James I of England
Monarch
1566 – 1625
Who was James I of England?
James VI and I was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death. The kingdoms of Scotland and England were individual sovereign states, with their own parliaments, judiciary, and laws, though both were ruled by James in personal union.
He succeeded to the Scottish throne at the age of thirteen months, after his mother Mary, Queen of Scots, was compelled to abdicate in his favour. Four different regents governed during his minority, which ended officially in 1578, though he did not gain full control of his government until 1583. In 1603, he succeeded the last Tudor monarch of England and Ireland, Elizabeth I, who died without issue. He continued to reign in all three kingdoms for 22 years, a period known as the Jacobean era after him, until his death in 1625 at the age of 58. After the Union of the Crowns, he based himself in England from 1603, only returning to Scotland once in 1617, and styled himself "King of Great Britain and Ireland". He was a major advocate of a single parliament for both England and Scotland.
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- Born
- Jun 19, 1566
Edinburgh Castle - Also known as
- James VI of Scotland
- James I, King of England
- Parents
- Spouses
- Anne of Denmark
(1589/08/20 - ) - Lady Arbella Stuart
- Anne of Denmark
- Children
- Religion
- Protestantism
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- Scottish people
- Nationality
- Scotland
- England
- Profession
- Lived in
- Edinburgh
- Died
- Mar 27, 1625
Herefordshire - Resting place
- Henry VII Chapel
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on July 23, 2013
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