Editing James V (section)

== Issue ==
===Legitimate issue===
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! Name
! Birth
! Death
! Notes

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| colspan=4|'''''By [[Madeleine of Valois|Madeleine of France]]'''''
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| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;" |no issue

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| colspan=4|'''''By [[Mary of Guise]]'''''

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| [[James, Duke of Rothesay (born 1540)|James, Duke of Rothesay]]
| 22 May 1540
| 21 April 1541
| &nbsp;

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| Arthur or Robert, Duke of Albany
| 12 April 1541
| 20 April 1541
| &nbsp;

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| [[Mary, Queen of Scots]]
| 8 December 1542
| 8 February 1587
| Married, firstly, [[Francis II of France]]; no issue. Married, secondly, [[Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley]], and had issue (the future [[James VI and I]]). Married, thirdly, [[James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell]]; no issue.

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=== Illegitimate issue ===
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! Name
! Birth
! Death
! Notes

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| colspan=4|'''''By Elizabeth Shaw '''''

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| [[James Stewart, Commendator of Kelso and Melrose]]
| {{C.}} 1529<ref name="HMC670">''HMC: 6th Report & Appendix'' (London, 1877), p. 670: Pope Clement VII sent a dispensation to James V dated 30 August 1534 that allowed four of the children to take holy orders when they came of age. The document stated that James elder was in his fifth year, James younger and John in their third year, and Robert in his first year.</ref>
| 1557
| His daughter, Marjorie, married the half-nephew of his brother, [[Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney]]. Some sources, however, state he had no issue.

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| colspan=4|'''''By [[Margaret Erskine]]'''''

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| [[James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray]]
| {{circa|1531}}<ref name=HMC670/>
| 23 January 1570
| [[Prior of St Andrews]]; [[Regent of Scotland]], for his nephew [[James VI and I]]. Married [[Agnes Keith, Countess of Moray]], and had issue. He was the first head of government to be assassinated with a firearm.
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| Robert Stewart
| ?
| 1581<ref>Gordon Donaldson, ''Register of the Privy Seal of Scotland: 1567-1574'', vol. 6 (Edinburgh, 1963), p. 67 no. 298: ''Register of the Privy Seal'', vol. 8 (Edinburgh, 1982), p. 485, no. 2742.</ref>
|[[Prior of Whithorn]]
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| colspan=4|'''''By Elizabeth Stewart'''''

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| Adam Stewart, [[Prior of Perth]]
| ?
| 20 June 1575
| Married Janet Ruthven and had issue. In June 1596, [[James VI]] gave £200 to Adam's son, James Stewart, for his travelling expenses in foreign countries.<ref>National Records of Scotland, Exchequer vouchers E23/7.</ref>

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| colspan=4|'''''By Christine Barclay'''''

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| James Stewart
| ?
| ?
| &nbsp;

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| colspan=4|'''''By Elizabeth Carmichael'''''

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| [[John Stewart, Commendator of Coldingham]]
| {{circa|1531}}<ref name=HMC670/>
| November 1563
| Married [[Jean Hepburn]] and had issue including [[Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell]]. Also had illegitimate issue.

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| colspan=4|'''''By [[Elizabeth Bethune]]'''''

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| [[Lady Jean Stewart]]
| {{circa|1533}}
| 7 January 1587/88
| Married [[Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll]]; no issue.

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| colspan=4|'''''By [[Euphame Elphinstone]]'''''

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| [[Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney]] and Lord of Zetland (Commendator of Holyrood)
| {{circa|1533}}<ref name=HMC670/>
| 4 February 1593
| Married Jean Kennedy and had issue. Also had illegitimate issue.
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|Unnamed child
|?
|?
|Died in childhood
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