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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.
James I and VI at BBC History; Portraits of King James I and VI at the National Portrait Gallery, London; Works by James VI and I at Project Gutenberg; Works by or about James VI and I at the Internet Archive; Works by James VI and I at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks) Documents on James I curated by The National Archives (United Kingdom)
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 ...
Episode Six, Episode 6 or Episode VI may refer to: Film ... Episode VI – Return of the Jedi, a 1983 film; Music. Episode Six (band), a British band;
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 ...
In 1589, William Cecil hoped to prevent the marriage of James VI and Anne of Denmark. Gray wrote to Cecil on 5 June that the Chancellor, John Maitland would be reluctant to frustrate the king's marriage plan. In Edinburgh, supporters of the Danish marriage had protested before Lord Hamilton, who advocated that James marry Catherine de Bourbon.
[2] [3] The first film dramatizes the relationship between Mary (Clémence Poésy) and her third husband, James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (Kevin McKidd). Scottish actor Robert Carlyle stars as James VI in the second part, which concentrates on the Gunpowder Plot , planned by Guy Fawkes , to blow up the Houses of Parliament in order to rid ...
The Last King of Scotland is a 2006 historical drama film directed by Kevin Macdonald from a screenplay by Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock.Based on Giles Foden's 1998 novel, its plot depicts the dictatorship of Ugandan President Idi Amin through the perspective of Nicholas Garrigan, a fictional Scottish doctor.