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5th April 1603
Newly proclaimed King of England, James I (King James VI of Scotland) departed Edinburgh for London.
He promised to return to Scotland every three years; however, he only returned the once in 1617.
#KingJamesIofEngland #KingJamesVIofScotland #Stuarts #History
Draft letter from King James VI of Scotland to Queen Elizabeth I
Late February 1587
Accounts vary regarding how James took his mother’s death.
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#Letter #DraftLetter #KingJamesVIofScotland #MaryQueenofScots #QueenElizabethI #Stuarts #Tudors #History
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28th January 1591
Agnes Sampson, Scottish healer and alleged witch was executed.
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31st December 1580
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton was arrested for the murder of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley.
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12th December 1574
Anne of Denmark was born at Skanderborg Castle, Jutland, Denmark
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20th August 1589
The proxy marriage took place between King James VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark at Kronburg Castle.
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#Stuarts #Oldenburg #Scotland #Denmark #History
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5th August 1600
John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie, & his brother, Alexander Ruthven, Master of Ruthven, died at Gowrie House near Perth.
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29th July 1567
At 13 months of age, James, the son of Mary, Queen of Scots & Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, was crowned King of Scots at the Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling by Adam Bothwell, Bishop of Orkney.
#KingJamesVIofScotland #Stirling #Scotland #Stuarts #History
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25th July 1603
The English coronation of King James I took place at Westminster Abbey.
A procession through the city was postponed as there was plague in England's capital.
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19th June 1566
At Edinburgh Castle, Mary, Queen of Scots gave birth to a son, whom she named James for her father and grandfather.
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2nd June 1581
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton and one time regent of Scotland, died.
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#JamesDouglas #4thEarlofMorton #RegentofScotland #MaryQueenofScots #KingJamesVIofScotland #Stuarts #History
Letter from King Christian IV of Denmark to King James VI of Scotland
10th October 1597
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#Letter #KingChristianIVofDenmark #KingJamesVIofScotland #KongeChristianIVafDanmark #Stuarts #Oldenburg #Scotland #Denmark #Danmark #Skotland #History #Historie
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26th May 1583
Esmé Stewart , 1st Duke of Lennox, died in Paris. He was the only child of John Stewart, fifth Seigneur d'Aubigny & his wife, Anne de La Queulle.
#EsméStewart #1stDukeofLennox #MaryQueenofScots #KingJamesVIofScotland #Stuarts #France #Scotland #History
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7th May 1603
King James VI of Scotland arrived in London after travelling from Edinburgh to claim the English throne (becoming King James I) after Queen Elizabeth I’s death on 24th March 1603.
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1st May 1590
King James VI of Scotland brought his bride, Anne of Denmark, to Scotland. They had been married by proxy in Copenhagen in August 1589.
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#KingJamesVIofScotland #AnneofDenmark #Scotland #Denmark #Stuarts #Oldenburg #History
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5th April 1603
Newly proclaimed King of England, James I (King James VI of Scotland) departed Edinburgh for London.
He promised to return to Scotland every 3 years - he only returned once in 1617.
#KingJamesIofEngland #KingJamesVIofScotland #Stuarts #History
Jean Servin was a French composer living as a refugee in Geneva.
He set Scottish scholar George Buchanan's psalm paraphrases to music.
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#Music #PsalmParaphrases #GeorgeBuchanan #JeanServin #KingJamesVIofScotland #Stewarts #Scotland #History
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19th February 1594
Henry Stuart, son of King James VI of Scotland & his wife, Anne of Denmark was born at Stirling Castle.
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#HenryStuart #PrinceofWales #KingJamesVIofScotland #KingJamesIofEngland #AnneofDenmark #Stuarts #Scotland #England #History
Draft letter from King James VI of Scotland to Queen Elizabeth I
Late February 1587
Accounts vary regarding how James took Mary's death.
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#Letter #DraftLetter #KingJamesVIofScotland #MaryQueenofScots #QueenElizabethI #Stuarts #Tudors #History
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31st December 1580
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton was arrested for the murder of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley.
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#JamesDouglas #EarlofMorton #HenryStewartLordDarnley #MaryQueenofScots #KingJamesVIofScotland #Stuarts #Scotland #History
#TudorTuesday
Queen Elizabeth I’s last letter to King James VI of Scotland
5th January 1603
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#Letter #Document #QueenElizabethI #KingJamesVIofScotland #Tudors #Stuarts #History
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19th November 1600
Anne of Denmark, Queen of Scots, gave birth to her second son, Charles, at Dunfermline Palace in Fife.
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#CharlesStuart #AnneofDenmark #KingJamesVIofScotland #Stuarts #Scotland #History
