Assassination of James I of Scotland

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The Assassination of James I of Scotland was the 1437 murder of the Scottish king in Perth, a pivotal event that ended his turbulent reign and triggered a period of political instability.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf assassination ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
regicide ⓘ
chronologicallyFollows reign of James I of Scotland ⓘ
chronologicallyPrecedes minority of James II of Scotland ⓘ
country Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
describedIn The Auchinleck Chronicle ⓘ
The Scotichronicon ⓘ
linked to: Scotichronicon

medieval Scottish chronicles ⓘ
hasAftermath execution of Robert Graham ⓘ
execution of Robert Stewart, Master of Atholl ⓘ
execution of Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl ⓘ
parliamentary actions to punish conspirators ⓘ
hasAlternativeName killing of James I of Scotland ⓘ
murder of James I of Scotland ⓘ
hasCause dynastic ambitions of the Earl of Atholl’s faction ⓘ
noble opposition to royal policies ⓘ
resentment of James I’s centralising reforms ⓘ
hasConspirator Robert Graham ⓘ
Robert Stewart, Master of Atholl ⓘ
Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl ⓘ
hasContext late medieval Scotland ⓘ
hasDate 1437 ⓘ
20 February 1437 ⓘ
night of 20–21 February 1437 ⓘ
hasEffect accession of James II of Scotland ⓘ
death of James I of Scotland ⓘ
harsh reprisals against conspirators ⓘ
period of political instability in Scotland ⓘ
hasLocation Blackfriars, Perth ⓘ
Perth ⓘ
Perth, Scotland ⓘ
hasMethod stabbing ⓘ
hasMotive noble discontent with royal financial exactions ⓘ
removal of James I to alter succession ⓘ
hasNumberOfAssailants about 30 ⓘ
hasPerpetrator Robert Graham ⓘ
Robert Stewart, Master of Atholl ⓘ
Walter Stewart ⓘ
hasSetting royal lodging at Blackfriars in Perth ⓘ
hasSignificance important episode in Scottish royal history ⓘ
marked the violent end of James I’s reforming reign ⓘ
triggered power struggles among Scottish nobility ⓘ
hasVictim James I of Scotland ⓘ
hasVictimReignEnd 1437 ⓘ
hasVictimReignStart 1406 ⓘ
hasVictimTitle King of Scots ⓘ
partOf history of the Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ

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Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots → associatedWithEvent → Assassination of James I of Scotland ⓘ
Assassination of James I of Scotland → hasAlternativeName → murder of James I of Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Assassination of James I of Scotland