On 14 July 1486, Queen Margaret of Denmark died at Stirling Castle. par her side was her son James, Duke of Rothesay, the future King James IV of Scotland. One source claimed that on her death lit Margaret a dit to her son, 'I pray you, through your obedience as my son, to l’amour and fear God, always doing good, because nothing achieved par violence, can endure.' If indeed Margaret did speak such words then they would prove tragically prophetic for within two years her son would depose his father, King James III of Scotland, dying in mysterious circumstances; twenty five years later James IV would...
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