James IV was King of Scotland from 11 June 1488 until his death at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. He inherited the throne at the age of fifteen on the death of his father, James III, at the Battle of
James IV, copy by Daniël Mijtens of a lost contemporary portrait.
Stirling Castle, James IV's birthplace and childhood home
Copy of contemporary portrait of James by Jacques Le Boucq
Henry VIII was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 22 April 1509, and King of England and Ireland from the commencement of the Crown of Ireland Act 1542 until his death in 1547.
Portrait by Meynnart Wewyck, 1509
The meeting of Francis I and Henry VIII at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520
Henry (left) with Pope Leo X (centre) and Emperor Charles V (right); painting by unknown artist c. 1520