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James VI James I King of England 1566–1625 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jun 1566

Birth Location: Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Death Date: Mar 1625

Death Location: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England

Father: Edward Stuart

Mother: Mary Scots

Spouse(s): Anne Denemarken

Children(s): Charles I, Princess Sophia, Princess Mary, Robert Stuart, Margaret Stuart, Elizabeth Stuart, Henry Wales

In 1566, James VI James I King of England entered the world in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, born to Edward Henry Earl Of Darnley Stuart And Mary Queen Of Scots Stuart Queen Of Scots. James VI James I King of England married Anne Van Oldenburg Prinses Van Denemarken, and had children including Charles I, Elizabeth Stuart, Henry Frederick Stuart Prince Of Wales, Margaret Stuart, Princess Mary, Princess Sophia, Robert Bruce Stuart. James VI James I King of England passed away in 1625 in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • In 1566, James VI James I King of England entered the world in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, born to Edward Henry Earl Of Darnley Stuart And Mary Queen Of Scots Stuart Queen Of Scots.
  • James VI James I King of England married Anne Van Oldenburg Prinses Van Denemarken, and had children including Charles I, Elizabeth Stuart, Henry Frederick Stuart Prince Of Wales, Margaret Stuart, Princess Mary, Princess Sophia, Robert Bruce Stuart.
  • James VI James I King of England passed away in 1625 in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

James England's Ancestors

Self
James England
1566–1625
Birth Place: Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Parents
Edward Henry (earl of Darnley) Stuart
1545–1567
Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Mary ((Queen of Scots) Stuart Queen of) Scots
1542–1587
Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Mathieu Stewart
1516–1571
Dunbarton Castle
Lady (Marguerite) Douglas
1515–1578
Harbottle Castle, Northumberland
James (IV King of) Scotland
1512–1542
Linlithgow, West-Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Mary Scotland
1515–1560
Bar Le Duc, Meuse, Lorraine, France
Great-Grandparents
John III
1492–1526
Elisabeth Stewart
1494–
Margaret Tudor
1489–1541
James Schotland
1473–1513
Margaretha Schotland
1489–1541
Claude Delorraine
1496–1550
Antoinette Debourbon
1493–1583
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James England's Descendants

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James (VI James I King of) England (Jun 1566–Mar 1625) m. Anne (van Oldenburg Prinses van) Denemarken (12 October 1574–12 March 1619)
  1. 1. Charles I 1600–1649 m. Princess (of Denmark Anne Sophie) Oldenburg 1574–1619
    1. 1. Henrietta (Anne Stuart (Princess of) England) 1644–1670
    2. 2. Henry (Stuart, Duke of) Gloucester 1640–1660
    3. 3. James (II Stuart, of England, Scotland, and) Irelan 1633–1701
    4. 4. Catherine (Stuart of) England 1639–1639
    5. 5. Anne Stuart 1637–1640
    6. 6. Charles (II) Stuart 1629–1629
    7. 7. Elizabeth Stuart 1635–1650
    8. 8. Mary (Henrietta) Stuart 1631–1660
  2. 2. Princess Sophia 1606–1606
  3. 3. Princess Mary 1605–1607
  4. 4. Robert (Bruce) Stuart 1602–1602
  5. 5. Margaret Stuart 1598–1600
  6. 6. Elizabeth Stuart 1596–1662 m. Frederik (V van Wittelsbach Keurvorst van de Palts Koning van) Bohemen 1596–1632
    1. 1. Edouard (de Bavière) Wittelsbach-Simmerm 1625–1663
    2. 2. Charles (Ier Louis) Wittelsbach 1617–1680
    3. 3. Charlotte Wittelsbach 1628–1631
    4. 4. Elisabeth (de Bohème) Wittelsbach 1618–1680
      1. 1. Henry (Howard Duke of) Norfolk 1628–1684
    5. 5. Frédéric-Henri Wittelsbach 1614–1629
    6. 6. Gustave (Adolphe) Wittelsbach 1632–1641
    7. 7. Henriette-Marie Wittelsbach 1626–1651
    8. 8. Jean (Philippe Frédéric du Palatinat) Wittelsbach 1627–1650
    9. 9. Louise (Hollandine du Palatinat) Wittelsbach 1622–1709
    10. 10. Louis Wittelsbach 1623–1624
    11. 11. Maurice Wittelsbach 1621–1654
    12. 12. Rupert (du Rhin) Wittelsbach 1619–1682
      1. 1. Ruprecht (Dudley) Bard 1665–1686
      2. 2. Ruperta (van) Cumberland 1671–1740
    13. 13. Sophie (de Hanovre) Wittelsbach 1630–1714 m. Ernst (August Keurvorst van) Brunswijk-Calenberg 1629–1698
      1. 1. Christiaan (Hendrik Prins van) Brunswijk-Calenberg 1671–1703
      2. 2. Frederik (August Prins van) Brunswijk-Calenberg 1661–1690
      3. 3. Karel (Philips Prins van) Brunswijk-Calenberg 1669–1690
      4. 4. Maximiliaan (Willem Prins van) Brunswijk-Calenberg 1666–1726
      5. 5. Sophia (Charlotte Prinses van) Brunswijk-Calenberg 1668–1705 m. Frédéric (I de) HOHENZOLLERN 1657–1713
        1. 1. Frédéric-Guillaume (I de) HOHENZOLLERN 1688–1740
      6. 6. George (I Lodewijk Keurvorst van Hannover Koning van Groot-Brittannië en Ierland Hertog van) Brunswijk-Lüneburg 1660–1727
      7. 7. Ernst (August Prins van) Brunswijk-Calenberg 1674–1728
  7. 7. Henry (Frederick Stuart Prince of) Wales 1594–1612 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Raleigh 1589–1661
    1. 1. Lady (Mary Tudor) Frederick 1612–1650

James England's Timeline

2 Records

1566
Jun 1566
Birth of James VI James I King of England in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1625
Mar 1625
Age 59
Death of James VI James I King of England in Theobalds Palace, Chestnut, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Theobalds Palace, Chestnut, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jun 1566
    Event Place: Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 10; Page: 598
    [2] Chalmers' General Biographical Dictionary
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [4] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [5] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Mar 1625
    Event Place: Theobalds Palace, Chestnut, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 10; Page: 598
    [2] Chalmers' General Biographical Dictionary
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [4] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [5] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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