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Before the union with England, Stirling Castle was also one of the most used of the many Scottish royal residences, very much a palace as well as a fortress. Several Scottish Kings and Queens have been crowned at Stirling, including Mary, Queen of Scots , in 1542, and others were born or died there.
[12] In February 1517, James was brought from Stirling to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, but during an outbreak of plague in the city, he was moved to the care of Antoine d'Arces at nearby rural Craigmillar Castle. [13] At Stirling, the ten-year-old James had a guard of 20 footmen dressed in his colours, red and yellow. When he went ...
Palace of Holyroodhouse – official residence of the Scottish monarchs and the British monarchs in Scotland since 1503; Royal Palace, Stirling Castle; Dalkeith Palace – former seat of the Duke of Buccleuch; Dunfermline Palace – former palace of the Scottish monarchs; Edinburgh Castle – former palace of the Scottish monarchs
James also commissioned the construction of Falkland Palace in Fife between 1501 and 1513, on a site to the south of Falkland Castle. [98] At Stirling Castle, James commissioned the construction of the great hall and a new royal lodging (the present-day King's Old Building), the remodelling of the chapel royal, and the reconstruction of the ...
The Stirling Heads, carved roundels on the roof of the King's Chamber in Stirling Castle, include many members of the court of James V. The Royal Court of Scotland was the administrative, political and artistic centre of the Kingdom of Scotland.
The royal treasurer's accounts record payments for carrying tapestry between the palaces: six dozen hooks were bought for hangings in the new Great Hall of Stirling Castle in November 1503; [17] in February 1506, the 'Cloths of Hercules' were taken from Edinburgh to Linlithgow Palace. [18]