We know King James I of England primarily through his name being attached to the King James Version of the Holy Bible, which ...

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the death of King James VI and I. The greatest legacy of his reign was the ...

James was born on 19 June 1566 in Edinburgh Castle. His mother was Mary, Queen of Scots and his father her second husband, Lord Darnley. Darnley was murdered in February 1567. In July Mary was ...

The succession passed smoothly and James VI of Scotland became James I of England and Ireland. Although promising to return to Scotland every couple of years, in truth James became a stranger to ...

This admirable initial scheme is only slightly derailed by Scott’s choice to have James VI and I as a character. The monarch’s desk is an antic assemblage strewn with papers including “the ...

James VI faced many attempts on his life, the first while he was still in the womb of his mother - Mary, Queen of Scots. On the night she escaped a deadly knife attack on her secretary at the ...

He was crowned James VI of Scotland in 1567 when he was just over one year old. James succeeded to the English throne as James I on the death of his cousin Elizabeth I. He arranged for the body of his ...

and one of the first people to ride in a submarine? It sounds crazy, but James I (or James VI in Scotland) may well have been one of the world's first submariners. His putative nautical adventures ...

Scotland's History Articles James VI, King of Scots 1567 - 1625, King of England and Ireland 1603 - 1625 The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears ...