IN NOVEMBER 1605 Guy Fawkes and a group of others plotted to assassinate King James I of England – also known as James VI of Scotland. Their failed attempt is remembered as Bonfire Night ever… ...

In a way, King James I of England is lucky. His predecessor Elizabeth was one of the most powerful and infamous monarchs in history, and his successor Charles got his head chopped off. Between ...

His Majesty, King James I of England, Scotland, Ireland and France, was faced with some serious problems, quite aside from the fact that he was not actually the king of France. He had been raised ...

King James VI of Scotland ascended to the throne of England as King James I amid high treachery, global warfare and religious turmoil on this day in history, March 24, 1603. His reign shaped the ...

Precisely 451 years after the June 19, 1566, birth of King James I of England, one achievement of his reign still stands above the rest: the 1611 English translation of the Old and New Testaments ...

James VI and I had a way with a quill (and according to this image, a horse). ... After becoming King of England in 1603, James VI and I tried to unite Scotland and England.

In March 1603, Elizabeth died and James became king of England and Ireland in a remarkably smooth transition of power. After 1603 he only visited Scotland once, in 1617.

View images of the main characters involved in The Gunpowder Plot using the slideshow below. King James I (the first) - the Protestant King of England. He is also called James VI (the sixth) of ...

King James I of England, who had previously been known as James VI in Scotland, became the first Stuart king of England after Elizabeth I died in 1603 without having any children.