STEWART, James IV King of Scots ³

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James had a relationship with Margaret or Marion BOYD, daughter of Archibald BOYD of Nariston, then of Bonshaw and Christian MURE.¹ (Margaret or Marion BOYD was born about 1478 and died before 31 August 1559 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Margaret, became, when very young, the mistress of King James IV., by whom she was mother of Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St. Andrews and Chamberlain of Scotland .... and of Catherine, wife of James (Douglas), third Earl of Morton. She afterwards married John Mure of Rowallan .... Her influence with the King assisted the Boyds in recovering their position."

from Scots Peerage (vol 5) ¹

James had a relationship with Janet KENNEDY, daughter of John KENNEDY 2nd Lord Kennedy and Elizabeth GORDON.² (Janet KENNEDY was born about 1476.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Bothwell did marry, first, Janet Kennedy, the well-known mistress of James IV."

from Scots Peerage (vol 2) ²

James next married Margaret TUDOR, daughter of Henry VII TUDOR King of England and Elizabeth Princess of York, Queen Consort, 28 July 1500(dispensation) married 8 August 1503.³ (Margaret TUDOR was born on 29 November 1489 in London, England,⁵ died on 18 October 1541 in Methven, Perthshire, Scotland ⁵ and was buried in 1541 in Carthusian monastery, Perth, Scotland ³.)

  Marriage Notes:

"James IV. 'of the Iron Belt' was born on March 17, 1472-3. He had taken part in the war of the rebel lords against his fatlier King James III., and after the murder of the latter was crowned at Scone in June 1488. In his reign the See of Glasgow was made an Archbishopric, and the University of Aberdeen founded. He was killed at the Battle of Flodden, 9 September 1513. He married (dispensation by Pope Alexander VI., Rome, 28 July 1500) Margaret Tudor, eldest daughter of Henry VII., King of England and sister of Henry VIII., at the Abbey Church of Holyrood, 8 August 1503, and by her had issue"

from Scots Peerage (vol 1) ³

James had a relationship with Margaret DRUMMOND, daughter of John DRUMMOND Lord Drummond and Elizabeth LINDSAY.⁴ (Margaret DRUMMOND was born about 1474, died in 1502 and was buried in Dunblane Abbey, Stirlingshire, Scotland.). The cause of her death was possible poisoning.

  Marriage Notes:

"Margaret, whose tragic fate is a matter of history. A strong attachment took place between her and the Duke of Rothesay, afterwards King James IV. The nobles were not in favour of a third Drummond Queen in the royal family. About 1496 she was living at Stirling under the charge of Sir John and Lady Lundy of that Ilk, then keepers of the Castle. In October of that year she was removed to Linlithgow, and her expenses are mentioned in the Treasurer's Accounts, sometimes under the initials M. D. About 1497 she bore a daughter to the King, who was afterwards married to John, Lord Gordon, and then to her kinsman, Sir John Drummond of Innerpeffray. Shortly after April 1502 Margaret Drummond, together with her sisters Euphemia and Sibylla, while residing at Drummond Castle, were seized with illness after partaking of food, and died after much suffering, not without strong popular suspicion of poisoning."

from Scots Peerage (vol 7) ⁴

James had a relationship with Agnes STEWART Countess of Bothwell, daughter of Sir James STEWART 'Hearty', Earl of Buchan (3rd creation) and Lord Auchterhouse and Margaret MURRAY.³ (Agnes STEWART Countess of Bothwell was born about 1486 and died in February 1557 ⁶.)

  Marriage Notes:

"King James IV. had several illegitimate children ......

5. Janet Stewart (daughter of Isabella Stewart, daughter of James, Earl of Buchan)."

from Scots Peerage (vol 1)

referring to Scots Peerage, volume 1:
"p. 22, 1. 3 from foot, for 'Isabella' read ' Agnes.' "
"p. 22, 1. 2 from foot, after 'Buchan,' add 'afterwards Countess of Bothwell (see charter cited in Geneaologist, N.S., viii. 185, 186).' "

from Scots Peerage (vol 9 Addenda et Corrigenda) ^{3 7}