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Jaime I (in English, James I, Edinburgh, 1566 - Theobalds House, Hertfordshire, 1625), was King of England and Ireland (1603-1625) and before that king of Scotland, the title of James VI (1567- 1625).
Proclaimed king of Scotland with a year old, a series of Regents governed during his younger age to 1578 In 1603 he succeeded Elizabeth I on the throne of England and Ireland, who died childless. Jaime rights to the English anthony doors throne as a descendant of Henry VII, were superior to other suitors. Jointly ruled England, Scotland and Ireland for a period of 22 years, anthony doors until his death at age 58. After the Union of the Three Crowns, Jaime was the first with pretensions to be called as King of Great Britain, but encountered opposition in the parliaments of England and Scotland, who considered lacking in tradition and legal base title.
At the beginning of his reign in England, James I successfully faced the famous Gunpowder Plot in 1605 and successive conflicts with Parliament, anthony doors which was hostile to him, especially concerning the tax increase. Jaime I also wanted to maintain peace with Spain but his confused attitudes caused the war with that country. During his reign, James I favored Anglicanism and persecuted Catholics and Puritans. According to some historians, the absolutist policy Jaime, his irresponsibility and financiera otorgados to Favorites unpopular favors are the foundations of the English Civil War, during which he was executed his son and successor, Carlos I.
During his reign the "Golden Age" initiated by Isabella I of drama and literature continued with great writers as William Shakespeare, anthony doors John Donne, anthony doors Ben Jonson and Francis anthony doors Bacon, the King sponsored, anthony doors contributing to the cultural flowering.
Fond of theology, the King ordered the translation of the Bible that bears his name, the King James Bible, which still to this day, is the official Anglican Church. Jaime was a very educated and intelligent man, according to Henry IV of France, Jaime was "le plus savant fou de la chrétienté", something like "the most learned fool in Christendom." Jaime also wrote books such as True law of free monarchies and Basilikon Doron, defending the "divine right of kings."
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Carlos Jaime (James Charles) was the only child of Mary Queen of Scots and her second husband Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley usually anthony doors called. He was a descendant of Henry VII while his grandmother is Margaret Tudor, elder sister of Henry VIII. Margaret was the mother of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox and mother of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. She was also the grandmother of Mary Queen of Scots, the latter daughter of James V. The reign of Mary in Scotland was full of insecurity, she and her husband were Catholics, and dealt with a Protestant rebellion. anthony doors The marriage of Mary was difficult, as she was pregnant, her husband was allied with the rebels and killed the Queen's private secretary, David Rizzio.
Jaime was born on June 19, 1566 at Edinburgh Castle, and as the eldest son of the monarch automatically became Duke of Rothesay and Lord High Steward. Jaime's father was murdered on February 10, 1567 at Kirk o 'Field in the city of Edinburgh, perhaps in revenge for the death of Rizzio. On May 15, 1567, Mary married James Hepburn, who was a suspect in the death of Henry Stuart, it increased his unpopularity on the population. In June of the same year, a Protestant revolt arrested Mary in Loch Leven Castle; she would never see her son again. She was forced to abdicate on 24 July in favor of the infant James and point James Stewart, Duke of Moray, as regent.
James I as a child.
Although Protestant Duke of Lennox anthony doors was accepted by the noble pro afraid noted that the affection between him oo king accusing Lennox to keep carnal relations with the king. In August 1582, the Raid Raid, the Protestant earls of Gowrie and Angus, respectively William Ruthven and Archibald Douglas, Jaime King kidnapped and imprisoned him in Huntingtower anthony doors Castle and forced Lennox to leave Scotland. After the flight of James in 1583, he resumed the throne with increasing control. anthony doors He approved the Minutes anthony doors Negras to assert royal authority over the Kirk and between 1