James VI and I is sometimes overshadowed in historical memory by the royal women who preceded him. As the only child of Mary, Queen of Scots, he became King James VI of Scotland when she was ...

IN NOVEMBER 1605 Guy Fawkes and a group of others plotted to assassinate King James I of England - also known as James VI of Scotland. Their failed attempt is remembered as Bonfire Night every ...

In 1589, James married Anne of Denmark. Three of their seven children survived into adulthood. In March 1603, Elizabeth died and James became king of England and Ireland in a remarkably smooth ...

On one hand, James VI and I’s reign was characterized by pragmatism (advocating for a single Parliament, attempting to achieve religious harmony), peace (brokering a treaty with Spain ...

In 1589 James married Anne of Denmark and produced three children, Henry ... The succession passed smoothly and James VI of Scotland became James I of England and Ireland. Although promising ...

James VI and I reigned for 58 years - not a bad record ... or actually realised for his children. After failing to catch a Spanish princess, James’s son and heir, Charles, married Henrietta ...

You have to wonder whether history would have been kinder to James VI & I if he had ended up being beheaded. His mother, Mary, Queen of Scots, had been brought to the scaffold in 1587, her death ...

Still, the scholar cautions against labeling James—who fathered seven children with his wife, Anne of Denmark—as gay or bisexual, as these terms only came into use centuries after the king’s ...

James I of England and VI of Scotland © James was king of Scotland until 1603, when he became the first Stuart king of England as well, creating the kingdom of Great ...