#The Duke of Rothesay

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The Duke of Rothesay attended the Thistle Service at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland || 3 JULY 2024

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The Prince of Wales, known as The Duke of Rothesay in Scotland, and The Duke of Edinburgh attend the Order of the Thistle Service at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland -July 3rd 2024.

📷 (1 & 2) : Andrew Parsons/Kensington Palace.

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Prince of Wales Visits Aberdeen To Recognise Work Of The Homelessness Sector

Prince William, known as the Duke of Rothesay when in Scotland, speaks during an event hosted by Homewards Aberdeen on 19 September 2024 in Aberdeen, Scotland.

📸: Russell Cheyne - WPA Pool / Getty Images

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The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay visit Outfit Moray, an award-winning charity delivering life-changing outdoor learning and adventure activity programmes to young people on November 02, 2023 in Moray, Scotland. 

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Wherever I wander, wherever I rove; the hills of the highland for ever I love.

Robert Burns

HM King Charles III has a love and respect for tartan. The King regularly can be seen in Scotland wearing his kilt collection, including Hunting Stewart, Balmoral and until recently the Rothesay tartan.

The Rothesay tartan technically belongs to the Duke of Rothesay which is a dynastic title of the heir apparent to the British throne (David Stewart, son of Robert III, became the first Duke of Rothesay in 1398 and was heir apparent to the throne of the Kingdom of Scotland). Between the Union of the Crowns in 1603 and Edward VIII’s time as heir apparent (1910 to 1936), the the style Duke of Rothesay was informally dropped out in favour of Prince of Wales, the premier British title for the eldest son.

Prince William is now the Duke of Rothesay when Charles ascended to the throne.

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  (via GIPHY) HM The King is presented with Honours of Scotland.

  5/07/2023

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The King, The Queen, and The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, watching a flyover by the Red Arrows following the ceremony.

Press Association, 2023

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The Duke of Rothesay poses for a portrait following the Thistle Service at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland || 3 JULY 2024

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The Prince and Princess of Wales, known as The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay when in Scotland, attend Sunday Church service, at Crathie Kirk in Balmoral, Scotland -September 22nd 2024.

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Camilla’s 2007 ♥

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall visit Edinburgh College of Art, 29.05.2007

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The British Royal Family Visit Scotland For Royal Week — Day 2

Prince William, known as the Duke of Rothesay when in Scotland, King Charles III, Queen Camilla, and Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, attend the Order of the Thistle Service at St Giles' Cathedral on 3 July 2024 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The Order of the Thistle is the greatest order of chivalry in Scotland, recognises Scottish men and women who have held public office or who have contributed in a particular way to national life.

The Order is second only in precedence in England to the Order of the Garter.

📸: David Cheskin - Buckingham Palace via Getty Images / Andrew Milligan - WPA Pool / Getty Images

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3 September 2022 Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, Camilla, Duchess of Rothesay, Princess Anne, and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence watching The Braemar Gathering, Highland Games.

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The King and Queen with The Prince of Wales (known as The Duke of Rothesay when in Scotland) and The Duke of Edinburgh following the Thistle Service at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh | July 3, 2024

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On July 29th 1567 King James VI was crowned King of Scots at Stirling.

Mary Queen of Scot’s son was crowned only a few days after she herself was forced to abdicate, which I covered this on July 24th, more on her and James’s faither later.

James was born into a political cauldron on June 19th 1566, in Edinburgh Castle and, as a firstborn son, he automatically became Duke of Rothesay, Prince, and Grand Lieutenant of Scotland. He was baptised in a Catholic ceremony and received the name of Charles James. Elizabeth I, as godmother in absentia, sent a significant amount of gold to Edinburgh as a gift for the newborn’s baptism. It was not unusual for monarchs to use another given name for their term on the throne.

When he was only eight months old, Lord Darnley, his father, was assassinated at Kirk o‘ Field on February 10, 1567. After the death of her husband, Mary married for a third time with James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell, who was suspected of being the architect of Lord Darnley’s assassination.

His uncle, James Stuart, Earl of Moray, ruled in his place and became first of 4 regents, two were assassinated, a third died after a short illness, some historians point to poisoning, others say natural causes, the fourth and last of his Regents lost his head after being found guilty of playing a part in Darnley’s murder, it wasn’t a job with prospects and you wouldn’t be relying on collecting a pension from it.

From that moment onwards, the power, at least in theory, was held by the king himself rather than by a regent.

Nonetheless, James VI of Scotland did not reign directly: he relied on the advice of his closest courtiers, such as his cousin Esmé Steward, Duke of Lennox, and James Stuart, who received the title of Earl of Arran for his testimony against Morton. Since Lennox was Catholic, and Arran favoured episcopalism, the Scottish Presbyterian lords did not like the government. During the Ruthven Raid of 1582, some Presbyterian nobles, led by William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, captured James and held him captive for almost a year in Ruthven Castle (now known as Huntingtower Castle), in Perthshire. Arran was also held captive while Lennox was forced into exile in France. In 1583, the king and Arran managed to escape: Gowrie was executed whilst the rebels were forced to flee to England. The Scottish Parliament, which was loyal to the king, passed the Black Acts, which placed the Church of Scotland under the king’s control.

The acts were extremely popular but the clergy was opposed to them and denounced the king. In fact, the church was trying to keep James’ influence under control before he became powerful and bold enough to attack Presbyterianism, in the end no attack was made.

In 1586, thanks to the Treaty of Berwick, James VI and Elizabeth I became allies. James decided to continue to support the virgin queen of England, since, as a descendant of Margaret Tudor, he was a potential successor to her crown. Elizabeth’s father, Henry VIII, feared that the English crown would fall under the sovereignty of the Stuarts. To prevent this, he excluded Margaret and her descendants from the line of succession in his will. Nonetheless, since they were Elizabeth’s closest relatives, both Mary and James were both serious contenders for the Crown of England.

There is so much more about James to read, I have covered parts here and their in the past, in particular his persecution of women as witches. He did go on to be James I of England and during his troubled reign Guy Fawkes attempted to blow him, and his Parliament up.

James did gain some favour in both Scotland and England by marrying a protestant Princess, Anne of Denmark, they had 7 children, 4 of whom died in infancy, their son Charles became King and was of course executed.

James died in 1625 aged 58 and is buried at Westminster Abbey.

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(via GIPHY) The Royals arrive for King Charles III’s Scottish coronation. 5/07/2023