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James VI of Scotland 1566 – 1625 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 Jun 1566

Birth Location: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland

Death Date: 27 Mar 1625

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

Father: Henry Danley

Mother: Mary Scots

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Elizabeth Stuart, Charles England

The story of James VI of Scotland began in 1566 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland. James VI of Scotland had children including Elizabeth Stuart, Charles I of England. James VI of Scotland passed away in 1625 in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • The story of James VI of Scotland began in 1566 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • James VI of Scotland had children including Elizabeth Stuart, Charles I of England.
  • James VI of Scotland passed away in 1625 in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Danley
1545 – 1567
Birth Location: –
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Mary Scots
1542 – 1587
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Elizabeth Stuart
1596 – 1662
Birth Location: of England and Scotland
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Charles England
1600 – 1649
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
CE

James Scotland's Ancestors

Self
James Scotland
1566 – 1625
Birth Place: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Parents
Henry Lord Danley
1545 – 1567
Mary (Queen of) Scots
1542 – 1587
Grandparents
James (V of) Scotland
1512 – 1542
Mary (of) Guise
1515 – 1560
Great-Grandparents
James Scotland
1473 – 1513
Margaret Tudor
1489 – 1541
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Stuart
1451 – 1488
Margaret Denmark
1457 – 1487
Henry England
1457 – 1509
Elizabeth York
1466 – 1503

James Scotland's Descendants

1.
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James (VI of) Scotland (19 Jun 1566 – 27 Mar 1625)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Stuart (19 Aug 1596 – 13 Feb 1662) m. Frederick (V King of) Bohemia (26 Aug 1596 – 29 Nov 1632)
    1. 1. Sophia (of) hanover (14 Oct 1630 – 8 Jun 1714) m. Ernst Augustus (20 Nov 1629 – 23 Jan 1698)
      1. 1. George (I of Great) Britain (28 May 1660 – 11 Jun 1727) m. Sophia (Dorothea of) Celle
        1. 1. George II (9 Nov 1683 – 25 Oct 1760) m. Caroline (of) Ansbach
  2. 2. Charles (I of) England (1600 – 1649) m. Henrietta (Maria of) France

James Scotland's Timeline

2 Records

1566
19 Jun 1566
Birth of James VI of Scotland in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
1625
27 Mar 1625
Age 59
Death of James VI of Scotland in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 Jun 1566
    Event Place: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Fact

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Mar 1625
    Event Place: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current
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