïlle. He the son of [his father] King James II of Scotland and [his mother] Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland.

In December 1479 [his son] John Stewart 1st Earl of Mar was born to King James III of Scotland [aged 28] and [his wife] Margaret Oldenburg Queen Consort Scotland [aged 23] at Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 21st May 1481 [his father-in-law] Christian I King of Denmark [aged 55] died. His succeeded son [his brother-in-law] John [aged 26] succeeded King of Denmark. Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden [aged 19] by marriage Queen Consort Denmark.

On 7th August 1485 [his brother] Alexander Stewart 1st Duke Albany [aged 31] was killed in a duel with Louis XII King France [aged 23], possibly at a tournament. His succeeded son [his nephew] John [aged 1] succeeded 2nd Duke Albany.

On 14th July 1486 [his wife] Margaret Oldenburg Queen Consort Scotland [aged 30] died.