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On This Day In Royal History . 2 March 1316 . King Robert II of Scotland was born . . ◼ Robert was a grandson of Robert Bruce, & the first in the House of Stewart dynasty. The name came from his ancestor Walter Stewart who was appointed High Steward of Scotland by David I. He had escaped following the defeat of David II at Halidon Hill in 1333 & took over as Guardian of Scotland while David was in exile in France. . ◼ He was a mature man of 54 when he succeeded to the throne on the death of David, but he was weak king & did not rule well over the nobles who were critical of him leading to a loss of prestige of the crown. His heir John took over the rule to attempt to restore law & order. . ◼ A truce with England in 1384 was short lived, & the border wars continued. In 1388 the Scots under James Douglas won a victory at Otterburn near Newcastle over Henry Percy ‘Hotspur’ of Northumberland. . ◼ Robert married Elizabeth Mure in 1336. From this union, ten children reached adulthood. . ◼ In 1355, Robert married his second wife Euphemia de Ross. They had four children. . ▪ He was succeeded by his son John who took the name Robert III. . ◼ He died in 1390, at Dundonald Castle, Ayrshire, aged 74 years. . . . #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #theyear1316 #d2mar #kingOfScots #kingofscotland #HouseofStewart #Stuart #Stuarts #HouseofStuart #RoyalHistory #OnThisDay #Heritage #Scotland #otd #ScottishMonarchy #RobertII #RobertIIofScotland #History #BritishMonarchy #otd #HistoricScotland #monarchy #OnThisDay #MedievalHistory (at Paisley Abbey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CL7o2PRDsef/?igshid=jtniqmo2j4oo

On This Day In Royal History . 7 May 1625 . The Funeral of King James VI & I . . ◼ James’s funeral, a magnificent but disorderly affair, took place on 7 May. Bishop John Williams of Lincoln preached the sermon, observing, “King Solomon died in Peace, when he had lived about sixty years … and so you know did King James”. . ◼ James was buried in Westminster Abbey. The position of the tomb was lost for many years. In the 19th century, following an excavation of many of the vaults beneath the floor, the lead coffin was found in the Henry VII vault. . ◼ The king had died at Theobalds House on 27 March 1625 during a violent attack of dysentery. In early 1625, James had been plagued by severe attacks of arthritis, gout & fainting fits, & in March had fell seriously ill with tertian ague & then suffered a stroke. . 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Born 19 June 1566, he was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 & King of England & Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625. The kingdoms of Scotland & England were individual sovereign states, with their own parliaments, judiciaries, and laws, though both were ruled by James in personal union. . 👑 He is the 9th Great-grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II. . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1625 #d7may #JamesI #JamesVI #KingJamesI #KingJamesVI #JamesIofEngland #JamesVIofScotland #HouseofStuart #Stuarts #History #EnglishMonarchy #ScottishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #RoyalHistory #RoyalFamily #theking👑 #OnThisDay #OTD #RoyalHistory #BritishMonarch #Monarch #thecrown #HistoryFacts (at Westminster Abbey) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_5o2khDWb5/?igshid=9sgqnpiacxvn

On This Day In History . 24 July 1567 . James Stuart becomes King of Scotland as his mother Mary, Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate. . . ◼ James was the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, & a great-great-grandson of Henry VII, King of England, & Lord of Ireland (through both his parents), uniquely positioning him to eventually accede to all three thrones. . ◼ James succeeded to the Scottish throne at the age of thirteen months, after his mother Mary was compelled to abdicate in his favour. . ◼ Four different regents governed during his minority, which ended officially in 1578, though he did not gain full control of his government until 1583. . ◼  In 1603, he succeeded the last Tudor monarch of England, Elizabeth I, who died without issue. He continued to reign in all three kingdoms for 22 years, a period known as the Jacobean era after him, until his death in 1625 at the age of 58. After the Union of the Crowns, he based himself in England (the largest of the three realms) from 1603, only returning to Scotland once in 1617, & styled himself "King of Great Britain & Ireland. . ◼ At 57 years & 246 days, James's reign in Scotland was longer than those of any of his predecessors. . . . #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #theyear1567 #D24jul #JamesVI #JamesVIofScotland #KingJamesVI #KingofScots #ScottishMonarchy #History #JamesIofEngland #JamesI #KingJamesI #HouseofStuart #BritishMonarchy #MaryQueenofScots #Crown #Throne #Scottish #QueenofScots #Heritage #Scotland #Royalhistory #royalfamily #Historyfacts #Instahistory #Onthisday . Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018 (at Scotland) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0UD8M7AxP5/?igshid=x3rocclatnkd

