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James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) 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 in 1625.
James I (born June 19, 1566, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland—died March 27, 1625, Theobalds, Hertfordshire, England) was the king of Scotland (as James VI) from 1567 to 1625 and first Stuart king of England from 1603 to 1625, who styled himself “king of Great Britain.”
Born in Edinburgh Castle on 19 June 1566, James was the only son of Mary, Queen of Scots and her second husband, Lord Darnley. He was less than a year old when he saw his mother for the last time, and thirteen months old when he was crowned King of Scots in Stirling after her forced abdication.
The British Government and the Scottish Highlands, c.1880–1930 and Charles Fraser... Professor of Politics, University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Author of The Scottish Electorate: The 1997 Election and Beyond. Coauthor of Politics and Society in Scotland and others.
James VI became king of Scotland in 1567 when Mary was forced to abdicate. On the death of Elizabeth in 1603, he became James I of England. He is thus known as James VI and I.
The true legacies of James' reign were the establishment of the Stuarts as an English royal dynasty and his groundwork in the creation of a new political entity - Great Britain. BBC Scotland's ...
James VI, king of Scotland (1567–1625), was the most experienced monarch to accede to the English throne since William the Conqueror, as well as one of the greatest of all Scottish kings.
Read a biography about King James I and VI who was both king of Scotland and Stuart king of England before creating the kingdom of Great Britain.
JAMES I AND VI (ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND) (1566 – 1625), king of England (as James I, 1603 – 1625) and Scotland (as James VI, 1567 – 1625). Born in June 1566, James was the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, and Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley.
The Union of the Crowns saw James VI of Scotland become King James I of England after the death of the childless Elizabeth I in 1603.