James I Stuart, King of England

   Another name for James was Charles James I Stuart.

  General Notes:

James I of England and VI of Scotland (1566-1625), son of Mary Queen of Scots and Lord Darnley, and grandson of James V, was born in Edinburgh Castle. On the death of Queen Elizabeth in 1603, James became the king of England and Ireland. His view that he held the kingship by divine right, his impression that Puritanism was the same as Presbyterianism, his wish to tolerate the Roman Catholics, and his determination to exercise absolute power over Parliament, led to conflicts with the House of Commons which continued throughout his reign. From 1612 to 1618 he made strenuous efforts to bring about a marriage between the Infanta of Spain and his son Prince Charles, hoping thereby to secure the peace of Europe. He had already, by his Ulster settlement, begun in 1607, attempted to give peace to Ireland. But the native Irish disliked the settlement, and were not conciliated; and in 1618, the Thirty Years War broke out, and all hopes of the Spanish match were destroyed. Hoping by diplomacy to secure the restoration of Frederick to the palatinate, James sent Prince Charles and the Duke of Buckingham to Spain. The mission having failed, James made a treaty with Denmark, and arranged a marriage alliance with France. James was known as a good scholar though somewhat pedantic and was so desirous of preserving peace that a vacillating policy made him more or less an object of contempt. [World Wide Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1935]

Notes on James VI and I
He became King of Scots on 24 July 1567 as an infant on his Mother’s abdication. He was crowned 29 July 1567 at Stirling. On 24 March 1603, upon Queen Elizabeth’s death, he ascended the throne of England as James the I of England. He was crowned at Westminster on 25 July 1603. It has been suggested that his father was not Darnley but Rizzio, his mother's Italian lover... [GADD.GED]

  Noted events in his life were:

• Title: King of Scotland, 1567-1603. (James VI)

• Title: King of England, 1603-1625.

James married Anne of Denmark, daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark and Sophia [Unknown], on 23 Nov 1589 in Oslo, Akerhus, Norway.²¹ (Anne of Denmark was born on 14 Oct 1574 in Skanderborg Castle, Jutland, Denmark,²¹ died on 4 Mar 1618/19 in Hampton Court Palace, Surrey, England ²¹ and was buried in 1619 in Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England.)