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King James VI and I

James VI and I
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Portrait attributed to John de Critz, c. 1605
King of Scotland (more...)
Reign 24 July 1567 – 27 March 1625
Coronation 29 July 1567
Predecessor Mary, Queen of Scots
Successor Charles I
Regents
King of England and Ireland (more...)
Reign 24 March 1603 – 27 March 1625
Coronation 25 July 1603
Predecessor Elizabeth I
Successor Charles I
Born 19 June 1566
Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
Died 27 March 1625 (aged 58)
(N.S.: 6 April 1625)
Theobalds House, England
Burial 7 May 1625
Westminster Abbey
Spouse Anne of Denmark
Issue
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Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales
Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia
Charles I, King of England
House Stuart
Father Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley
Mother Mary, Queen of Scots
Signature James VI and I's signature
Royal styles of
James VI, King of Scots
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Reference style His Grace
Spoken style Your Grace
Royal styles of
James I, King of England
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Reference style His Majesty
Spoken style Your Majesty

James VI and I (19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death. The kingdoms of Scotland and England were individual sovereign states, with their own parliaments, judiciary, and laws, though both were ruled by James in personal union.

James was the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, and a great-great-grandson of Henry VII, King of England and Lord of Ireland, positioning him to eventually accede to all three thrones. James succeeded to the Scottish throne at the age of thirteen months, after his mother Mary was compelled to abdicate in his favour. Four different regents governed during his minority, which ended officially in 1578, though he did not gain full control of his government until 1583. In 1603, he succeeded the last Tudor monarch of England and Ireland, Elizabeth I, who died without issue. He continued to reign in all three kingdoms for 22 years, a period known after him as the Jacobean era, until his death in 1625 at the age of 58. After the Union of the Crowns, he based himself in England (the largest of the three realms) from 1603, only returning to Scotland once in 1617, and styled himself "King of Great Britain and Ireland". He was a major advocate of a single parliament for England and Scotland. In his reign, the Plantation of Ulster and British colonization of the Americas began.


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