Winter Waves By Coast And Castle On History Visit To St Andrews Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Winter travel video clip of the sight and sounds of waves by the coast and castle on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to St Andrews, Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. King James III was most likely born at the castle in 1451. James received the crown at the age of eight upon the death of his father, King James II. Scotland was governed first by James’s mother, Mary of Gueldres, died 1463, and James Kennedy, bishop of St. Andrews, died 1465, and then by a group of nobles headed by the Boyds of Kilmarnock, who seized the king in 1466. In 1469 James overthrew the Boyds and began to govern for himself. Unlike his father, he was, however, unable to restore strong central government after his long minority. He evidently offended his nobles by his interest in the arts and by taking artists for his favourites. In 1479 he arrested his brothers, Alexander, Duke of Albany, and John, Earl of Mar, on suspicion of treason. Albany escaped to England, and in 1482 English troops entered Scotland and forced James to restore Albany to his domains. During this invasion dissident Scottish nobles hanged James’s favourites. By March 1483 the king had recovered enough power to expel Albany. Nevertheless, even without English aid to his discontented subjects, James was unable to ward off revolts. In 1488 two powerful border families, the Homes and the Hepburns, raised a rebellion and won to their cause his 15 year old son, the future king James IV. James III was captured and killed after his defeat at the Battle of Sauchieburn, Stirling, on June 11. On a headland by the coast stand the ruins of the city's castle, which was the main residence of the bishops and archbishops of St Andrews. Protestant preacher George Wishart was imprisoned in the castle’s bottle dungeon. Cardinal Beaton’s murdered body was kept in the dank and airless dungeon. The assassination sparked the brutal siege of 1546, when opposing sides dug into the rock close to the castle battlements. The Fife Coastal Walking Path, which passes through St Andrews, is a Scottish long distance walking footpath that runs from Kincardine to Newburgh. It runs for 117 miles along the coastline of Fife. The path would take around one week to walk completely from end to end. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. By the meteorological calendar, the first day of Winter is always 1st December in Scotland; ending on 28th of February. Officially, the Scottish winter runs from the 21st of December through to the 20th March. @tourscotland #winter #shorts #scotland All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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