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  1. Travel Time in 1542 from Falkland to Linlithgow, Linlithgow to Stirling

    Thank you. I thought it would probably take about a day for a messenger to ride from Falkland to Linlithgow, but was not 100% sure. As for the other question, I was asking because I had thought about setting the coronation of Henry (James V's son from his first marriage by Madeline of Valois; in...
  2. Travel Time in 1542 from Falkland to Linlithgow, Linlithgow to Stirling

    Asking because I want to be accurate for a series I finally started writing - how long would it have taken a messenger from Falkland to reach Linlithgow with news of James V's death? How long would it have taken a royal party to travel from Linlithgow to Stirling for a coronation?
  3. WI James V had a living son?

    Apologies for the long wait. Here's the next bit: October 3rd, 1537: Madeline goes into labor around mid morning. James can only pace outside his wife's chambers as the hours drag by, praying - silently and desperately - that both wife and child will survive. His brother-in-law, the Earl of...
  4. WI James V had a living son?

    Late May - September 1537: James and Madeline land in Scotland on May 19th and soon settle into Linlithgow Palace. Over the next four months the Queen keeps to her chambers, only rarely appearing in public. One such occasion is her coronation as Queen Consort of Scotland at Stirling Castle in...
  5. WI James V had a living son?

    January 1st, 1537: King James V of Scotland marries Princess Madeline of France at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Present at the ceremony are Madeline's father, King Francis I of France; her brothers, the Dauphin Henry, with his wife Catherine, and Prince Charles; and her sister Princess...
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