Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell, was Commendator of Kelso Abbey and Coldingham Priory, a Privy Counsellor and Lord High Admiral of Scotland. He was a notorious conspirator who led several uprisi
Bothwell had part of Crichton Castle rebuilt in the Italian Renaissance style, c. 1585
Carved monogram of Admiral Francis Stewart and Margaret Douglas, Crichton Castle
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James V 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, d
Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell
…High Admiral of Scotland. He was a notorious conspirator who led several uprisings against his first cousin, King James VI (they were both grandsons of King James V of Scotland), all of which ultimately failed, and he died in poverty in Italy after being banished from Scotland. Francis's maternal uncle, the 4th Earl of Bothwell…
Portrait by Corneille de Lyon, c. 1536
John Stewart, Duke of Albany, regent of James V from 1515 to 1524
Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, James V's step-father
The four European orders of chivalry to which James V belonged — Garter, Thistle, Golden Fleece and St Michael — on the outer gate he built at his birthplace, Linlithgow Palace