James I of England
Overview
James VI and I was King of Scots as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland
Kingdom of Ireland
The Kingdom of Ireland refers to the country of Ireland in the period between the proclamation of Henry VIII as King of Ireland by the Crown of Ireland Act 1542 and the Act of Union in 1800. It replaced the Lordship of Ireland, which had been created in 1171...

 as James I from the union of the English and Scottish crowns
Union of the Crowns
The Union of the Crowns was the accession of James VI, King of Scots, to the throne of England, and the consequential unification of Scotland and England under one monarch. The Union of Crowns followed the death of James' unmarried and childless first cousin twice removed, Queen Elizabeth I of...

 on 24 March 1603. The kingdoms of England
Kingdom of England
The Kingdom of England was, from 927 to 1707, a sovereign state to the northwest of continental Europe. At its height, the Kingdom of England spanned the southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain and several smaller outlying islands; what today comprises the legal jurisdiction of England...

 and Scotland
Kingdom of Scotland
The Kingdom of Scotland was a Sovereign state in North-West Europe that existed from 843 until 1707. It occupied the northern third of the island of Great Britain and shared a land border to the south with the Kingdom of England...

 were individual sovereign states, with their own parliaments, judiciary, and laws, though both were ruled by James in personal union
Personal union
A personal union is the combination by which two or more different states have the same monarch while their boundaries, their laws and their interests remain distinct. It should not be confused with a federation which is internationally considered a single state...

.

He became King of Scotland at the age of thirteen months, succeeding his mother Mary, Queen of Scots, who had been compelled to abdicate
Abdication
Abdication occurs when a monarch, such as a king or emperor, renounces his office.-Terminology:The word abdication comes derives from the Latin abdicatio. meaning to disown or renounce...

 in his favour.
Timeline

1567    Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and replaced by her 1-year-old son James VI.

1567    James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.

1600    The Gowrie Conspiracy against King James VI of Scotland (later to become King James I of England) takes place.

1600    The Gowrie Conspiracy against King James VI of Scotland (later to become King James I of England) takes place.

1603    James VI of Scotland also becomes James I of England.

1603    James VI of Scotland is crowned as king of England (James I of England), bringing the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into personal union. Political union would occur in 1707.

1606    Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is executed for his plotting against Parliament and James I of England.

1606    The Charter of the Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.

1618    English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.

1622    King James I of England disbands the English Parliament.

Quotations

I will make them conform themselves, or else I will harry them out of the land, or else do worse.

Speaking of the Puritans at Hampton Court Conference|Hampton Court Conference (16 January 1604)

A custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black, stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.

Herein is not only a great vanity, but a great contempt of God's gifts, that the sweetness of man's breath, being a good gift of God, should be willfully corrupted by this stinking smoke.

A Counterblaste to Tobacco|A Counterblaste to Tobacco (1604)

I acknowledge the Roman Church to be our mother church, although defiled with some infirmities and corruptions...Let [the Papists] assure themselves, that, as I am a friend of their persons, if they be good subjects, so am I a vowed enemy, and do denounce mortal war to their errors.

On Roman Catholics, at the opening of parliament in 1604.

That which concerns the mystery of the King's power is not lawful to be disputed; for that is to wade into the weakness of Princes, and to take away the mystical reverence that belongs unto them that sit in the throne of God.

Speech in the Star Chamber|Star Chamber (June 1616)

 
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