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James VI and I

In June 1567, Protestant rebels arrested Mary and imprisoned her in Lochleven Castle; she never saw her son again. She was forced to abdicate on 24 July 1567 in favour of the infant James and to appoint her illegitimate half-brother James Stewart, Earl of Moray, as regent. This made James the third consecutive Scottish monarch to ascend to the throne as an infant. … After James was liberated in June 1583, he assumed increasing control of his kingdom. He pushed through the Black Acts to assert...

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James VI and I (1566–1625) - Encyclopedia Virginia

Early Years The birth of James Stuart at Edinburgh Castle on June 19, 1566, came at a tumultuous time in Scotland’s history. His Catholic mother, Mary, Queen of Scots, ruled a kingdom in the grips of the Protestant Reformation; his English father, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, was estranged from Mary, who was frustrating his political ambitions at court. Read more about: James VI and I (1566–1625)

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James Stuart (I, King 1603-1625) - Samuel Pepys' Diary

1567-1625. King of Scots as James VI, and King of England and King of Ireland as James I. He succeeded the last Tudor monarch of England and Ireland, Elizabeth I and was himself succeeded by Charles I, one of his three children.

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