He got that in 1455. At the Battle of Arkinholm James' forces defeated the Douglas clan army. The defeated Douglases fled to England and their power and stranglehold one Scottish political affairs ...

The monarch was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII - reigning from February 6, 1685 through to December, 23 1688. READ MORE: 'Very rare' defected Peter Rabbit ...

After the death of James II in 1460 the nine year old new king found ... James' desire for an alliance with England was unpopular. His plans to marry his son to the daughter of the English king ...