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  James III
James III was born in 1451 and so was a child of 9 years when he came to the throne.
James married Margaret of Denmark in 1469, whose father was the King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
James was interested in many things, trade, currency, ships and artillery, music and building, and could have brought about a new age within Scotland but he was lacking one basic thing, and that was any element of force in his personality.
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 Scottish Monarchs - Kings and Queens of Scotland - James III.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
James III, King of Scots, the eldest son of James II and Mary of Gueldres, was born around 1451-2 and created Duke of Rothesay at birth.
The body of James III was taken to Cambuskenneth Abbey, were it was buried before the high altar of the abbey church, alongside that of his Queen, Margaret of Denmark.
His son, James IV was to deeply regret his part in the rebellion which ended in his father's death and ever after wore a chain of expiation around his waist in penance.
www.englishmonarchs.co.uk /stewart_5.htm   (1163 words)

  
 James III of Scotland Summary
James III (1451-1488) was king of Scotland from 1460 to 1488.
James III of Scotland (1451/ 1452 – June 11, 1488), son of James II and Mary of Gueldres, created Duke of Rothesay at birth, king of Scotland from 1460 to 1488.
James was an unpopular and ineffective monarch owing to an unwillingness to administer justice fairly, a policy of pursuing alliance with the Kingdom of England, and a disastrous relationship with nearly all his extended family.
www.bookrags.com /James_III_of_Scotland   (1694 words)

  
 James III and VIII
James Francis Edward Stuart was born June 10 (O.S.), June 20 (N.S.), 1688, at St. James's Palace in London.
James continued to reside in France until 1713 when, in response to the Congress of Utrecht he moved to Bar-le-Duc, at that time in the independent Duchy of Lorraine.
James died in the Palazzo Muti (now Palazzo Balestra) in Rome, January 1, 1766, when he was succeeded in all his British rights by his elder son Charles.
www.jacobite.ca /kings/james3.htm   (723 words)

  
 James III Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
James III lived from 10 July 1451 to 11 June 1488 and was King of Scotland from 3 August 1460 until 11 June 1488.
James was the eldest son of James II and at the time of his father's accidental death from an exploding cannon at Roxburgh castle he was just 9 years old.
James III is said to have entered the battle carrying the sword of Robert the Bruce.
www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /usbiography/monarchs/jamesiii.html   (741 words)

  
 James Cessna III Descendants
James III Cessna was born in Apr 1751 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
James W Cissna (William, James III) was born on Jul 11 1824 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
James was born on Nov 22 1863 in Hardin County, Ohio.
www.fortunecity.com /skyscraper/module/1544/id46.htm   (6521 words)

  
 Famous Scots - King James III
James III was born in St Andrews, Fife, in 1451, son of King James II and Mary of Gueldres.
arranged the marriage of James to Margaret, the daughter of the King Christian I of Denmark in 1469.
King James III was wounded in the battle and left the battlefield.
www.rampantscotland.com /famous/blfamjames3.htm   (506 words)

  
 James III, king of Scotland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
During his minority he was under the care of his mother, Mary of Guelders, and her adviser, James Kennedy, bishop of St. Andrews.
James quarreled with and imprisoned (1479) his brother, Alexander Stuart, duke of Albany, but Alexander escaped to France.
James moved to resist, but Archibald Douglas, 5th earl of Angus, nominally one of his supporters, headed a group that hanged certain of James’s favorites and briefly held the king prisoner.
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 History of the Monarchy > The Jacobite Claimants > Prince James
James Francis Edward, the son of James VII and II and his second (Roman Catholic) wife Mary of Modena, was born on 10 June 1688, long after everyone had given up hope of the queen bearing a living son.
James' French allies failed to give assistance, the British government had plenty of warning, diversionary risings in England fizzled out, and Mar's troops began to desert after an indecisive battle at Sheriffmuir in November 1715.
James' friends were desperate for him to marry and have sons, and so in 1719 he took as his wife the Polish princess, Clementina Sobieska.
www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page144.asp   (343 words)

