Family History Research
July 2022
Continuing the research into my mother's (Marlene Grace Deitz Repinski) family history, I would like to go back to the year 1502.
That was the year that a King of Scotland was born.
James V (10 April 1512 – 14 December 1542) was King of Scotland from 9 September 1513 until his death, which followed the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Solway Moss.
His only surviving legitimate child, Mary, succeeded him when she was just six days old.
James V was also my 15th Great Grandfather.
One of his daughters, Mary would follow him on to the throne of Scotland and
To discover firstly that I and my siblings and their children have Scottish blood running through our veins was pretty cool. But to find out that it was "Blue Scottish Blood" was cooler yet!
My line from James goes through one of his "bastard" illegitimate children, my 14th Great Grandfather, Robert Stewart.
Robert's mother (my 15th Great Grandmother) was a woman named Euphame (Elphinstone) Bruce, who was one of James' mistresses. I shall try to touch upon her and on my 14th GGF a little further down in the "Family" section of this post.
The line that takes me back to this king of Scotland, comes down to me and my siblings and their children from our mother Marlene and her father Raymond Deitz and his mother, Grace Pope Deitz.
(See the "Lineage" section further down in this post for all of that).
So lets meet this "King of Scots" that is part of my family ancestry......
James V of Scotland, King of Scots
Name: King James V of Scotland
Father: James IV, King of Scotland
Mother: Margaret Tudor
Relation to Elizabeth II: 11th great-grandfather
House of: Stewart
Born: April 10, 1512 at Linlithgow Palace
Ascended to the throne: September 9, 1513 aged 1 years
Crowned: September 21, 1513 at Stirling Castle
Married:(1) Madeleine de Valois, January 1, 1537
Married:(2) Mary of Guise, June 12, 1538
Children: 2 sons (died as infants), daughter Mary and several illegitimate
Died: December 14, 1542, at Falkland Palace, Fife, aged 30 years, 8 months, and 4 days
Buried at: Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh
Succeeded by: his daughter Mary
James
V was just over 1 year old when his father was killed at Flodden field
and he inherited the throne. Once again the Scottish nobles fought for
power during the King’s period of infancy. Albany returned from exile
and was offered power but was vigorously opposed by James’ mother
Margaret and her second husband Douglas Earl of Angus who took control
and held James a virtual prisoner.
When he escaped from his step
father’s authority, James ruled with authority but was sympathetic to
the needs of the poor of Scotland. He is said to have like travelling
incognito in his kingdom disguised as the ‘Gudeman (farmer)
o’Ballengeich’. He brought the Borders under control and the Highlands
and islands. It was a time of the rise of Protestantism in Europe and
England, but James did not tolerate ‘heresy’ and strongly supported the
Catholic Church. Patrick Hamilton a leading Protestant reformer was
burned at the stake in St Andrews in 1528.
James twice married
French women - Madeleine de Valois daughter of King Francis of France
who brought a large dowry but she was of frail health and died a few
months later, and secondarily Mary of Guise mother of Mary who was to
become Queen of Scots.
The death of his mother Margaret Tudor
removed his allegiance to England, and he failed when invited to meet
Henry VIII at York in 1541. James mobilised his army and prepared to
invade England but was defeated at Solway Moss on the Scottish borders
in 1542. The news of the defeat is said to have devastated him and he
died just 6 days after his daughter was born.
14th Great Grandfather
1.
John is the
son of
Marlene Grace (Dietz) Repinski (1936-1999)
2.
Marlene is the
daughter of
Raymond Harold Dietz (1912-1973)
3.
Raymond is the
son of
Grace Elizabeth (Pope) Dietz (1891-1963)
4.
Grace is the
daughter of
Isadora S. (Smith) Pope (1859-1906)
5.
Isadora is the
daughter of
Edward Y Smith (1833-1888)
6.
Edward is the
son of
Harrison Smith (1784-abt.1851)
7.
Harrison is the
son of
Samuel Smith (1760-1838)
8.
Samuel is the
son of
Samuel Tertia Smith (abt.1728-1796)
9.
Samuel is the
son of
Katherine (Homes) Smith (1698-)
10.
Katherine is the
daughter of
Katherine (Craighead) Homes (1672-1754)
11.
Katherine is the
daughter of
Agnes (Hart) Craighead (1648-)
12.
Agnes is the
daughter of
John (Hart) Heart (abt.1617-1687)
13.
John is the
son of
Jean Mowat (abt.1595-1682)
14.
Jean is the
daughter of
Christian Stewart (abt.1555-aft.1634)
15.
Christian is the
daughter of
Robert Stewart (1533-1593)
16.
Robert is the
son of
James Stewart (1512-1542)
This makes
James the 14th great grandfather of John.
