The Young Prince of Scotland, Esme, and the Ruthven Raid

The young james developed early a facet of his personality that would remain strongly in evidence throughout his life, which we mentioned last time. The young prince remained blown around by the winds of factionaism as late as 15 82 and the reasonably terrifying series of events known as the ruthven raid. He did indeed favour a series of male companions and the first of ilk was a young frenchman, oddly enough, the seigneur d'aubiny one, esmi stuart. Esme was vaguely related to the scottish royal house and was cordially invited to visit by james. And so he did, kissed his family good bye and tipped up at the french court