King James Bio
He became King of Scots when he was just thirteen months old, succeeding his mother Mary, Queen of Scots,who had been compelled to abdicate in his favour. Four different regents governed during his minority, which ended officially in 1578, though he did not gain full control of his government until1581. In 1603, he succeeded the last Tudor monarch of England and Ireland, Elizabeth I, who died without issue. He then ruled England, Scotland, and Ireland for 22 years, often using the title King ofGreat Britain, until his death at the age of 58. James, in line with other monarchs of England of the time, also claimed the title King of France, although he did not actually rule France.
Under James,the "Golden Age" of Elizabethan literature and drama continued, with writers such as William Shakespeare, John Donne, Ben Jonson, and Sir Francis Bacon contributing to a flourishing literary culture.James himself was a talented scholar, the author of works such as Daemonologie (1597),True Law of Free Monarchies (1598), and Basilikon Doron (1599). Sir Anthony Weldon claimed that James had beentermed "the wisest fool inChristendom", an epithet associated with his character ever since.
Although a Protestant convert, Lennox was distrusted by Scottish Calvinists, who noticed the physical...
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