When Elizabeth I of England died in 1603 unmarried, James moved to London and was crowned King James I of England the first of the Stuart Kings of the combined crowns of England and Scotland. The English courtiers were wary of his Scottish favourites, affairs with male courtiers and uncouth ways. read more
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King James I of England was the first Stuart monarch to reign outside of Scotland. He was Elizabeth Tudor’s successor, as she had no heirs to inherit the English throne after her death, and so the crown went to the Scottish monarch, James VI, who became England’s James I. read more