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King James I ( - )


Name: King James I
Born: June 19, at Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
Parents: Mary, Queen of Scots, and Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley
Relation to Charles III: 10th great-grandfather
House of: Stuart
Ascended to the throne: March 24, aged 36 years
Crowned: July 25, at Westminster Abbey, also as James VI of Scotland at Stirling Castle on July 29,
Married: Anne, Daughter of Frederick II of Denmark and Norway
Children: Three sons and five daughters, of whom three survived infancy; Henry, Elizabeth and Charles
Died: March 27, at Theobalds Park, Hertfordshire, aged 58 years, 9 months, and 7 days
Buried at: Westminster
Reigned for: 22 years, 3 days, King of Scotland for 57 years
Succeeded by: his son Charles

James was the son of Mary Queen of Scots and her second husband Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley.

He was descended through the Scottish kings from Robert the Bruce, and the English Tudors through his great grandmother Margaret Tudor sister of Henr