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 ...

BBC archive clips explain the significance of the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, when William (of Orange) defeated James II to secure the throne of England, Ireland and Scotland.

Scotland's History Articles James II, King of Scots 1437 – 1460 James ... The defeated Douglases fled to England and their power and stranglehold one Scottish political affairs was broken.