James I of England

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James I of England

(Also James VI of Scotland)

By Atif Khan

James I of England was the only son of  Mary, Queen of Scots. He was the first king ever to rule both Scotland and England. In Scotland, he was known as James VI, King of Scotland. He was born in the year 1566 on the date 19th June. James was only 15 months when he became king!!!! He received extraordinarily good education from tutors like George Buchanan and, after a long time, started properly ruling Scotland in 1583.

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For 20 years, James continued to be head of the church and state in Scotland. He beaten “nobles” who tried to conspire against him. In 1603, James became the first “Stuart” king of England. He then began to forget about Scotland and move to England. He seemed to have joined the side of the quickly rising Puritans. He was, however, still suspected to be a pro-Catholic. This continued due to his signing of peace with Spain in 1604. It became worse when he took diplomatic steps to secure the restoration of his son-in-law, Elector Palatine Frederick V.

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