Photograph Margaret Tudor Scotland

Photograph of Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV, King of Scotland. Margaret Tudor, born 28th November 1489, died 18th October 1541, was the elder of the two surviving daughters of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and the elder sister of Henry VIII. In 1503, she married James IV, King of Scots. Her son with the King in time became King James V and his daughter became Queen Mary I. In addition, she was also the grandmother of Mary's consort, Lord Darnley, through her second marriage. Margaret's marriage to James foreshadowed the Union of the Crowns, their double great grandson would become King of England and Scotland.

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James IV is the best known of all the late medieval Scottish rulers. Widely praised by his contemporaries, he combined the qualities of successful medieval monarch with a wide interest in the arts and sciences, while remaining acutely conscious of the need to enhance the prestige of his dynasty throughout Europe. This excellent study examines all aspects of James IV's sovereignty, explains his popularity and his highly successful kingship, and assesses the reasons for the disastrous end to the reign when the king and a large population of the Scottish nobility were eliminated in a single afternoon in 1513 at Flodden. James IV.