Ruler · 1451 – 1488

James III of Scotland

Lived 1451 – 1488; politician. Monarch of Scotland of Kingdom of Scotland, 1460 – 1488.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1451 – 1488; 37 years
In office: 28 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Kingdom of Scotland
Left it: deposed or killed; Kokkonen & Sundell

Monarch of Scotland

Kingdom of Scotland · the 41st of 51 dated reigns · 843 – 1707

37 before

Robert III of Scotland1390 – 1406

James I of Scotland1406 – 1437

James II of Scotland1437 – 1460

James III of Scotland1460 – 1488

James IV1488 – 1513

James V1513 – 1542

Mary, Queen of Scots1542 – 1567

7 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1460 – 1488 · 28 years · came to it aged 9

Came to it: inheritedthe child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: deposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell: by close family; Morby does not call it a deposition

then died in battle within a year of leaving · the article also: killed

He inherited the throne as a child following the death of his father, King James II, at the siege of Roxburgh Castle.

James III was killed at the Battle of Sauchieburn, following a rebellion in which his heir was the figurehead of the rebels, and succeeded him as James IV.

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