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King James Stewart, VI of Scotland and I of England
b. 19 June 1566, d. 27 March 1625
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King James VI and I
Birth
King James Stewart, VI of Scotland and I of England, was born on 19 June 1566 in Edinburgh Castle.1,2
Parents
| Father | Henry ("7G grandson of David Fleming of Biggar and Cumbernauld") Stewart, Lord Darnley (b. 1546, d. 10 February 1567) |
| Mother | Mary Stewart, Queen of Scots (b. 8 December 1542, d. 8 February 1587) |
Child with Ann, daughter of Frederick II, King of Denmark (b. circa 1580, d. 1619)
| Son | Charles Stewart, King Charles I of the United Kingdom+ (d. 1649) |
Residence information
Titles
King James Stewart, VI of Scotland and I of England, held the title of was crowned as King of Scotland in place of his mother, now a refugee on 29 July 1567 in Stirling Castle.3
Property1,3
Death
King James Stewart, VI of Scotland and I of England, was buried in 1625 in Westminster Abbey. He died dysentry on 27 March 1625 at age 58 in Theobalds House in Hertfordshire.
Citations
- [S2] Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: online 10 November 2023), Mary, Queen of Scots at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_Scots.
- [S2] Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: online 11 November 2023), Margaret Fleming, Countess of Atholl at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Fleming,_Countess_of_Atholl.
- [S5] William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming: an account of the Biggar District, Archeological, Historical and Biographical, second edition (Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1867), p 533.
| Last Edited | 10 August 2025 |