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Who succeeded James IV to the throne?

  • James V

  • Henry VIII

  • Henry VII

  • Edward IV

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James V, born on 10 April 1512, succeeded his father, James IV, to the throne of Scotland following the latter's death at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. Only one year old at the time, James V faced a turbulent and challenging early reign marked by power struggles among regents and noble factions.
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