James VI of Scotland and I of England has had a bad press. It began with Sir Anthony Weldon, who held a minor post in the royal administration until he was sacked for writing a scurrilous tract about ...

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 ...

King James VI is a key character in Sky Atlantic's new TV series, Mary & George, but is this portrayal true to life? James VI of Scotland and I of England was a historical figure who reigned over both ...

JAMES I OF England (and V1 of Scotland) was probably the most complex of the Stuarts who actually reigned. If his three successors were, in broadbrush terms, a despot, a womaniser and a fool, James ...

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 ...

James VI was just 13 months old when he became King, his mother, Mary Queen of Scots was born a week before her father King James V died. This succession of infant monarchs created a minority rule ...

James I James I (1566-1625) on engraving from 1846. King of Scots as James VI during 1567-1625, and King of England and Ireland as James I during 1603-1625. Engraved after a painting from Paul Van ...

Portrait of King James VI and I, a King of England and Ireland in the old book the Shakespeare's life, by V. Chuiko, 1889, St. Petersburg Portrait of King James VI and I, a King of England and Ireland ...