He spent most of his youth in England, in exile, but returned to Scotland to assert his claims to the line of succession, when King James V of Scotland died in 1542.
Proveo je većinu mladosti u Engleskoj, u egzile, ali se vratio u Škotsku kako bi istaknuo svoja prava u liniji nasljedstva, nakon što je škotski kralj Jakov V. umro 1542.