Holyrood Abbey
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Holyrood Abbey is a ruined abbey of the Canons Regular in Edinburgh, Scotland. The abbey was founded in 1128 by David I of Scotland. During the 15th century, the abbey guesthouse was developed into a
The ruins of Holyrood Abbey
Main west door (detail) Holyrood Abbey
The Chapel Royal at the time of James VII
Sanctuary marker for Holyrood Abbey, Royal Mile, Edinburgh
James V
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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
Holyrood Abbey
…Honour of the Palace of Holyroodhouse. Royal influence over the abbey further increased when in 1538 Robert Stewart, the infant, illegitimate son of James V, was appointed as commendator of Holyrood. During the War of the Rough Wooing, the invading English armies of the Earl of Hertford inflicted structural…
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