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James VI and I was buried at Westminster Abbey on the evening before the funeral. Charles I was the chief mourner on the day of the state funeral. He walked from Somerset House to the Abbey. In the procession, the "Banner of the Union of the two Crosses of England and Scotland" was carried by Lord Willoughby de Ersesby. [52]
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)
In January 1593 James VI set a tax anticipating the expenses of the birth and baptism of Prince Henry and appointed Erskine Collector General of this tax. [5] At the tournament during the baptism festivities, Erskine performed in a team with the King, dressed as Knights of Malta. [6] James VI gave his courtiers gifts of jewelry at New Year. In ...
The Union of the Crowns (Scottish Gaelic: Aonadh nan Crùintean; Scots: Union o the Crouns) [1] [2] was the accession of James VI of Scotland to the throne of the Kingdom of England as James I and the practical unification of some functions (such as overseas diplomacy) of the two separate realms under a single individual on 24 March 1603.
(King James I is also known as King James VI in Scotland.) Throughout the series, George—with the help of his mother Mary, played by Julianne Moore —schemes his way to a position of power in ...
Death said to have been caused by the shock of hearing that his son James (later King James I of Scotland) had been captured by the English. Henry IV: House of Lancaster (England) 15 April 1367 1399–1413 20 March 1413 Several years of ill health- some type of visible skin ailment. Leprosy is also rumoured to have been possible. Henry V
The British royal family has continued to overhaul its public image in the wake of Queen Elizabeth II’s death. But her son King Charles III’s first official portrait since his coronation might ...
John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie (c. 1577 – 5 August 1600), was a Scottish nobleman who died in mysterious circumstances, referred to as the "Gowrie Conspiracy", in which he and/or his brother Alexander were attempting to kill or kidnap King James VI of Scotland for unknown purposes. The king's retinue killed both brothers during the attack ...