15th Great Grandfather
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| James V, King of Scotland |
Born 15 Apr 1512 in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Son of James Stewart and Margaret Tudor
Brother of Catherine (Stewart) Douglas [half], Alexander (Stuart) Stewart [half], James Stewart [half], Margaret (Stewart) Drummond [half], James Stewart [half], Janet (Stewart) Fleming [half], James (Stewart) Duke of Rothesay, Unnamed Stewart, Arthur (Stewart) Duke of Rothesay, Unnamed Stewart, Alexander Stewart, Margaret (Douglas) Stuart [half] and Unknown (Douglas) Sempill [half]
Husband of Isabel (Grant) Campbell — married [date unknown]
Husband of Elizabeth (Bethune) Gray — married [date unknown]
Husband of Madeleine (Valois) de Valois — married 1 Jan 1537 in Paris, France
Husband of Marie (Guise) Stewart — married 12 Jun 1538 in Edinburgh, Scotland
Died 14 Dec 1542 in Falkland, Fife, Scotland
Father of:
James (Shaw) Stewart
James Stewart Tertius
Jean (Stewart) Campbell
William Stewart
James Stewart
John Stewart I
Robert Stewart (14th Great Grandfather)
Adam Stewart
Margaret Stewart
James Stewart
Arthur Stewart
Mary (Stewart) Stuart
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| King James V (15th Great Grandfather) |
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| King James IV (16th Great Grandfather) |
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| Queen Margaret Tudor Stewart (16th Great Grandmother) |
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| Queen Margaret (17th Great Grandmother) |
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| King James III (17th Great Grandfather) |
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| King Henry VII (17th Great Grandfather) |
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| Queen Elizabeth York Tudor (17th Great Grandmother) |
- King James IV Stewart of Scotland and Queen Margaret Tudor
- James IV was the son of:
- My 17th Great Grandparents: King James III Stewart and Princess of Norway/Queen of Scotland, Margaret (Oldenburg) Danmark
- Margaret Tudor was the daughter of:
- My 17th Great Grandparents: King Henry VII Tudor of England and Queen Elizabeth York Tudor.
- Going back from the above is interesting to say the least and I think I will save that ancestry for another post......but I will say that the lines back from here make me wonder where in the heck is my castle and my riches....(insert big smiley face)
- A few other interesting notes:
- My 16th Great Grandmother, Margaret Tudor Stewart was also the sister of King Henry VIII Tudor, which makes King Henry the Eighth my ancestral great uncle.....now thats nifty.
- My 15th Great Grandfather, James V was the only legitimate child of James IV to survive infancy.
Marriage and Children
James Stewart married, first, Madelaine de Valois, daughter of |François I, Roi de France and Claude de Valois, Duchesse de Bretagne, on 1 January 1536/7 at Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris. Madelaine died of consumption at Holyrood on 07 July 1537. There were no children of this marriage.
He married, secondly, Marie de Guise, daughter of Claude de Lorraine, Duc de Guise and Antoinette de Bourbon-Vendôme, on 12 Jun 1538 at St. Andrews Cathedral in Fife, Scotland, and by proxy in Paris on 9 May 1538.
Children of James Stewart and Marie de Guise
- James Stewart, Duke of Rothesay (22 May 1540 - Apr 1541)
- Arthur Stewart, Duke of Albany (b. Apr 1541 - d. Apr 1541)
- Mary Stewart, Queen of Scotland (b. 07 Dec 1542 - d. 8 Feb 1587)
Illegitimate Children
- James Stewart; mother: Christina Barclay.
- Jean Stewart, d.07 Jan 1588; mother: Elizabeth Bethune; m. Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll in 1553, divorced 1573.
- James Stewart, 1529–1557; mother: Elizabeth Shaw.
- Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney, b. c. 1533; d. 4 Feb 1592/93; mother: Euphemia Elphinstone. (My 14th Great /grandfather was the above Robert)
- John Stewart, Lord Darnley and Prior of Coldingham, b. c. 1531; d. Nov 1563; mother: Elizabeth Carmichael (1514-1550), who m. John Somerville of Cambusnethan; m. Jean (or Jane) Hepburn, sis and h. of James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell.
- James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray; b. 1531; d. 20 Jan 1569/70; mother: Margaret (Erskine) Douglas (1513-1572), James's favourite mistress.
- Robert Stewart, secundus, Prior of Whithorn, d. 1581; mother unknown.
- Adam Stewart, b. say 1535; d. 20 Jun 1575; mother: Lady Elizabeth Stewart, dau. John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox
- Margaret Stewart; mentioned in a contract in the charter-chest of the Earl of Home, proposed as her husband;[1] mother unknown.
Sources and further reading
https://www.google.com/search?q=james+v&client=firefox-b-1-d&sxsrf=ALiCzsaHzLoC-AJ6yKa5nGQ8Gm9PZ5b3Aw%3A1659813613318&ei=7b7uYoX_EpbDqtsP7aKMsAI&ved=0ahUKEwjFqcLG97L5AhWWoWoFHW0RAyYQ4dUDCA0&uact=5&oq=james+v&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBAgjECcyBAgjECcyBwguELEDEEMyBAgAEEMyBAguEEMyBQguEIAEMhAILhCABBCHAhCxAxCDARAUMg0ILhCABBCHAhCxAxAUMgQILhBDMggILhCABBCxAzoHCAAQRxCwAzoKCAAQ5AIQsAMYAToPCC4Q1AIQyAMQsAMQQxgCOgwILhDIAxCwAxBDGAJKBQg8EgExSgQIQRgASgQIRhgBUP0HWP0HYM4SaAFwAXgAgAGOAYgBjgGSAQMwLjGYAQCgAQHIAQ_AAQHaAQYIARABGAnaAQYIAhABGAg&sclient=gws-wiz
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stewart-2313
https://britroyals.com/scots.asp?id=james5_scot
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