On 10 August 1460, nine-year-old James III was crowned at Kelso Abbey just seven days after the death of his father, James II, at the siege of Roxburgh Castle. The reign of James III commenced with a prolonged minority that extended nearly ten years, during which Scotland was administered by various regents and factions vying for control over the young monarch until he assumed personal rule in 1469. James III was regarded as an ineffective and unpopular monarch, facing two significant rebellions during his rule, the last of which was nominally led by his son James and led to James III’s death at the Battle of Sauchieburn in 1488.