GIACOMO V, king of SCOZIA. - B. at Linlithgow on 10 Apr. 1512, d. at Falkland on 12 Dec. 1542. After the regency of his mother, he was deemed capable of ruling in 1524. In 1528, having freed himself from Angus, leader of the Anglophile party, he returned to the traditional policy of his predecessors, aimed at subduing the nobles and centralizing power. To this end he had the support of the clergy, thanks to the resistance he offered to English intrusions, not only on the political but also on the religious level. The rivalry resulted in the war that Enrico VIII waged against Scotland (1542), after his nephew had rejected every overture to make common cause against Rome. Abandoned by his
barons, G. V saw Scotland invaded and died shortly after the defeat of Solway Moss, leaving as heir his only legitimate daughter, Maria Stuarda.