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Events from 1537 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents
Events
- 1 January – James V and Madeleine of Valois are married at Notre-Dame de Paris.[1]
- 19 May – James V and Madeleine of Valois arrive at Leith.[2]
Births
- March – Patrick Adamson
- Alan Cathcart, 4th Lord Cathcart
- John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane
Deaths
- 7 July – Madeleine of Valois, queen consort of James V, dies at Holyrood Palace.[3]
- 14 July – John, Master of Forbes (a son of Lord Forbes) executed.[4]
- 17 July – Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis, executed at Edinburgh's Castlehill.[5][6]
- 21 December – Alexander Stewart (bishop of Moray)
- Lady Catherine Gordon, widow of Perkin Warbeck.[7]
References
- ^ Andrea Thomas, Princelie Majestie: The Court of James V of Scotland (Edinburgh: John Donald, 2005), pp. 91, 187–188.
- ^ James Balfour Paul, "Matrimonial Adventures of James V", Transactions of the Glasgow Archaeological Society, 5:2 (1906), p. 102.
- ^ Rosalind K. Marshall, Scottish Queens, 1034-1714 (Edinburgh: John Donald, 2003), p. 108.
- ^ Jamie Cameron, James V (Tuckwell, 1998), p. 165.
- ^ Jamie Cameron, James V (Tuckwell, 1998), p. 171.
- ^ Caroline Bingham, James V: King of Scots (Collins, 1971), p. 141.
- ^ John Montgomery Traherne, Historical Notices of Matthew Craddock of Swansea (London, William Rees; Longman and Co.; Cardiff, W. Bird; and Swansea, J. Williams, 1840), pp. 24-25.
