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 ...

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… ...

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 ...

Autumn 2015 is the 300th anniversary of the Jacobite rebellion of 1715 when the supporters of James Francis Stuart - the Old Pretender - attempted by force to return to the throne the exiled Stuarts.

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 ...