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 ...

James VI and I (1566-1625), King of Scotland, as a child, 1574. Found in the collection of the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh. He was just 13 months old when he became King of Scotland.

James Charles Stuart became King of Scotland on July 24, 1567, at the age of 13 months, after his mother, Mary Queen of Scots, was forced to abdicate.Thus began the tenure of the fourth longest ...

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 ever… ...

James VI and I reigned for 58 years - not a bad record for any monarch, and he lived in troubled times. Born in 1566 he became king of Scotland in 1567, aged just one, then king of England in 1603 ...

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. British Broadcasting Corporation Home.

A childhood thank-you letter written by King James VI of Scotland aged seven is to go on show later this month as part of a new exhibition. In the letter, the first known to have been written by ...

KING James VI of Scotland, and the 1st of England, made a lasting impression on British and world history. James was born at Edinburgh castle in June 1566 to Mary Queen of Scots and Lord Darnley ...

James VI News. Top News // 7 years ago. The Almanac. On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez hit a reef in the Gulf of Alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil in the largest oil tanker spill ...

In March 1603, Elizabeth died and James became king of England and Ireland in a remarkably smooth transition of power. After 1603 he only visited Scotland once, in 1617.