James VI(James I) Stuart, King of Scotland, England and Ireland^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1566 - 1625  (58 years)

• Name	James VI(James I) Stuart  [6, 7, 8]
  Suffix	King of Scotland, England and Ireland
  Born	19 Jun 1566	Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [9, 10]
  Gender	Male
  Education	Stirling Castle, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  	George Buchanan was James VI Stuart's guardian and protestant educator. Buchanan regularly whipped James instilling the limits of royal authority. The monarchy was under review in protestant Scotland. George Buchanan wrote a book advising rules for the king, in fact for a puppet king. It stated that If the king were a tyrant, the people could oust him. In 1553 William Fowler, a Protestant Scots spy who enlists at the University of Padua, translates 'The Prince' (Il Principe) written 1513 but only published in 1532 by the Florentine, Niccolò Machiavelli (born 3 May 1469 died 21 Jun 1527). The book describes how a Prince maintains his power and secondarily maintaining the principality. James VI Stuart studies its recommendations.
  		Stirling Castle, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  Occupation	24 Jul 1567
  	King of Scots: 24 Jul 1567 to 27 Mar 1625 King of England: 24 Mar 1603 to 27 Mar 1625 Preceded by Elizabeth I
  History	29 Jul 1567	The Church of the Holy Rude (Holy Cross), Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  	James VI Stuart coronation was the worst attended in Scottish history. The protestant service was conducted by the Calvinist John Knox who had spent time studying under Calvin in Geneva, and is considered the founder of the Presbyterian denomination.
  		The Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  History	Abt 1579	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	At the age of 37 Esmé Stewart is introduced to the 13 year old James VI of Scotland when James made his formal entry into Edinburgh. Esmé was first cousin of James's father Lord Darnley and had catholic sympathies and influence over James.
  History	Aug 1582	Ruthven (Huntingtower) Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
  	In what became known as the 'Ruthven Raid', the Protestant Earls of Gowrie and Angus lure James VI Stuart into Ruthven Castle, imprison him and force Esmé Stewart to return to France. Esmé maintained a secret correspondence with James.
  History	Jun 1583	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	James IV Stuart is freed from Ruthven Castle and assumes increasing control over his kingdom. He pushed through the 'Black Acts' to assert royal authority over the Kirk (Church of Scotland), to ban George Buchanan royal rule book and between 1584 and 1603 establishes effective royal government and relative peace among his lords
  History	5 Aug 1600	Gowrie House, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
  	One last Scottish attempt against King James's person occurred in Aug 1600, when James was apparently assaulted by Alexander Ruthven, the Earl of Gowrie's younger brother, at Gowrie House, the seat of the Ruthvens.[26] Since Ruthven was run through by James's page John Ramsay and the Earl of Gowrie was himself killed in the ensuing fracas, James's account of the circumstances, given the lack of witnesses and his history with the Ruthvens, was not universally believed
  History	25 Jul 1603	Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England
  	On news of Elizabeth I's death, James VI Stuart of Scotland headed south. His new subjects flocked to see him Relieved that the succession had triggered neither unrest nor invasion. He was the most accomplished king Scotland had produced. When he entered London, he was mobbed. England had dominated Scotland for 300 years now on 25 Jul 1603, James VI of Scotland is crowned James I of England. An outbreak of the plague restricts festivities.
  History	Apr 1604	Houses of Parliament, the Palace of Westminster (the King's Palace), Westminster, Middlesex, England
  	James VI Stuart of Scotland and I of England was ambitious to build a Union of Scotland and England as equals under one monarch, one parliament and one law. The plan met with opposition in both countries, the Scots felt they had just acquired their own nation and the English were too rich to share their wealth. 'Hath He not made us all in one island,' James told the English parliament, 'compassed with one sea and of itself by nature indivisible?'. In April 1604, the Commons refused on legal grounds his request to be titled 'King of Great Britain'. In October 1604, he assumed the title 'King of Great Britain' by proclamation rather than statute, though Sir Francis Bacon told him he could not use the style in 'any legal proceeding, instrument or assurance'. James did succeed in establishing a Union Flag of an English cross on the blue Scottish cross of St. Andrew.
  History	05 Nov 1605	Houses of Parliament, the Palace of Westminster (the King's Palace), Westminster, Middlesex, England
  	James VI Stuart of Scotland and I of England continued to shower wealth and power on Scottish nobles at his court in London. A conspiracy was afoot to ethnic cleanse London of Scots. On the eve of the state opening of the second session of James's first Parliament on 5 Nov 1605, a soldier named Guy Fawkes was discovered in the cellars of the parliament buildings guarding a pile of wood, not far from 36 barrels of gunpowder with which he intended to blow up Parliament House the following day and blast king James back to Scotland. As James put it, 'not only ... of my person, nor of my wife and posterity also, but of the whole body of the State in general'. The Gunpowder Plot conspirators also had details of the whereabouts of all eminent Scots in London.
  History	27 Oct 1607	England
  	A comet (later called Halley's comet) appears in the night sky
  History	1611	Hampton Court Palace, Hampton, Middlesex, England
  	The King James Version of the Bible began in 1604 was first published in 1611 by the Church of England. It was an English translation of the Christian "Great Bible", the first "authorized version" issued by the Church of England in the reign of King Henry VIII. In Jan 1604, King James I Stuart of England convened the Hampton Court Conference where a new English version was conceived in response to the perceived problems of the earlier translations as detected by the Puritans
  History	1616	St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Smithfield, Middlesex, England
  	William Harvey (Sir) (born 1 Apr 1578 Folkestone, Kent, England, died 3 Jun 1657) is advised to seek part of their medical education at the University of Padua, Veneto, Italy, where both Nicolaus Copernicus and Galileo Galilei had studied. In 1616 back in 'Protestant' England, Harvey announces his discovery that, organs of the human body each have their own purpose and that blood moves around the human body in two closed loops, the circulatory system. He published his work in 1628.
  History	1617	The Stonebow, High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
  	The southern gateway to the city since Roman times (probably much altered and repaired) was in use until 1390, when Richard II ordered that a new gate be constructed; however, the job was not completed until 1520 when the Stonebow, with the Guildhall above, was constructed. The arms of James I over the main arch commemorates his visit to the city in 1617. The Guildhall has always been used as the Council Chamber of the City and is still in use today.
  History	1620	Plymouth Rock, Cole's Hill, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
  	After a 3 month voyage, the Pilgrim Fathers land at Plymouth Rock on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in the Mayflower; found New Plymouth. Click here for John Robinson, Pastor of the Pilgrim Fathers
  		The Mayflower Trail, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, England Courtesy St. Wilfrid Church, Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
  Died	27 Mar 1625	Theobalds Palace (Theobalds House (Park)), Cedars Park, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England   [9]
  Buried	5 May 1625	Henry VII's Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England
  Notes	James's wife, Anne of Denmark, gave birth to seven children who survived beyond birth:[163] Henry, Prince of Wales (19 February 1594 – 6 November 1612). Died, probably of typhoid fever, aged 18.[164] Elizabeth of Bohemia (19 August 1596 – 13 February 1662). Married 1613, Frederick V, Elector Palatine. Died aged 65. The Hanoverian monarchs and the current House of Windsor are descended from her. Margaret Stuart (24 December 1598 – March 1600). Died aged 1. Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649). Married 1625, Henrietta Maria. Succeeded James I. Executed aged 48. Robert Stuart, Duke of Kintyre (18 January 1602 – 27 May 1602). Died aged 4 months.[165] Mary Stuart (8 April 1605 – 16 December 1607). Died aged 2. Sophia Stuart (June 1607). Died within 48 hours of birth.[166]
  Person ID	I1749991040	Red1st
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2009

