James VI and I

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King of England King of Ireland King of Scotland Stuart monarch human monarch

James VI and I was the late 16th- and early 17th-century monarch who united the crowns of Scotland and England, inaugurating the Stuart era of rule over a newly shared kingdom.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
James I of England 32
James VI of Scotland 24
King James I of England 12

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf King of England ⓘ
King of Ireland ⓘ
King of Scotland ⓘ
Stuart monarch ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
birthDate 1566-06-19 ⓘ
birthPlace Edinburgh ⓘ
Edinburgh Castle ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
burialPlace Westminster Abbey, London ⓘ
surface form: Westminster Abbey
child Charles I of England ⓘ
Elizabeth Stuart ⓘ
surface form: Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia

Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales ⓘ
Mary Stuart, Princess Royal ⓘ
Robert Stuart, Duke of Kintyre ⓘ
commissioned King James Version ⓘ
surface form: King James Version of the Bible
coronationDateEngland 1603-07-25 ⓘ
coronationDateScotland 1567-07-29 ⓘ
coronationPlaceEngland Kingdom of England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Westminster Abbey, London ⓘ
surface form: Westminster Abbey
coronationPlaceScotland Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
Stirling ⓘ
countryRuled Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
deathDate 1625-03-27 ⓘ
deathPlace Hertfordshire ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
Theobalds House ⓘ
dynasty House of Stuart ⓘ
surface form: Stuart dynasty
era early modern period ⓘ
father James V of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley
fullName Stuart ⓘ
surface form: James Charles Stuart
house House of Stuart ⓘ
knownFor sponsoring the King James Version of the Bible ⓘ
union of the crowns of Scotland and England ⓘ
mother Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ
notableWork Basilikon Doron ⓘ
Daemonologie ⓘ
politicalConcept divine right of kings ⓘ
predecessorAsKingOfEngland Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
predecessorAsKingOfScots Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ
reignEnd 1625-03-27 ⓘ
reignEndEngland 1625-03-27 ⓘ
reignEndScotland 1625-03-27 ⓘ
reignStart 1567-07-24 ⓘ
reignStartEngland 1603-03-24 ⓘ
reignStartScotland 1567-07-24 ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
Church of Scotland ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
spouse Anne of Denmark ⓘ
succeeded Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
surface form: Elizabeth I of England as monarch of England and Ireland

Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ
surface form: Mary, Queen of Scots as monarch of Scotland
successorAsKingOfEngland Charles I of England ⓘ
successorAsKingOfScots Charles I of England ⓘ
title James VI and I self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: James I of England

James VI and I self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: James VI of Scotland

King of England ⓘ
King of Ireland ⓘ
King of Scots ⓘ

Referenced by (105)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rex Scottorum → titleHolder → James VI and I ⓘ
this entity surface form: James VI of Scotland
Theobalds House → usedBy → James VI and I ⓘ
this entity surface form: King James I of England
Theobalds House → usedBy → James VI and I ⓘ
this entity surface form: King James VI of Scotland
Walter Raleigh → wasImprisonedBy → James VI and I ⓘ
this entity surface form: James I of England