# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-i-of-scotland
# Generated: 2026-09-02T00:28:27.194Z

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name: "James I of Scotland"
slug: "james-i-of-scotland"
description: "He became king at eleven while locked in an English tower — a hostage-prince who wouldn't see Scotland as its ruler for eighteen years. When James I finally returned in 1424, he brought back English governance ideas and a taste for pre-emptive strikes against his own nobles, a strategy that ended with his murder in a failed coup."
tagline: "King of Scots from 1406 to 1437"
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birthDate: "1394-07-25"
deathDate: "1437-02-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             15
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born in July 1394, the youngest son of Robert III, James watched his older brother David die under suspicious circumstances in their uncle's custody and saw plans made to spirit him to France for safety. In March 1406, English pirates seized his ship in the Firth of Forth; his father died weeks later, leaving an 11-year-old captive as the uncrowned king. Educated at the English court, he fought for Henry V in France — at times against Scottish forces — before marrying Joan Beaufort in February 1424 and returning home that April. His reign turned ruthless: he executed his cousin Duke Murdoch and his sons in 1425, arrested the Lord of the Isles in 1428, and jailed other earls while diverting ransom funds to build Linlithgow Palace. On the night of 20 February 1437, his uncle Walter Stewart led assassins into his chamber at Perth; Queen Joan, wounded, escaped to reach their son in Edinburgh.