Ancestry of
Boris Johnson

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

James IV, King of Scotland

View famous kin of James IV, King of Scotland

• • 15th Great-grandfather of Boris Johnson — 18th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 184884 
  • Father:
  • James III, King of Scotland 
  • Mother:
  • Margaret Oldenburg   
  • Birth Date:
  • 17 Mar 1473 
  • Birth Location:
  • Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 9 Sep 1513 
  • Death Location:
  • Battle of Flodden Field, Northumberland, England 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Margaret Tudor
  • Marriage Date:
  • 25 Jan 1502 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Richmond Palace, London, England 
  • Child:

  James V, King of Scotland (Ahnentafel No:92442 )

• Additional marriages for James IV, King of Scotland

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  • Spouse:
  • Agnes Stewart
  • Marriage Date:
  • NOT MARRIED

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  • Spouse:
  • Margaret Drummond
  • Marriage Date:
  • NOT MARRIED

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  • Spouse:
  • Margaret Boyd
  • Marriage Date:
  • NOT MARRIED

• Sources for James IV, King of Scotland

  • ¹ American Ancestors, "Boris Johnson: Royal Ancestry", (accessed 04/15/2020).
  • ² Mosley, Charles, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. (1999), 1480, 1990.
  • ³ Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013), Vol. V, p. 42.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 40.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 66-67, 69-70, 80-81, 84.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018), 157, 179.
  • ⁷ Wikipedia, "Battle of Flodden", (accessed 12/01/2020).
  • ⁸ Wikipedia, "James IV of Scotland", (accessed 12/29/2011).

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