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James VI \ James I Stewart King of Scots, King of England & Ireland 1566–1625 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 Jun 1566

Birth Location: Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Death Date: 27 Mar 1625

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

Father: Henry Scotland

Mother: Mary Stuart

Spouse(s): Princess Ireland

Children(s): Charles Albany, Margaret Scotland, Henry Renfrew, Elizabeth Palatine, Stillborn Stuart, Sophia Stuart, Prince Kintyre, Anne England, Robert Stuart, James Scotland, Mary Stuart, Stillborn Stewart

In 1566, James VI \ James I Stewart King of Scots, King of England & Ireland entered the world in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, born to Henry Stewart Lord Darnley Duke Of Albany Earl Of Ross King Consort Of Scotland And Mary I Stuart. James VI \ James I Stewart King of Scots, King of England & Ireland married Princess Anne Of Denmark Queen Consort Of Scotland England And Ireland, and had children including Anne Princess Of England, Charles I Stuart King Of England Scotland And Ireland Duke Of York Duke Of Cornwall Duke Of Rothesay Duke Of Albany, Elizabeth The Winter Queen Stuart Queen Consort Of Bohemia Electress Consort Palatine, Henry Frederick Stuart Prince Of Wales Duke Of Cornwall And Rothesay Earl Of Chester Carrick Baron Of Renfrew, James Vi Stuart Scotland, Margaret Stuart Princess Of Scotland, Mary Stuart, Prince Robert Bruce Stuart Duke Of Kintyre, Robert Stuart, Sophia Stuart, Stillborn Mary Stuart, Stillborn Son Prince Of England Stewart. James VI \ James I Stewart King of Scots, King of England & Ireland passed away in 1625 in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • In 1566, James VI \ James I Stewart King of Scots, King of England & Ireland entered the world in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, born to Henry Stewart Lord Darnley Duke Of Albany Earl Of Ross King Consort Of Scotland And Mary I Stuart.
  • James VI \ James I Stewart King of Scots, King of England & Ireland married Princess Anne Of Denmark Queen Consort Of Scotland England And Ireland, and had children including Anne Princess Of England, Charles I Stuart King Of England Scotland And Ireland Duke Of York Duke Of Cornwall Duke Of Rothesay Duke Of Albany, Elizabeth The Winter Queen Stuart Queen Consort Of Bohemia Electress Consort Palatine, Henry Frederick Stuart Prince Of Wales Duke Of Cornwall And Rothesay Earl Of Chester Carrick Baron Of Renfrew, James Vi Stuart Scotland, Margaret Stuart Princess Of Scotland, Mary Stuart, Prince Robert Bruce Stuart Duke Of Kintyre, Robert Stuart, Sophia Stuart, Stillborn Mary Stuart, Stillborn Son Prince Of England Stewart.
  • James VI \ James I Stewart King of Scots, King of England & Ireland passed away in 1625 in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Scotland
1545–1567
Birth Location: Temple Newsam, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
HS
Mary Stuart
1542–1587
Birth Location: Linlithgow Palace, West Lothian, Scotland
MS

Spouses(s)

Princess Ireland
1574–1619
Birth Location: Skanderborg Castle, Skanderborg, Arhus, Denmark
PI

Children(s)

Charles Albany
1600–1649
Birth Location: Dunfermline Palice, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
CA
Margaret Scotland
1598–1600
Birth Location: Dalkeith Palace, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
MS
Henry Renfrew
1594–1612
Birth Location: Stirling Castle, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
HR
Elizabeth Palatine
1596–1662
Birth Location: Falkland Palace, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
EP
Stillborn Stuart
1603–1603
Birth Location: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
SS
Sophia Stuart
1606–1606
Birth Location: Greenwich Palace, Greenwich, London, England
SS
Prince Kintyre
1602–1602
Birth Location: Dunfermline Palace, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
PK
Anne England
1637–1640
Birth Location: St. James Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England
AE
Robert Stuart
1601–1602
Birth Location: Dalkeith Palace, Dalkeith, Mid Lothian, Scotland
RS
James Scotland
1601–1602
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
JS
Mary Stuart
1631–1660
Birth Location: St James Palace,london,england
MS
Stillborn Stewart
1603–1603
Birth Location: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
SS

