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James VI Stuart 1566 – 1625 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 June 1566

Birth Location: Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 27 March 1625

Death Location: Theobalds House, Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England

Father: Henry Stuart

Mother: Mary Scots

Spouse(s):

Children(s):

The story of James VI Stuart began in 1566 in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland. James VI Stuart passed away in 1625 in Theobalds House, Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of James VI Stuart began in 1566 in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland.
  • James VI Stuart passed away in 1625 in Theobalds House, Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England.

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Children(s)

James Stuart's Ancestors

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James Stuart
1566 – 1625
Birth Place: Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
Parents
Henry Stuart
1545 – 1567
Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Mary (Stuart\Stewart, Queen Of) Scots
1542 – 1587
Linlithgow Palace, West-Lothian, Schotland
Grandparents
Matthew Stewart
1516 – 1571
Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Margaret (Douglas, Countess of) Lennox
1516 – 1578
Maidenpape, Roxburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
James (V King of) Scots
1512 – 1542
Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Mary (of) Guise\Lorraine
1515 – 1560
France
Great-Grandparents
John Lennox
Anne Stewart
George Douglas
1490 – 1552
Lady Douglas
1500 – 1571
James Scotland)
1473 – 1513
Lady Boyd
1477 – 1559
2nd-Great-Grandparents
David Douglas
1480 – 1528
Lady Stewart
1491 – 1554
James Scotland)
1451 – 1488
Margaret Scotland)
1456 – 1486

James Stuart's Timeline

2 Records

1566
19 June 1566
Birth of James VI Stuart in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
1625
27 March 1625
Age 59
Death of James VI Stuart in Theobalds House, Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England
Theobalds House, Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 June 1566
    Event Place: Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 March 1625
    Event Place: Theobalds House, Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

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