He was killed at the Battle of Flodden Field in Branxton, Northumberland, England on 9 September 1513[1].[2]
Sources
↑ 1.01.1Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1907, Vol. IV, Archive.org,
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The battle is typically known as the Battle of Flodden or the Battle of Flodden Field. However, it did not take place in Flodden, but rather at near by Branxton.
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