  
  

  Father	Henry Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Lord Darnley,   b. 07 Dec 1545, Temple Newsam (Newsome), Leeds, West Yorkshire, England ,   d. 10 Feb 1567, Kirk o' Field, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  (Age 21 years)
  Mother	Mary I Stuart, Queen of Scots,   b. 08 Dec 1542, Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian (Linlithgowshire), Scotland ,   d. 08 Feb 1587, Fotheringhay (Fotheringay) Castle, Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England  (Age 44 years)
  Married	26 Jul 1565	Holyrood Palace (House), Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [10, 11, 12]
  Family ID	F672595099	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne, Queen consort of Scotland, England and Ireland, Princess of Denmark,   b. 12 Dec 1574, Skanderborg, Denmark ,   d. 02 Mar 1619, Hampton Court Palace, Hampton, Middlesex, England  (Age 44 years)
  Married	Nov 1589	Upslo, Denmark   [9]
  Children	1. Henry, Price of Wales,   b. 19 Feb 1594,   d. 6 Nov 1612  (Age 18 years)   2. Henry Frederick Stuart, Prince of Wales,   b. 19 Feb 1594, Stirling Castle, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland ,   d. 6 Nov 1612, St. James' Palace, Pall Mall, Westminster, Middlesex, England  (Age 18 years)   3. Stuart,   b. Abt 1595,   d. Yes, date unknown + 4. Elizabeth Stuart, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia, Princess of Scotland,   b. 19 Aug 1596, Falkland Palace, Falkland, Fife, Scotland ,   d. 13 Feb 1662, London, Middlesex, England  (Age 65 years)   5. Margaret Stuart,   b. 24 Dec 1598, Dalkeith Castle, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland ,   d. Mar 1600  (Age 1 years) + 6. Charles I Stuart, King of England, Scots and Ireland,   b. 19 Nov 1600, Dunfermline Palace, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland ,   d. 30 Jan 1649, The Mansion House, Whitehall, Westminster, Middlesex, England  (Age 48 years)   7. Robert Stuart, Duke of Kintyre,   b. 18 Jan 1602, Dunfermline Palace, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland ,   d. 27 May 1602, Dunfermline Palace, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland  (Age 0 years)   8. Mary Stuart,   b. 8 Apr 1605, Greenwich, Kent, England ,   d. 16 Dec 1607  (Age 2 years)   9. Sophia Stuart,   b. 22 Jun 1606, Greenwich, Kent, England ,   d. 23 Jun 1606  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2013 14:20:38
  Family ID	F1944123592	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 19 Jun 1566 - Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Education - - Stirling Castle, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland History - 29 Jul 1567 - The Church of the Holy Rude (Holy Cross), Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland History - Abt 1579 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland History - Aug 1582 - Ruthven (Huntingtower) Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland History - Jun 1583 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Married - Nov 1589 - Upslo, Denmark History - 5 Aug 1600 - Gowrie House, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland History - 25 Jul 1603 - Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England History - Apr 1604 - Houses of Parliament, the Palace of Westminster (the King's Palace), Westminster, Middlesex, England History - 05 Nov 1605 - Houses of Parliament, the Palace of Westminster (the King's Palace), Westminster, Middlesex, England History - 27 Oct 1607 - England History - 1611 - Hampton Court Palace, Hampton, Middlesex, England History - 1616 - St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Smithfield, Middlesex, England History - 1617 - The Stonebow, High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England History - 1620 - Plymouth Rock, Cole's Hill, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Died - 27 Mar 1625 - Theobalds Palace (Theobalds House (Park)), Cedars Park, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
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  James VI (James I) James I by Paul van Somer (c.1576-1621/2) The Royal Collection © 2006, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

  
  

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