Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany becomes King of Scotland

As it says on the tin, due to the deaths of both his sons in 1402, one due to starvation, the other due to his ship being shipwrecked and him being badly injured and dying of his wounds, Robert III falls into a heavy spiral of grief, later dying in early 1403. Another feature that is different to otl is the fact that Murdoch Stewart was not captured at Homlidon Hill and is indeed in Scotland at the time of his uncle's death. With Robert III dead and the male line of his issue dead, the entailment of 1373 means that Robert, Duke of Albany is now King, as Robert IV. Aged sixty-three, what does Robert IV do as King? Does he pursue a anti English policy, does he focus on building up familial power in Scotland first, to create an unshakable hold over the country? How does his policy differ from his father's and brother's?
 
Give it a week, unfortunately I myself don't have a good idea for this

Ah fair.

I do think that Robert IV might face some opposition internally from his brother Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, a man who was quite against the Albany Stewarts otl, I also think that we might well see a husband of one of Robert III's daughters causing trouble.
 
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