Qui va sortir amb Euphemia Elphinstone?

Euphemia Elphinstone (also written Euphame or Eupheme; born 11 May 1509) was a mistress of James V of Scotland and the mother of his son Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney, born in 1532, as well as another child who died in childhood. One of her sons with her husband John Bruce was Laurence Bruce of Cultmalindie (1547–1617), the builder of Muness Castle.

She was the second daughter of Alexander Elphinstone, 1st Lord Elphinstone and Elizabeth Barlow or Barlay (c. 1476 – 10 September 1518), an English woman of the household of Margaret Tudor.

The family hailed from Elphinstone near Stirling. Her brother Alexander, Lord Elphinstone, died at Edinburgh following the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh.

Euphemia married John Bruce of Cultmalindie (c. 1507 – March 1547), and had five children: Laurence Bruce, Robert Bruce (born c. 1536), Henry Bruce (born c. 1538), James Bruce (born c. 1540) and Euphamie Bruce (born c. 1542). There is no firm evidence for any death date.

Her children and descendants were significant in the history of the Shetland Islands and Orkney Islands. Laurence Bruce and Robert Stewart and their families were to become closely entwined in the Shetland Islands, of which Laurence Bruce was appointed Sheriff by his half-brother.

According to legend, many people in the Shetland Islands are descended from her; in particular, those named Bruce are supposed to be descended from her children by John Bruce.

Jaume V (10 d'abril de 1512 - 14 de desembre de 1542) fou rei d'Escòcia, fill i successor de Jaume IV.

La seva minoria d'edat fou dirigida per un parent seu, el proanglès duc d'Albany (també un Stuart), qui volia impulsar el protestantisme i que criticava el luxe i la corrupció del clergat escocès. Tanmateix, el rei declinà seguir l'exemple d'Enric VIII en proclamar-se cap de l'església d'Anglaterra, de manera que el 1525 el Parlament Escocès va condemnar i prohibir els llibres herètics, i aprofitaria la seva posició per obtenir concessions del Papa per la seva fidelitat a Roma i estrènyer els lligams amb França. Així imposaria com a primer ministre l'arquebisbe de Glasgow David Bethune, cap del partit catòlic i profrancès, qui el 1528 faria cremar a la foguera el primer protestant, Patrick Hamilton.

També es casaria amb la princesa francesa Maria de Guisa, cosa que accentuaria els enfrontaments entre els partits catòlic profrancès i el partit protestant proanglès.

Finalment, el 1542 Enric VIII d'Anglaterra envaí Escòcia i el vencé i matà a la batalla de Solway Moss.