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 ![]() |
Gender | Male | |
Education | Stirling Castle, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland ![]() |
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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. | ||
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Stirling Castle, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland |
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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. | ||
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The Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland |
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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 | ||
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The Mayflower Trail, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, England Courtesy St. Wilfrid Church, Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England |
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Died | 27 Mar 1625 | Theobalds Palace (Theobalds House (Park)), Cedars Park, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England ![]() |
Buried | 5 May 1625 | Henry VII's Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England ![]() |
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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 ![]() ![]() | |
Mother | Mary I Stuart, Queen of Scots, b. 08 Dec 1542, Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian (Linlithgowshire), Scotland ![]() ![]() | |
Married | 26 Jul 1565 | Holyrood Palace (House), Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland ![]() |
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Family | Anne, Queen consort of Scotland, England and Ireland, Princess of Denmark, b. 12 Dec 1574, Skanderborg, Denmark ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||
Married | Nov 1589 | Upslo, Denmark ![]() |
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Photos | ![]() | 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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