The Stag Inn in Falkland, Fife, near Falkland Palace, features a rare lintel carved with the initials IL and EF and a heart.

Scotland's History Articles James IV, King of Scots 1488 – 1513 James was involved in the 1488 rebellion that saw his father, James III, killed at the Battle of Sauchieburn. As a 15 year old boy ...

James IV has long been seen as the most appealing of the Scottish Stewarts, a charismatic and energetic reformer who brought stability to the kingdom until dying in battle during an invasion of ...

Three years later the dowry was still unpaid, and James III called in the debt. The islands, about 30 miles north of the Scottish mainland, have been part of Scotland ever since.

James did come to Scotland for the first rebellion in 1715. However, as he saw that it was a losing cause, he fled back to France. This led to some Scots gaining some ill feelings toward him, but ...

Scotland has concluded a day of festivities celebrating British monarch King Charles III’s recent coronation. ... replacing a sword given to James IV by Pope Julius II in 1507, ...

On Wednesday, July 5, Scotland will welcome King Charles III with a royal procession during the annual Holyrood Week—also known as Royal Week—where the British monarch travels across the ...

JAMES IV of Scotland was one of the most intelligent princes in Europe at the beginning of the sixteenth century. He had an active and inquiring mind, and sought to extend his knowledge by ...

He could very well have written and spoken Gaelic, a language he would have shared with James IV, the last king of Scotland to speak Gaelic. He, too, was highly educated.

It throws the audience into the riotous, rollicking court of James IV, who ruled Scotland from 1488 to 1513. This milieu abounds with curious, colourful characters ...

Scotland's History Articles James III, King of Scots 1460 – 1488 The life and rule of James III followed a similar pattern to that of his father. After the death of James II in 1460 the nine ...