James V

James V (10 April 1512 – 14 December 1542) was King of Scotland from 9 September 1513 until his death in 1542. He was crowned on 21 September 1513 at the age of seventeen months. James was the son of King James IV and Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England. During his childhood Scotland was governed by regents, firstly by his mother until she remarried, and then by his first cousin once removed, John Stewart, Duke of Albany. James's personal rule began in 1528 when he finally escaped the custody of his stepfather, Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus.

A portrait of Jame V of Scotland (circa 1536)

Quotes

• It cam’ wi’ a lass, it will gang wi’ a lass.
  • The crown came with a woman, and it will go with one.
  • Scots cited in The Edinburgh Magazine, or Literary Miscellany, vol. 5 (January 1787), p. 32, col. 1. Englished by David Hume, The History of England (1763), vol. 4, ch. 33, p. 249