The Children of Adam and Eve

James V (1512-42), king of Scotland (1513-42), son of King James IV and
Margaret Tudor, born in Linlithgow. He was 17 months old when his father
was killed. His mother acted as regent until her marriage in 1514 to
Archibald, 6th earl of Angus. In that year John Stewart, duke of Albany
(1481-1536), became James's protector. In 1525, during the continued
struggle for control of the country, James was taken prisoner by his
stepfather. Three years later the king escaped and assumed control of
Scotland. He instituted judicial reforms and took measures to protect the
peasantry, by whom he was much admired. His uncle, Henry VIII, king of
England, tried to induce James to repudiate the authority of the Roman
Catholic Church, but James refused, and relations between the two
countries became strained. War Broke out in 1542, and in November the
Scottish force was routed at Solway Moss in northern England. Within a
month James died. He left one legitimate Child, Mary, queen of Scots, who
was six days old at his Death.