King James I of England
|Other names||James Charles Stuart|
|Location||Edinburgh Castle, Scotland|
|Bloodline||House of Stuart|
|Married||Anne of Denmark|
|Position||King of Scots (1567-
King James I of England
|Other names||James Charles Stuart|
|Location||Edinburgh Castle, Scotland|
|Bloodline||House of Stuart|
|Married||Anne of Denmark|
|Position||King of Scots (1567-1625), King of England & Ireland (1603- 1625)|
|Status||Under Article 64.6 of the Covenant of One-Heaven (Pactum De Singularis Caelum) by Special Qualification shall be known as a Saint, with all sins and evil acts they performed forgiven.|
|Date of formal Beatification||Day of Redemption GAIA E1:Y1:A1:S1:M9:D1 also known as [Fri, 21 Dec 2012].
Source of Facts Self Confession and Revelation of Sainthood by the Deceased Spirit as condition of their confirmation as a true Saint.
|Source of Facts||Self Confession and Revelation of Sainthood by the Deceased Spirit as condition of their confirmation as a true Saint.|
James Charles Stuart was the Catholic son of devout Catholic monarch Mary, Queen of Scots and her second husband (also her 1st cousin) Henry Stuart, Duke of Albany also known by his Scottish Parliamentary title "Lord Darnley". James therefore was born a descendant of Henry VII through his great grandmother Margaret Tudor, elder sister of Henry VIII.
Contrary to deliberately false historical accounts, Mary returned in 1561 from France a popular monarch in ultra-Catholic Scotland at a time when Elizabeth I --after just three years as Queen of England--was attempting to reassert her father's Protestant movement and stripping powerful Catholic nobles of their lands in favour of loyal Protestant families of lesser rank.
The arrival of Mary in 1561--the former Queen consort of France-- would have severely shaken Elizabeth and her Protestant advisers such as Sir Francis Walsingham. As a devout Catholic and legitimate claimant to the throne, Elizabeth would have been too aware of the power of Mary to rally Catholic support in Scotland, England and Ireland to her cause. The birth of James in 1564 through marriage of 1st cousins was a clear and umistakable message that the Catholic Church intended to end the Protestant Church ultimately through a Catholic King with an undeniable pedigree.
To circumvent the plans of Mary, Elizabeth and her advisors hatched a plan and Lord Darnley was murdered in an explosion at Kirk o' Field, Edinburgh in February 1567. Mary then remarried in May 1567 to James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell. In the meantime, Walsingham and his agents had succeeded in circulating rumours amongst the Scottish families that it was James Hepburn who murdered Lord Darnley and that Mary had shown signs of being an unfit mother.
The final part of the plan of Elizabeth and her advisers occured the following month in June 1567 when she nominated the infant James as her heir apparent and Duke of Rothesay and Prince and Great Stewart of Scotland. The Protestant intelligence service of Walsingham supported by Scottish protestant noble families then had Mary arrested, imprisoning her at Loch Leven Castle and forcing her to abdicate in favour of her infant son as James VI of Scotland.
James was then entrusted to the care of the Protestant Earl of Moray and tutored by Protestant historian and writer George Buchanan who is alleged to have repeatedly sexually molested and physically beaten the young Prince for years.
In 1568, Mary escaped from prison, rallying a Catholic army to try and gain the freedom of her son. However, Mary was defeated by the Earl of Moray at the Battle of Langside in the same year--largely through the treachery of the Earl in threatening the life of the young Prince. Contrary to deliberate historical falsities, Mary was captured through this trickery at the actual Battle of Langside--rather than the absurd claim she entered English territory with a minor escort.
In revenge, the Catholics managed to have the Earl of Moray murdered by 1570 and James then witnessed a string of regents, all ultimately meeting similar fates until 1581 when James finally gained control of his own government and promptly had his last regent--James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton executed in June 1581.
Around the same time saw the arrival of Frenchman Esmé Stewart, Sieur d'Aubigny, first cousin of James's father Lord Darnley (and later made the Earl of Lennox). He quickly became the King's favourite and it is openly acknowledged by most reputable historians that the Earl and the King were openly lovers at Court.
In response, the Protestant earls of Gowrie and Angus had the Kin