James, Duke of Rothesay (1540–1541)

[1] As James V's first legitimate child and the heir to the throne, he automatically became Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland.

[3] Fifteen ells of white Genoese taffeta were used as serviettes to hold the torches at the baptism, the child was provided with a cradle carved by a French craftsman Andrew Mansioun,[4] and a canopy for his bed of state, members of the nobility were summoned to attend, coats of arms were painted, and some of the king's silver plate was sent from Edinburgh by boat for the occasion.

[12] Margaret Tudor, his grandmother, wrote to her brother Henry VIII on 12 May from Stirling Castle about the death of the two sons and the grief of the parents.

[13] Henry Ray, Berwick Pursuivant, an English messenger, saw James V at Stirling Castle and reported he "was very pensive and sorrowful for the death of his two children, dying suddenly, both within 14 hours".

[14] Scottish chronicle writers including John Knox and George Buchanan mention a story that James V had a dream at Linlithgow Palace which foretold the death of his sons.