James VI and I James VI and I James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625. The kingdoms of Scotland and England were individual sovereign states, with their own parliaments, judiciaries, and laws, though both were ruled by James in personal union. James was the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, and a great-great-grandson of Henry VII, King of England
Descendants of James VI and I in 1603, Anne was the mother of three living children (Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, Elizabeth and Charles), but had also suffered at least three miscarriages and stillbirths, and had another four children who died in infancy. Their second son succeeded James as King Charles I. Elizabeth was the eldest daughter of James VI and I, and the sister of King Charles I. Among her suitors was King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, but she was eventually betrothed to Frederick V, then Elector of the Electorate of the Palatinate in Germany, in 1612. On 14 February 1613, they married and she