James Ireland's Ancestors

Self
James Ireland
1566–1625
Birth Place: Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Parents
Henry Stewart Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, Earl of Ross, King Consort of Scotland
1545–1567
Temple Newsam, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Mary (I) Stuart
1542–1587
Linlithgow Palace, West Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Matthew (Stewart 12th Earl of Lennox, Regent of) Scotland
1526–1571
Margaret Douglas
1515–1578
Harbottle Castle, Harbottle, Northumberland, England
James (V Stewart King of) Scots
1512–1542
Linlithgow Palace, West Lothian, Scotland
Mary ((Marie) of) Guise
1515–1560
Bar-le-Duc, Lorraine, France
Great-Grandparents
John Lennox
–1526
Archibald Angus
1489–1557
Margaret Scots
1489–1541
James Scots
1473–1513
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Matthew Lennox
–1513
Henry Richmond
1457–1509
Elizabeth England
1466–1503
James Scots
1451–1488
Margaret Norway
1456–1486

James Ireland's Descendants

1.
JI
James (VI \ James I Stewart King of Scots, King of England &) Ireland (19 Jun 1566–27 Mar 1625) m. Princess (Anne of Denmark Queen Consort of Scotland, England and) Ireland (12 Dec 1574–2 Mar 1619)
  1. 1. Charles (I Stuart King of England, Scotland and Ireland, Duke of York, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Duke of) Albany 1600–1649 m. Henrietta (Maria de France Queen of England and) Scotland 1609–1669
    1. 1. James (II and VII Stuart King of England, Scotland, and) Ireland 1633–1701 m. Anne (Hyde Queen) Consort 1637–1671 m. Arabella Churchill 1648–1730 m. Maria (Beatrice Eleonora Anna Margherita Isabella (Mary) D'Este of Modena, Queen of England Scotland and) Ireland 1658–1718
      1. 1. Prince (Edgar Stuart Duke of Cambridge, Baron Dauntsey and Earl of) Cambridge 1667–1671
      2. 2. Charles (Stuart Duke of) Kendal 1666–1667
      3. 3. James (Stuart Kt, K.G., Duke of Cambridge, 1st Baron of Dauntsey, 1st Earl of) Cambridge 1663–1667
      4. 4. Charles (Stuart Duke of) Cambridge 1660–1661
      5. 5. Catherine Stuart 1671–1671
      6. 6. Anne (Stuart Queen of Great Britain and) Ireland 1665–1714 m. Prince (George Fredericksen, formerly Oldenburg of Norway and Denmark, Prince of Denmark, Duke of) Cumberland 1653–1708
        1. 1. Mary 1690–1690
        2. 2. William (Duke of) Gloucester 1689–1700
        3. 3. Stillborn Son 1687–1867
        4. 4. Anne Sophia 1686–1687
        5. 5. Stillborn Daughter 1684–1684
        6. 6. Mary 1685–1687
        7. 7. George 1692–1692
        8. 8. Stillborn Daughter 1693–1693
        9. 9. Stillborn Daughter 1694–1694
        10. 10. Stillborn Son 1698–1698
        11. 11. Stillborn Daughter 1700–1700
      7. 7. James (FitzJames 1st Duke of Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Marshal of France, 1st Duque de Liria y) Xerica 1670–1734
      8. 8. Henrietta FitzJames 1667–1730
      9. 9. Mary (II Stuart Queen of England, Scotland and) Ireland 1662–1694 m. Willem (Hendrik "William III, Willem III" Oranje-Nassau King of England, Scotland and Ireland,, Price of) Orange 1650–1702
        1. 1. Henry Stewart 1670–1714
        2. 2. Phillip (Nassau-Dillenburg Prince of) Orange-Nassau 1681–1681
        3. 3. William (Henry) Lipsett 1680–1680
        4. 4. Phillip (of) Orange 1681–1681
        5. 5. Louisa (Julia of Orange and Nassau) * 1678–1678
      10. 10. Admiral (Henry Stuart "the Grand Prior" FitzJames 1st Duke of Albemarle, 1st Baron of Romney, 1st Earl of) Rochford 1673–1702
      11. 11. Henrietta Stuart 1669–1669
      12. 12. Catherine (Laura) Stuart 1675–1675
    2. 2. Anne Stuart 1637–1640
    3. 3. Elizabeth Stuart 1635–1650
    4. 4. Charles (II Stuart King of) England 1630–1685
    5. 5. Mary (Henrietta Stuart Princess) Royal 1631–1660
    6. 6. Henry (Stuart Duke of) Gloucester 1640–1660
    7. 7. Charles (James Stuart Duke of Cornwall and) Rothesay 1629–1629
    8. 8. Henrietta Stuart 1644–1670
    9. 9. Catherine Stuart 1639–1639
  2. 2. Margaret (Stuart Princess of) Scotland 1598–1600
