The marriage was falling apart and Mary's position as Queen was very insecure. He was born in Edinburgh Castle on 19 June 1566, the only son of Mary Queen of Scots and her second husband Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. James’s family situation was complicated. Read more about: Battles The siege of Barnard Castle and the River Tees Bad parenting
There was widespread Iconoclasm, which involved the smashing of religious images and saw the power of the bishops reduced. It was a period of political and religious turmoil as the country underwent a Protestant reformation inspired by Calvinism (hardline Protestantism) that led to a series of big changes.
This succession of infant monarchs created a minority rule between a series of power-hungry regents who ran the show. James VI was just 13 months old when he became King, his mother, Mary Queen of Scots was born a week before her father King James V died. Since the beginning of the 16th century, no Scottish monarch had ascended to the throne as an adult, they were all aged two or under.
James’s reign began during a turbulent period of religious intolerance and change. The son of the tragic Mary Queen of Scots, his legacy includes the world’s first English Bible, the creation of the Union Jack, the first colonisation of America and the introduction of tobacco to England despite hating the addictive plant himself. Read more about: British History The Most Picturesque Places in…ScotlandĪd hominem attacks from his enemies aside, such as Sir Anthony Weldon, who referred to James as a swearing ‘slobbering idiot with a tongue too large for his mouth, ‘forever fiddling with his codpiece’, such criticisms detract from the story of one of the most fascinating and colourful monarchs Britain has produced.
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