Today is the birthday in 1473 of James IV of Scotland. According to Britannica.com: He was the son of James III and Margaret of Denmark, and he was the husband of Margaret Tudor. An energetic and popular ruler, he unified Scotland under royal control, strengthened royal finances, and improved Scotland’s position in European politics.
He is now remembered for being the last British monarch to have died in battle when he was killed at the Battle of Flodden, when his sister-in-law Katherine of Aragon was regent when Henry VIII was away in France.
That’s your Tudor Minute for today. Remember you can dive deeper into life in 16th-century England through the Renaissance English History Podcast at englandcast.com where there is an episode on James’s wife, Margaret Tudor.
Suggested links:
Episode 53: Tudor Times on Margaret Tudor
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Here are some Ireland episodes you might want to check out!
Episode 117: The English in Ireland
Episode 163: Women Pirates (Not Ireland exactly, but features Grace O’Malley who’s Irish)
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Heather Teysko is the creator, writer, and producer of The Renaissance English History Podcast, one of the longest running indie history podcasts, going since 2009. She's been writing about history online for over 25 years, since her first site on Colonial American history became number one in history on Yahoo in 1998. She writes books, created the original Tudor Planner (a yearly diary filled with Tudor history) and in 2019 created the world's first Tudorcon (you can "attend" online this year!). She has been passionate about Tudor England since she first read Alison Weir's The Six Wives of Henry VIII 20 years ago, and subsequently moved to London after college to spend her time immersed in Tudor history.