What is James V of Scotland?
{{Infobox royalty | name = James V | more = sc | image = Portrait of James V of Scotland (1512 - 1542).jpg | succession = [[King of Scotland]] | reign = 9 September 1513 – 14 December 1542 | coronation = 21 September 1513 | predecessor = [[James IV of Scotland|James IV]] | successor = [[Mary, Queen of Scots|Mary]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1512|4|10|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Linlithgow Palace]], [[Linlithgow]], [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1542|12|14|1512|4|10|df=y}} | death_place = [[Falkland Palace]], [[Fife]], Scotland | spouse = [[Madeleine of Valois]] (1537)<br />[[Mary of Guise]] (1538–42) | issue = {{plain list| * [[Robert, 1st Earl of Orkney]] * [[James, 1st Earl of Moray]] * [[Mary, Queen of Scots]] }} | issue-link = | issue-pipe = | house = [[House of Stewart|Stewart]] | father = [[James IV of Scotland]] | mother = [[Margaret Tudor|Margaret Tudor or Margaret of England]] | image_size = 254 | burial_date = January 1543 | place of burial = [[Holyrood Abbey]] | religion = [[Roman Catholic]] |}} '''James V of Scotland''' (10 April 1512 – 14 December 1542) became king when he was just a baby, following the death of his father, [[James IV of Scotland]], in 1513. He was crowned at only 17 months old. Since he was so young, Scotland was ruled by regents, starting with his mother, [[Margaret Tudor]], and later by his cousin, John Stewart, Duke of Albany. James took control of his kingdom in 1528, after escaping from his stepfather, Archibald Douglas. He then exiled Douglas and took away the lands of the powerful Douglas family. James worked to strengthen the kingdom by tightening control over royal estates, customs, and the justice system. He founded the College of Justice in 1532 and acted to bring more order to troubled areas like the Scottish Borders and the Hebrides. He married twice, both times to French noblewomen—[[Madeleine of Valois]] and later [[Mary of Guise]]—strengthening ties with France. Though Protestantism began to spread in Scotland during his reig