James the First (the Sixth of Scotland), 1603 to 1625
The British Solomon
| BORN: | 19 June 1566, Edinburgh Castle. |
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| PARENTS: | Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545 - 67), Mary, Queen of Scots (1542 - 87). |
| MARRIED: | Anne of Denmark (1574 - 1619), 23 November 1589, Oslo, Norway. |
| ACCEDED: | 24 March 1603 |
| CROWNED: | 25 July 1603, Westminster Abbey. |
| DIED: | 27 March 1625, Theobald's Park, Hertfordshire. |
| INTERRED: | Westminster Abbey. |
| CHILDREN: | (1) Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594 - 1612) (2) child (1595 - stillborn) (3) Elizabeth "The Winter Queen", Queen of Bohemia (1596 - 1662) (4) Margaret (1598 - 1600) (5) Charles I (1600 - 49) (6) Robert Bruce, Duke of Kintyre (1602 - infancy) (7) boy (1603 - died same day) (8) Mary (1605 - 07) (9) Sophia (1606 - [died next day]) |
| COEVAL PERSONS: |
Archbishops of Canterbury: John Whitgift Richard Bancroft George Abbot Culture: William Shakespeare (playwrite) John Dowland (composer) Orlando Gibbons (composer) |
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| NOTABLE EVENTS: |
The Gunpowder Plot, 5 November 1605. |
