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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)
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 ...
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 ...
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.
James VI and I (1566−1625) — as King James VI of the Kingdom of Scotland (1567−1625), and as King James I of the Kingdom of England and Ireland (1603−1625). For the preceding Scottish monarch, see Category: Mary, Queen of Scots .
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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 ...