On This Day In History . 29 July 1567 . The Coronation of King James VI of Scotland . . ◼ James was annointed King of Scots at the age of thirteen months at the Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling, by Adam Bothwell, Bishop of Orkney, on 29 July 1567. . ◼ The sermon at the coronation was preached by John Knox. In accordance with the religious beliefs of most of the Scottish ruling class, James was brought up as a member of the Protestant Church of Scotland. . ◼ James VI of Scotland would later become James I of England too with the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #History #TheYear1567 #Coronation #KingofScots #KingofScotland #JamesVI #JamesVIofScotland #KingJamesVI #HouseofStuart #ScottishMonarchy #RoyalHistory #Instahistory #Scotland #stuarts #Scottish #Heritage #historyfact #historyfacts #OnThisDay #BritishMonarchy #d29jul (at Church of the Holy Rude) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0g-N6bgQGb/?igshid=1hc0t3isk5q5c

On This Day In History . 8th February 1587 . Mary Queen of Scots was executed (part 2.) . . ◼ Mary was not beheaded with a single strike. The first blow missed her neck & struck the back of her head. The second blow severed the neck, except for a small bit of sinew, which the executioner cut through using the axe. Afterward, he held her head aloft & declared, "God save the Queen." . ▪ At that moment, the auburn tresses in his hand turned out to be a wig & the head fell to the ground, revealing that Mary had very short, grey hair. . ▪ A small dog owned by the queen, a Skye terrier, is said to have been hiding among her skirts, unseen by the spectators. Following the beheading, it refused to be parted from its owner's body & was covered in her blood, until it was forcibly taken away & washed. . ◼ Items supposedly worn or carried by Mary at her execution are of doubtful provenance; contemporary accounts state that all her clothing, the block, & everything touched by her blood was burnt in the fireplace of the Great Hall to obstruct relic-hunters. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1587 #MaryQueenofScots #TheQueenofScots #Scotland #QueenofScots #MaryStuart #HouseofStuart #History #ScottishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #D8Feb (at Fotheringhay Castle) https://www.instagram.com/p/Btn79XiFWxJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vohjekc5l7d5

On This Day In History . 12 February 1424 . King James I of Scotland married Joan Beaufort . . King James I of Scotland of the House of Stewart married Joan Beaufort, a cousin of Henry VI of England & the niece of Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, & Henry, Bishop of Winchester. . ◼ They were wed at St Mary Overie Church in Southwark. They were feasted at Winchester Palace that year by her uncle Cardinal Henry Beaufort. She accompanied her husband on his return from captivity in England to Scotland, and was crowned alongside her husband at Scone Abbey. As queen, she often pleaded with the king for those who might be executed. . The royal couple had eight children; . ◾ Margaret Stewart, Princess of Scotland (1424–1445) married Prince Louis, Dauphin of Viennois (later King Louis XI of France) . ◾ Isabella Stewart, Princess of Scotland (1426–1494) married Francis I, Duke of Brittany . ◾ Mary Stewart, Countess of Buchan (died 1465) married Wolfart VI van Borsselen . ◾ Joan of Scotland, Countess of Morton (c. 1428–1486) married James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton . ◾ Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay (born and died 1430); Twin of James . ◾ James II of Scotland (1430–1460) .. ◾ Eleanor Stewart, Princess of Scotland (1433–1484) married Sigismund, Archduke of Austria uncle Cardinal Henry. . ◾ Annabella Stewart, Princess of Scotland (c. 1436 – 1509) married and divorced 1. Louis of Savoy, and then married and divorced 2. George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly . . . #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #d12feb #theyear1424 #JamesI #JamesIofScotland #KingofScots #history #JoanBeaufort #Scottishmonarchy #HouseofStewart #britishmonarchy #Southwark #Wedding #RoyalWedding #London #England #historyfacts #Scotland #arthistory (at Southwark) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bty_V55leZS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=taikl5dtrrhp