Events from 1537 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents Monarch – James V
Events 1 January – James V and Madeleine of Valois are married at Notre-Dame de Paris.Andrea Thomas, Princelie Majestie: The Court of James V of Scotland (Edinburgh: John Donald, 2005), pp. 91, 187–188. 19 May – James V and Madeleine of Valois arrive at Leith.James Balfour Paul, "Matrimonial Adventures of James V", Transactions of the Glasgow Archaeological Society, 5:2 (1906), p. 102.
Births March – Patrick Adamson Alan Cathcart, 4th Lord Cathcart John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane
Deaths 7 July – Madeleine of Valois, queen consort of James V, dies at Holyrood Palace.Rosalind K. Marshall, Scottish Queens, 1034-1714 (Edinburgh: John Donald, 2003), p. 108. 14 July – John, Master of Forbes (a son of Lord Forbes) executed.Jamie Cameron, James V (Tuckwell, 1998), p. 165. 17 July – Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis, executed at Edinburgh's Castlehill.Jamie Cameron, James V (Tuckwell, 1998), p. 171.Caroline Bingham, James V: King of Scots (Collins, 1971), p. 141. 21 December – Alexander Stewart (bishop of Moray) Lady Catherine Gordon, widow of Perkin Warbeck.John Montgomery Traherne, Historical Notices of Matthew Craddock of Swansea (London, William Rees; Longman and Co.; Cardiff, W. Bird; and Swansea, J. Williams, 1840), pp. 24-25.
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