King james i

King James I

King James VI of Scotland and I of England was born in Edinburgh Castle on the 19 June 1566. He succeeded to the Scottish throne at the age of thirteen months, after his mother Mary, Queen of Scots, was compelled to abdicate in his favour.

Nicholas Galitzine as George Villiers and Tony Curran as King James in Mary & George. Watch the enthralling period drama now on STARZ.

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The Portrait Gallery's latest show is dedicated to a forgotten slice of the Stuarts' story.

The new mini-series dramatizes the Villiers family’s scandalous rise to power at the court of England's James I

The Stuart dynasty ruled England and Scotland from 1603 to 1714 and faced conflicts including civil wars and religious tensions. The monarchs oversaw significant events such as the English civil war and the Glorious Revolution

There is an old English anecdote claiming that the name ‘Sirloin steak’ is derived from an occasion when King James I of England while being entertained at Hoghton Tower in 1617, was so impressed by the quality of his steak that he knighted the loin of beef, which was referred to thereafter as �

James V, (1512-1542) King of Scotland, Son of Margaret Tudor, father of Mary, Queen of Scots, nephew of Henry VIII.