  
 History of the Monarchy > The Stewarts > James III
James' long minority was marked by unstable relations with England and ambitious aristocratic factions.
Most of the lands and revenues in the islands already belonged to the earldom of Orkney, and in 1471 James III persuaded the Earl of Orkney to exchange his property there for lands in Fife.
Condemned by contemporaries and criticised by later historians as being weak and grasping, James III nevertheless combined a full measure of the Royal Stewart energy and intelligence with a love of the arts, and his coinage was the first in Scotland or England to bear a true likeness of the monarch.
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 James III of Scotland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
(Schottland)sv:Jacob III av Skottland James III of Scotland (1451/ 1452- June 11, 1488), son of James II and Mary of Gueldres, created Duke of Rothesay at birth, king of Scotland from 1460 to 1488.
James was an unpopular and ineffective monarch owing to an unwillingness to administer justice fairly, a policy of pursuing alliance with England, and a disastrous relationship with nearly all his extended family.
Persistent legends, based on the highly coloured and unreliable accounts of sixteenth chroniclers such as Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie, John Leslie and George Buchanan claim that James III was assassinated at Milltown, near Bannockburn, soon after the battle.
james-iii-of-scotland.kiwiki.homeip.net   (1412 words)

  
 James III - Cunnan
James III was the son of James II and succeeded to the throne of Scotland in 1460 on his father's death.
James was to have 3 children with Margaret -- a son, named James, a second James who became Duke of Ross, and John, who succeeded to the Earldom of Mar.
Mar died, whilst in royal custody (leading other nobles to fear for their safety), and Albany escaped, fled to England, and allied with Edward IV (who purported to declare him King of Scotland), and tried an invasion in 1482, and when this failed, was obliged to flee to France.
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 James III
James III, King of Scotland, eldest son of James II, was born on the 10th of July 1451.
War broke out with England, but James, made a prisoner by his nobles, was unable to prevent Albany and his ally, Richard, duke of Gloucester (afterwards Richard III), from taking Berwick and marching to Edinburgh.
Fleeing into the north of his kingdom James collected an army and came to terms with his foes; but the rebels, having seized the person of the king's eldest son, afterwards James IV, renewed the struggle.
www.nndb.com /people/757/000101454   (421 words)

  
 James Allridge - Handmade Cards From Texas Death Row
James Vernon Allridge III was born on November 14, 1962 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, while his father was stationed there in the Army.
James has made all of these accomplishments in a never ending struggle to disprove the prosecution's5 contention that he is a "continuing threat to society".
James believes that he has made many valuable contributions to society through his art and writing and wishes to continue making those contributions, even if from a prison cell.
www.ccadp.org /jamesallridge.htm   (1918 words)

  
 JAMES AMPS III-International Keynote Speaker
With over twenty years of experience working with people, James has developed unique and effective programs that increase human potential, help put personal accountability into action, and assist fortune 500 companies and individuals to redefine excellence.
James is an educator, workshop leader, consultant and author.
James uses his unique life story to inspire individuals to take responsibility for their lives and to approach the game of business as one would any sport with strategy, skill, enthusiasm, and a passion to be the best
www.jamesamps.com   (166 words)

  
 James Ormond III
James Ormond III was only 12 years old in 1829 when he buried his father James Ormond II on the family's plantation Dametta.
Born in Scotland on May 7, 1815 James Ormond III arrived in Florida in the fall of 1824 with his mother, two sisters and a brother.
James went to school in Charleston, SC and learned to be a merchant.
www.angelfire.com /ma2/bethm/Ormond.html   (494 words)

  
 The Life Of King James IV (Part One)
While James III had been a deeply unpopular king his son proved to have the common touch and was also a skilled politician, making him deeply popular throughout Scotland.
James was also a skilled diplomat on the European stage, brokering peace negotiations which helped to put Scotland on the map internationally.
James IV was symbolically crowned at the traditional seat of Scottish kings, Scone.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/modern_scottish_history/90142   (493 words)

  
 James III - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
James III 1452-88, king of Scotland (1460-88), son and successor of James II.
With Richard G. Averitt III of Raymond James Financial Services.(One on One)
YALE UNIVERSITY: James A. Baker, III to speak on U.S. foreign policy at Yale.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-james3sco.html   (346 words)

  
 Artist - James Daniel, III
James began painting and drawing at a very early age and has won many awards starting when he was nine years old.
James attended schools focused on the arts and developed his wide range of skills by working with master artists in Boston, Italy, France, and North Carolina.
James has recently established Studio42 which represents the mural aspect of his work.
www.studiojamesdaniel.net   (127 words)

