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JAMES V

James V was King of Scotland from 1513 to 1542. He was born in 1512 and died in 1548. James V became king when he was just seventeen months old, however Scotland was ruled by a regency, initially his mother Margaret Tudor, until the Scottish parliament asked John, Duke of Albany the next in line to the throne after James V to return from France and rule as regent. In 1524 John returned to France, and James V step-father, Angus had James V imprisoned in Edinburgh castle. In 1528 James V came of age, escaped from Edinburgh castle to Stirling castle, abolished the office of regent and ruled for himself. Angus, estranged from James V mother fled to England and James V's mother married Henry Stewart.

James V consolidated his rule by suppressing an uprising among the nobles along the borders and in the highlands. He signed a peace treaty with France, and proved very inpopular with his nobles for his brutal suppression of their power and the high taxes he demanded from them.
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