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James was born at Montpellier as the only son of Peter II of Aragon and Marie of Montpellier. [2] As a child, James was made a pawn in the power politics of Provence, where his father was engaged in struggles helping the Cathar heretics of Albi against the Albigensian Crusade led by Simon IV de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, who were trying to exterminate them.
From the age of thirteen until his death, the life of King James VI of Scotland and I of England (1566–1625) was characterised by close relationships with a series of male favourites. The influence James's favourites had on politics, and the resentment at the wealth they acquired, became major political issues during his reign.
John Speed's Genealogies recorded in the Sacred Scriptures (1611), bound into first King James Bible in quarto size (1612). The title of the first edition of the translation, in Early Modern English, was "THE HOLY BIBLE, Conteyning the Old Teſtament, AND THE NEW: Newly Tranſlated out of the Originall tongues: & with the former Tranſlations diligently compared and reuiſed, by his Maiesties ...
King James is a heavy metal supergroup formed in 1993 with guitarist Rex Carroll and frontman Jimi Bennett (Sacred Fire). Some time later, they recruited Tim Gaines and Robert Sweet of Stryper, and released their first album in 1994. The band supported the album with a tour without Gaines, who declined to join after the recording.
James I of Aragon (1208–1276), surnamed the Conqueror, was the King of Aragon, Count of Barcelona and Lord of Montpellier 1213–1276, King of Majorca 1231–1276, and King of Valencia 1238–1276. James II of Aragon (1267–1327), called The Just (Catalan: El Just ), reigned as King James II of Aragon and Velancia and Count of Barcelona 1291 ...
Anne of Denmark (Danish: Anna; 12 December 1574 – 2 March 1619) was the wife of King James VI and I.She was Queen of Scotland from their marriage on 20 August 1589 and Queen of England and Ireland from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until her death in 1619.
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Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset (31 May 1590 [1] – 23 August 1632), was an English noblewoman who was the central figure in a famous scandal and murder during the reign of King James I. She was found guilty but spared execution, and was eventually pardoned by the King and released from the Tower of London in early 1622.