Heirs To James IV
At the accession of James IV his heir-presumptive was his next brother
- James, Duke of Ross. He later became Archbishop of St Andrews and Chancellor of Scotland, and died in January 1504, when the position of heir-presumptive went to the next male member of the House of Stewart,
- John, second Duke of Albany, the son of James II's second son Alexander. He continued as first in line to the throne until the birth of the King's first son
- James, Duke of Rothesay, on 21 February 1507. However, this prince died on 27 February 1508, so
- the Duke of Albany again became heir until the birth of a second son,
- Arthur, Duke of Rothesay on 20 October 1509. He too only survived to the next year, leaving
- Albany as heir from 14 July 1510 until 10 April 1512, when another son,
- James, Duke of Rothesay, was born.
James IV died the next year in battle at Flodden, 9 September 1513, and was succeeded as King by his only son (though another was born posthumously).
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