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

Birth Date: 19 June 1566

Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Death Date: 27 March 1625

Death Location: Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England

Father: Henry Darnley

Mother: Mary Scots

Spouse(s): Anna Danmark

Children(s): King Ireland, Prince Stewart, Sophia Stuart, Margaret Stuart, Mary Stuart, Henry Wales, Robert Stuart, Elizabeth None

King James of I England and VI Scotland was born in 1566 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, the child of Henry Stewart Lord Darnley And Mary I Queen Stewart Queen Of Scots. King James of I England and VI Scotland married Anna Af Danmark, and had children including Elizabeth, Henry Frederick Stuart Prince Of Wales, King Charles I Stuart King Of England King Of Scots King Of Ireland, Margaret Stuart, Mary Anne Stuart, Prince Stewart, Robert Stuart, Sophia Stuart. King James of I England and VI Scotland passed away in 1625 in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • King James of I England and VI Scotland was born in 1566 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, the child of Henry Stewart Lord Darnley And Mary I Queen Stewart Queen Of Scots.
  • King James of I England and VI Scotland married Anna Af Danmark, and had children including Elizabeth, Henry Frederick Stuart Prince Of Wales, King Charles I Stuart King Of England King Of Scots King Of Ireland, Margaret Stuart, Mary Anne Stuart, Prince Stewart, Robert Stuart, Sophia Stuart.
  • King James of I England and VI Scotland passed away in 1625 in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England.

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King Scotland's Ancestors

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King Scotland
1566–1625
Birth Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Parents
Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley
1545–1567
Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Mary (I Queen Stewart Queen of) Scots
1542–1587
Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
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King Scotland's Descendants

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King (James of I England and VI) Scotland (19 June 1566–27 March 1625) m. Anna (af) Danmark (12 December 1574–2 March 1619)
  1. 1. King (Charles I Stuart King of England, King of Scots, King of) Ireland 1600–1649 m. Henrietta (Maria, Queen of England, Princess de Bourbon of France, wife of King Charles I of) England 1609–1669
    1. 1. Mary (Henrietta (Princess Royal, Prinses van Oranje Nassau)) Stuart 1631–1660 m. Philippe (De Carteret) III 1610–1667 m. Willem ((Oranje-Nassau) van Oranje-) Nassau 1626–1650
    2. 2. Catherine (Princess of England) Stewart 1625–1665
    3. 3. Princess (Elizabeth) Stuart 1635–1650
    4. 4. William (II Prince of) Orange-Nassau 1626–1650
    5. 5. Newborn (Catherine, Princess Stuart of England died as) infant 1639–1639
    6. 6. Child (Princess Anne Stuart of) England 1637–1640
    7. 7. Henry (Stuart, Duke of Gloucester) 6th 1640–1660
    8. 8. James (II of England, Duke of York, King of England and Ireland (as James II), King of Scotland (as James VII), Duke of) York 1633–1701
    9. 9. Charles (II of England, King of England, Scotland and) Ireland 1630–1685
    10. 10. Charles (James Duke of) Cornwall 1629–1629
    11. 11. Henrietta (Anne "Duchesse d'Orléans" d'Angleterre, of England) Stuart 1644–1670 m. Philippe ((Bourbon) de France "Duc d'Orléans" de) France 1640–1701
      1. 1. Anne (Marie) d'Orléans 1669–1728
  2. 2. Prince Stewart 1603–1603
  3. 3. Sophia Stuart 1606–1606
  4. 4. Margaret Stuart 1598–1600
  5. 5. Mary (Anne) Stuart 1605–1607
  6. 6. Henry (Frederick Stuart Prince of) Wales 1594–1612
  7. 7. Robert Stuart 1602–1602
  8. 8. Elizabeth 1596–1662

King Scotland's Timeline

2 Records

1566
19 June 1566
Birth of King James of I England and VI Scotland in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1625
27 March 1625
Age 59
Death of King James of I England and VI Scotland in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England
Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 June 1566
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The blood royal of Britain : being a roll of the living descendants of Edward IV and Henry VIII , k

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 March 1625
    Event Place: Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The blood royal of Britain : being a roll of the living descendants of Edward IV and Henry VIII , k

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