  3. 3. Henry (Frederick Stuart Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay, Earl of Chester \ Carrick, Baron of) Renfrew 1594–1612
  4. 4. Elizabeth ("the Winter Queen" Stuart Queen Consort of Bohemia, Electress consort) Palatine 1596–1662 m. Frederick (V "The Winter King" Wittelsbach, Elector Palatine, King of) Bohemia 1596–1632
    1. 1. King (Charles I Louis DeBoheme Prince Palatinate) Simmern 1617–1680
    2. 2. King (Rupert of Wittelsbach VON DER PFALZ WITTELSBACH Kurprinz, Lord High Admiral, Duke of Cumberland, Earl of Holderness, Pfalzgraf bei) Rhein 1619–1682
    3. 3. Prince (Edward Prince Palatine of the Rhine Count Palatine of Simmern Palatine) Simmern 1625–1663
    4. 4. Frederick (Henry Electoral Prince of the) Palatinate 1614–1629
    5. 5. Princess (Elisabeth Charlotte III Princess of the Palatinate Abbess of Herford Abbey Palatine) Simmern 1618–1680
    6. 6. Prince (Maurice of The) Palatinate 1620–1652
    7. 7. Princess (Louise Marie Hollandine of Hollandine Wittelsbach Access Magnus) DeBoheme 1622–1709
    8. 8. Prince (Louis Wittelsbach, Count) Palatine 1623–1623
    9. 9. Princess (Sophia Dorothea Van Simmern Countess Bohemia, of the Palatinate &) Hannover 1630–1714 m. Ernest (Augustus Elector of) Hanover 1629–1698
      1. 1. George (I of Hanover, King of Great Britain and Ireland, ruler of the Duchy and Electorate of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1660–1727 m. Sophia (Dorothea Welf of Celle Electoral Princess of) Hanover 1666–1726
        1. 1. George (II of Hanover King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman) Empire 1683–1760 m. Caroline (of Ansbach Hohenzollern Queen Consort of Great) Britain 1683–1737
        2. 2. Sophia (Dorothea Hanover Queen of) Prussia 1687–1757
      2. 2. Maximillian (Wilhelm Augustus von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1666–1726
      3. 3. Sophie (Charlotte Augustus von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1668–1705 m. Friedrich (I. von) Preußen 1657–1713
        1. 1. Friedrich (Wilhem "Fredrick William I of Prussia") Hohenzollern 1688–1740
      4. 4. Karl (Philipp Augustus von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1669–1690
      5. 5. Christian (Augustus von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1671–1703
      6. 6. Ernst (August II. Augustus von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1674–1728
      7. 7. Friedrich (Augustus von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1661–1745
      8. 8. Ernest (August Augustus von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1674–1728
    10. 10. Prince (Gustavus Adolphus (Gustav Adolf) Of Palantine \ Von) Wittelsbach 1632–1641
    11. 11. Princess (Henriette Stuart Princess of the Palatinate Marie Palatine Simmern Countess of) Transylvania 1626–1651
    12. 12. Princess (Charlotte Countess Palinate \ Von) Wittelsbach 1628–1631
    13. 13. Louise (of Bavaria Von der) Pfalz 1615–1620
    14. 14. Prince (John Philip Frederick Wittelsbach of the) Palinate 1627–1650
  5. 5. Stillborn (Mary) Stuart 1603–1603
  6. 6. Sophia Stuart 1606–1606
  7. 7. Prince (Robert Bruce Stuart Duke of) Kintyre 1602–1602
  8. 8. Anne (Princess of) England 1637–1640
  9. 9. Robert Stuart 1601–1602
  10. 10. James (VI Stuart) Scotland 1601–1602
  11. 11. Mary Stuart 1631–1660
  12. 12. Stillborn (Son Prince of England) Stewart 1603–1603

James Ireland's Timeline

2 Records

1566
19 Jun 1566
Birth of James VI \ James I Stewart King of Scots, King of England & Ireland in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1625
27 Mar 1625
Age 59
Death of James VI \ James I Stewart King of Scots, King of England & Ireland in Theobalds Palace, Chesnut, Hertfordshire, England
Theobalds Palace, Chesnut, Hertfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 Jun 1566
    Event Place: Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Mar 1625
    Event Place: Theobalds Palace, Chesnut, Hertfordshire, England

    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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