Definition of James IV

1. Noun. A Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513).

Exact synonyms: James
Group relationships: Stuart
Generic synonyms: King, Male Monarch, Rex

Lexicographical Neighbors of James IV

James Fenimore Cooper
James Francis Thorpe
James Franck
James Garfield
James George Frazer
James Grover Thurber
James Hargreaves
James Harold Doolittle
James Harvey Robinson
James Henry Leigh Hunt
James Hogg
James Howard Meredith
James Hutton
James I
James II
James IV (current term)
James Ives
James Jerome Hill
James John Corbett
James Joseph Tunney
James Joyce
James K. Polk
James Knox Polk
James Langston Hughes
James Leonard Farmer
James Lind
James Madison
James Maitland Stewart
James Marshall Hendrix
James Mason

Literary usage of James IV

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"M. James IV (1473-1513), king of Scotland, eldest son of James III [qv]and Margaret, daughter of Christian I of Denmark, was bom on 17 March 1473. ..."

2. The Poems of William Dunbar by William Dunbar, Aeneas James George Mackay, George Powell McNeill (1893)
"The satire on Edinburgh, with its companion poem, " Tidings from the Session," point by their allusions to the Daily Council which James IV. instituted in ..."

3. Scotland by Walter Scott, Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1899)
"Prosperity of Scotland—Short War with England in behalf of Perkin Warbeck—Progress of the Scots in Learning and Literature—James IV. ..."

4. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1902)
"... by Maximilian and by Margaret of Burgundy, James IV of Scotland had committed himself to Perkin's cause before he came, and now not only acknowledged ..."

5. Scotland by Walter Scott, Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1901)
"... and Literature—James IV.'s splendid Court—Marriage between him and Margaret of England—Peace between Scotland and England—Final Forfeiture of the ..."

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