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When did James IV become the King of Scotland?

  • 11 June 1488

  • 14 March 1492

  • 8 July 1490

  • 25 December 1479

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James IV became the King of Scotland on 11 June 1488, after the death of his father, James III, at the Battle of Sauchieburn. He was only 17 years old at the time, and his reign was marked by a number of conflicts with England, including the Battle of Flodden in 1513, in which he was killed.
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