| 8. |  James King Of England, I was born on 19 Jun 1566 in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland (son of Henry Stuart Lord Darnley and Mary Stuart Queen Of Scotland); died on 27 Mar 1625 in Theobalds Park, Hertfordshire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Category: English Royalty - House of Stuart
- Name: James King Of Scotland VI
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Acceded England 1603-1625. Also Scotland 1567-1625.
James I (reigned 1603-25), son of Mary, Queen of Scots (and descended from Henry VII's daughter Margaret), had been King of Scotland for 36 years, when he became King of England. Although he was King of both countries, James's attempt to create a full governmental union proved premature. An able theologian, he ordered a new translation of the Bible which became known as the Authorised King James's Version of the Bible. James himself was fairly tolerant in terms of religious faith, but the Gunpowder Plot (an attempt by Guy Fawkes and other Roman Catholic conspirators to blow up the Houses of Parliament) in 1605 resulted in the reimposition of strict penalties on Roman Catholics. As an arts patron, James employed the architect Inigo Jones to build the present Banqueting House in Whitehall, and the post of Poet Laureate dates from his reign.
Although he believed that kings took their authority from God, James accepted that his actions were subject to the law. Unable, like many of his predecessors, to put royal finances on a sound footing, James was often in dispute with his Parliaments. A proposed 'Great Contract' (1610), under which Parliament would provide a regular income to the Crown to meet government costs and maintain the navy and army, in exchange for modifying the monarch's fundraising, came to nothing. The Addled Parliament of 1614 lasted eight weeks. The outbreak of the Thirty Years War (1618-48) in Europe spread, and financial pressures forced James in 1621 to summon Parliament, but when the House of Commons tried to debate wider aspects of foreign policy and asserted their right to discuss any subject, James dissolved it. A further Parliament, summoned in 1624, failed to resolve foreign policy questions. On James's death in 1625, the kingdom was on the edge of war with Spain.
James married Anna Oldenburg, Of Denmark on 23 Nov 1589 in Oslo, Norway. Anna (daughter of Frederick King Of Denmark, Of Denmark\Norway II and Sophia Von Mecklenburg-Gustrow) was born on 14 Oct 1574 in Skanderborg Castle, Denmark; died on 2 Mar 1619 in Hampton Court Palace. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1662 - 1694 (32 years)
James King Of England, II was born on 14 Oct 1633 in St James Palace, London, England (son of Charles King Of England, I and Henrietta Maria De Bourbon, De France); died on 6 Sep 1701 in St Germain-En-Laye, France. 
Charles King Of England, I was born on 19 Nov 1600 in Dunfermline Castle, Scotland (son of James King Of England, I and Anna Oldenburg, Of Denmark); died on 30 Jan 1649 in Whitehall Palace, London, England. 
