Arthur Stewart, Duke of Rothesay [SEP] father
Arthur Stewart, Duke of Rothesay
Arthur Stewart, Duke of Rothesay (20 October 1509 – 14 July 1510) 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
only one son who reached adulthood, with three further sons who died as infants and two stillborn daughters:
- James Stewart, Duke of Rothesay (21 February 1507, Holyrood Palace – 27 February 1508, Stirling Castle), firstborn son, died an infant;
- A stillborn daughter, born at Holyrood Palace on 15 July 1508.
- Arthur Stewart, Duke of Rothesay (20 October 1509, Holyrood Palace – Edinburgh Castle, 14 July 1510), 2nd son, died an infant;
- King