Arthur Stewart, Duke of Rothesay

Arthur Stewart, Duke of Rothesay
Born	20 October 1509 Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Kingdom of Scotland
Died	14 July 1510 (age 8 months 24 days) Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Kingdom of Scotland

Arthur Stewart, Duke of Rothesay (20 October 1509, Holyrood Palace – 14 July 1510, Edinburgh Castle) was the second son of James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor, and had he outlived his father, he would have been King of Scotland.

Birth

Arthur was the third child of Margaret Tudor and James IV of Scotland, at the time of his birth he was the only remaining child as his elder brother Prince James, Duke of Rothesay and a stillborn sister had died before him. Arthur was born several months after the death of his maternal grandfather King Henry VII of England, he was named in honour of his deceased uncle Arthur, Prince of Wales who would have become King of England had he outlived his father. The name Arthur was also chosen as following young Henry VIII’s accession to the English throne his heir presumptive was his elder sister Margaret, Arthur Stewart’s mother, and in turn Arthur would also have been his mother’s heir and could have potentially have also been King of England as well as Scotland.^[1] At birth, the infant was created both Duke of Rothesay and Duke of Albany.

Death

The young prince died less than a year after his birth, he left his father James IV once again childless and the heir to the throne was his father’s cousin, John Stewart, Duke of Albany, a nephew of James III of Scotland. However, two years later another son was born to Arthur's parents who would succeed as James V of Scotland.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Arthur Stewart, Duke of Rothesay

16. James I of Scotland               8. James II of Scotland                       17. Joan Beaufort               4. James III of Scotland                             18. Arnold, Duke of Gelderland               9. Mary of Guelders                       19. Catherine of Cleves               2. James IV of Scotland                                   20. Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg               10. Christian I of Denmark                       21. Helvig of Schauenburg               5. Margaret of Denmark                             22. John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach               11. Dorothea of Brandenburg                       23. Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg               1. Arthur Stewart, Duke of Rothesay                                         24. Owen Tudor               12. Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond                       25. Catherine of Valois               6. Henry VII of England                             26. John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset               13. Margaret Beaufort                       27. Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso               3. Margaret Tudor                                   28. Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York               14. Edward IV of England                       29. Cecily Neville               7. Elizabeth of York                             30. Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers               15. Elizabeth Woodville                       31. Jacquetta of Luxembourg

Notes

1. Perry, Maria., The tumultuous lives of Margaret of Scotland and Mary of France (London,1998)

External links

• His profile at Peerage.com