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During James VI's reign, the citizens of the Hebrides were portrayed as lawless barbarians rather than being the cradle of Scottish Christianity and nationhood. Official documents describe the peoples of the Highlands as "void of the knawledge and feir of God" who were prone to "all kynd of barbarous and bestile cruelteis". [ 65 ]
The body of James VI and I and his funeral effigy rested in rooms draped with black cloth at Somerset House, then known as "Denmark House" in honour of his wife Anne of Denmark (died in 1619) The aristocrats at court were expected to follow the cortège from Theobalds or await the arrival of the body at Somerset House, then known as Denmark House.
He was a favourite and self-described "lover" of King James VI and I. [3] Buckingham remained at the height of royal favour for the first three years of the reign of James's son, Charles I, until he was assassinated. Villiers was born in Brooksby, Leicestershire from a family of minor gentry. His ascent began notably in 1614 when, aged 21, he ...
James was first depicted in depth for the modern stage in the four-act comedy Jamie the Saxt (1936) by Scottish playwright Robert McLellan.Set in Scotland in the years 1592–94, McLellan's play depicts the King's various conflicts with the Kirk and his Scottish nobles, most particularly with the outlawed Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell, in the aftermath of the murder of James Stewart ...
James Stuart (1681–1743) (died 1743), British Army officer, courtier and politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayr Burghs 1734–41 James Stuart (1774–1833) , British businessman and politician, director of The East India Company, MP for Huntingdon 1824–31
Gunpowder, Treason & Plot is a 2004 BBC miniseries based upon the lives of Mary, Queen of Scots and her son James VI of Scotland.Written by Jimmy McGovern, the series tells the story behind the Gunpowder Plot in two parts, each centred on one of the respective monarchs.
Archibald "Archy" Armstrong (died March 1672) was a native of Cumberland, and according to tradition first distinguished himself as a sheep thief; afterwards he entered the service of James VI and I as a court jester, with whom he became a favourite.
Reviewing James's letters and poems and focusing on desire rather than actions, David M. Bergeron sees James's relationships with Lennox, Somerset and Buckingham comprising a "special intimacy, including, but not restricted to, homoerotic desire", [18]: vii–viii with James's letters to his male favourites as "signs of erotic desire [and] same ...