James VI and I is sometimes overshadowed in historical memory by the royal women who preceded him. As the only child of Mary, Queen of Scots, he became King James VI of Scotland when she was ...

The execution of King Charles I. | Print Collector/GettyImages. Despite James VI and I’s somewhat noble (and clearly personal) intentions in uniting the Crowns, there’s evidence this created ...

James VI and I (1566-1625), King of Scotland, as a child, 1574. Found in the collection of the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh. He was just 13 months old when he became King of Scotland.

Historian Gareth Russell talks about the life of King James VI/I at Hillsborough Castle ...

The dramatic miniseries chronicles the rise of a charismatic young man and his scheming mother during the reign of King James VI and I in early 17th century Britain. By Angie Han.

James VI and I reigned for 58 years - not a bad record for any monarch, and he lived in troubled times. Born in 1566 he became king of Scotland in 1567, aged just one, then king of England in 1603 ...

The World of King James VI & I opens at National Galleries Scotland: Portrait in Edinburgh on 26 April. Getty Images. The letter is part of an exhibition marking 400 years since the king's death.

(King James I is also known as King James VI in Scotland.) Throughout the series, George—with the help of his mother Mary, played by Julianne Moore —schemes his way to a position of power in ...

King James told his Privy Council in 1617: "I wish to speak in my own behalf and not to have it thought to be a defect, for Jesus Christ did the same, and therefore I cannot be blamed. Christ had ...