James III, King of Scots

1452 - 1488  (36 years)

• Name	James III
  Suffix	King of Scots
  Birth	26 May 1452	Castle of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	31 May 1452	Castle of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland   [2]
  Death	11 Jun 1488	Sauchieburn, near Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Burial	Cambuskenneth Abbey, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I20894	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	29 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	James II, King of Scots,   b. 16 Oct 1430, Holyrood, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 3 Aug 1460, Roxburgh Castle, Borders, Scotland (Age 29 years)
  Mother	Mary of Guelders,   b. 17 Jan 1433, Grave, Brabant, Netherlands d. 1 Dec 1463, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	3 Jul 1449	Holyrood, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Family ID	F12443	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret of Denmark,   b. 23 Jun 1456   d. 14 Jul 1486, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	13 Jul 1469	Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Children	+ 1. James IV, King of Scots,   b. 17 Mar 1473, Holyrood, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 9 Sep 1513, Flodden Field, Northumberland, England (Age 40 years)
  Family ID	F12440	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Dec 2021

  
  

• Notes

  "[P]ious and a lover of arts and letters, but avaricious and poorly served by his counselors, defeated at Sauchieburn by his rebellious lords under the Earl of Angus and Lord Home and stabbed to death after a fall from his horse." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1480] The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England: A Medieval Heritage by Charles M. Hansen and Neil D. Thompson. Saline, Michigan: McNaughton and Gunn, 2012. [S50] Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Second edition, 2011.