Today is the birthday in 1473 of James IV of Scotland. According to Britannica.com: He was the son of James III and Margaret of Denmark, and he was the husband of Margaret Tudor. An energetic and popular ruler, he unified Scotland under royal control, strengthened royal finances, and improved Scotland’s position in European politics.
He is now remembered for being the last British monarch to have died in battle when he was killed at the Battle of Flodden, when his sister-in-law Katherine of Aragon was regent when Henry VIII was away in France.
That’s your Tudor Minute for today. Remember you can dive deeper into life in 16th-century England through the Renaissance English History Podcast at englandcast.com where there is an episode on James’s wife, Margaret Tudor.
Suggested links:
Episode 53: Tudor Times on Margaret Tudor
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Here are some Ireland episodes you might want to check out!
Episode 117: The English in Ireland
Episode 163: Women Pirates (Not Ireland exactly, but features Grace O’Malley who’s Irish)
Heather Teysko is the creator, writer, and producer of The Renaissance English History Podcast,  the original Tudor history podcast, started in 2009. She's been writing about history online for over 25 years, since her first site on Colonial American history became number one in history on Yahoo in 1998. In 2019 she created Tudorcon, which is now a yearly event, in addition to writing books, and running TudorFair.com - a whimsical Tudor Merch shop.
She has been passionate about Tudor England since she first read Alison Weir's The Six Wives of Henry VIII 30 years ago, and subsequently moved to London after college to spend her time immersed in Tudor history (how exciting when she got to interview Alison for the first time!). In addition to history, she is passionate about travel, and has lived in 3 countries and 4 states (not counting her perpetual state of confusion), and her family (who help her host her YouTube channel occasionally).