  
 Ind-Movement.org: Abuse Committed By Joseph Colin James III (CJ3) and Victor Prentice
James did this by repeatedly telephoning them dozens of times each all hours of the day and night, and by faxing them, emailing them, etc. with bogus legal threats over the pretexts of trademark and copyright violation.
James is a spammer -- he has sent dozens of unsolicited defamatory emails to hundreds of people, both inside and outside of the autocephalous church movement.
James is suing me for the express purpose of costing me dearly in terms of money, time and inconvenience.
www.ind-movement.org /bad_fruit_james_prentice.html   (709 words)

  
 Richard III Society--James A. Moore, Historicity
In fact, according to George B. Churchill (23), Richard III as king of England and the myth surrounding him had already become separated in the minds of Shakespeare's contemporaries.
Yet, in a larger sense, the "Richard III phenomenon," with its impact on succeeding generations, is itself a part of history.
James A. Moore is Head of the English Department at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas.
www.r3.org /bookcase/moore1.html   (4122 words)

  
 James III of Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James III of Scotland (1451/ 1452 – June 11, 1488) was the son of James II and Mary of Gueldres, created Duke of Rothesay at birth, and King of Scots from 1460 to 1488.
During his childhood, the government was led by three successive factions, led respectively by the king's mother, Mary of Gueldres (1460-1463) (who briefly secured the return of the burgh of Berwick to Scotland), James Kennedy, Bishop of St Andrews and Gilbert, Lord Kennedy (1463-1466), and Robert, Lord Boyd (1466-1469).
Certainly his right-hand man, James Liddale of Halkerston, was arrested and executed around that time.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_III_of_Scotland   (1416 words)

  
 Stand up comedian James Stephens III
James Stephens III is an established comedian and actor who has performed on The Dana Carvey and Stephanie Miller shows.
James is an extremely talented comedian and impressionist.
No two shows are the same as James involves the entire audience in each performance.
www.comedycontact.com /stephens.html   (170 words)

  
 James Ensor Online
James Ensor at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
James Ensor copyright requests handled by the Artists Rights Society.
All images and text on this James Ensor page are copyright 1999-2005 by John Malyon/Artcyclopedia, unless otherwise noted.
www.artcyclopedia.com /artists/ensor_james.html   (442 words)

  
 A Dynamic Professional Speaker: James Amps III
James Amps III inspires his audiences to turn their obstacles into opportunities, problems into possibilities and temporary defeats into permanent victories.
James is considered one of the top keynote speakers in the country.
He uses his unique life story to inspire individuals to take responsibility for their lives and to approach the game of business as one would any sport with strategy, skill, enthusiasm, and a passion to be the best.
www.jamesamps.com /james/home.asp   (179 words)

  
 Oliver James Biography | Pictures | Raise Your Voice | What a Girl Wants | Singer Info | Hilary Duff | Amanda Bynes
Oliver James graduated from the Guilford School for Performing Arts in England and had only been working for a year before he snagged his role as Ian Wallace in What a Girl Wants.
Oliver James' only real work before that had been in British commercials and stage productions.
Oliver James' main reason to enroll as an acting major was so he could attend the same school as his then-girlfriend.
www.kidzworld.com /site/p3328.htm   (328 words)

  
 James III of Scotland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
His exact date and place of birth have been a matter of debate - although not since the 1950s.
During his childhood, the government was led by three successive factions, led respectively by the king's mother, Queen Mary of Gueldres (1460-1463) (who briefly secured the return of the town of Berwick to Scotland), James Kennedy, Bishop of St Andrews and Gilbert, Lord Kennedy (1463-1466), and Robert, Lord Boyd (1466-1469).
In 1474 an marriage alliance was agreed with Edward IV of England, by which the future James IV was to marry Princess Cecily of York, daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville.
james-iii-of-scotland.iqnaut.net   (1251 words)

  
 Charles III
He was the elder son of King James III and VIII and of his wife, Princess Clementina Sobieska.
In December 1743 King James named Charles Prince Regent in order that Charles would have full authority to bring about a restoration of the throne.
At the death of his father King James III and VIII, January 1, 1766, Charles succeeded to all of his British rights.
www.jacobite.ca /kings/charles3.htm   (1237 words)

  
 James Allridge III. --- Fund For Life
Bill says that James spent more than half of his final statement addressing the victim's family members, thanking those who have forgiven him and again apologizing and seeking forgiveness, and wishing peace, to all, but in particular to those who are still angry.
I also had a chance to speak with Helen and with Jim Marcus, one of James Allridge's attorneys who have been working so hard to try to force the Texas clemency process to actually function.
James was a beautiful soul (Poems posted by his friends)
www.deathrow.at /allridge   (306 words)

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