A different King James V of Scotland

James IV of Scotland (1473-1513) was the King of Scots from 1488 to 1513. He marries Margaret Tudor. Suppose they are childless. James IV is an only child.
Suppose James IV's father, James III had only Mary Stewart (1453-1488) as his only sibling.
In this scenario, Mary Stewart marries only once, to James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton. Their only child, James Hamilton (1475-1529) is 2nd Lord Hamilton.
In 1513 James Hamilton, 2nd Lord Hamilton becomes King James V of Scotland. He shall establish the House of Hamilton as the new Royal Dynasty.
Does the title of Lord Hamilton become part of the royal Scottish titles?
 
James IV of Scotland (1473-1513) was the King of Scots from 1488 to 1513. He marries Margaret Tudor. Suppose they are childless. James IV is an only child.
Suppose James IV's father, James III had only Mary Stewart (1453-1488) as his only sibling.
In this scenario, Mary Stewart marries only once, to James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton. Their only child, James Hamilton (1475-1529) is 2nd Lord Hamilton.
In 1513 James Hamilton, 2nd Lord Hamilton becomes King James V of Scotland. He shall establish the House of Hamilton as the new Royal Dynasty.
Does the title of Lord Hamilton become part of the royal Scottish titles?

Actually, according to the succession Act of 1371, male-line descendants of Robert III took precedence, so the legal heir would be the Duke of Albany, not Lord Hamilton.

For more details, see: http://www.wargs.com/essays/succession/strathearn.html
 
Suppose the Succession Act of 1371 does not exist.
In 1513 James Hamilton, 2nd Lord Hamilton becomes King James V.

A political solution to a potential succession crisis fails, inciting further in-fighting among the legitimate and illegitimate sons of Robert II, maybe even to the extent of civil war. What makes you think that the same sperm will fertilise the same egg in the same person's Fallopian tube over 100 years later?

EDIT: Sorry, I missed the bit about James III only having a sister, so yeah, Hamilton would be the heir. It is still frankly ludicrous to have the same people being born, marrying and dying at the same times and to the same people 100 years after the first necessary PoD. e.g. Why does Princess Mary Stewart, only sister of the King and his most likely heir, wait until her early 20s to marry a minor nobleman? IOTL, she was married off to a Scots noble at the age of 14, but now that she possesses the most valuable womb in the nation she's waiting for the right man?
 
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