James's tutor, the historian and poet George Buchanan ... In March 1603, Elizabeth died and James became king of England and Ireland in a remarkably smooth transition of power.

King James VI & I has long been traduced as an effeminate, slobbering fool. But 400 years after his death, history is being ...

I f you consider yourself a history buff, you may already know the story of Mary Villiers, Countess of Buckingham. Her biggest claim to fame is getting her son George to seduce King James I so ...

The one constant of James' childhood was his tutor, the esteemed scholar George Buchanan. Buchanan's aim was to turn James into a god-fearing, Protestant King who ... and James VI of Scotland ...

George Villiers became the favorite of King James I after his mother groomed him in the ... Son of Mary, Queen of Scots, James took the Scottish throne (as James VI) at the age of just thirteen months ...

Based on the extraordinary true story of Mary Villiers, Sky’s new Jacobean period drama Mary & George follows a mother who moulded her son to become the all-powerful lover of King James I.

Scotland's History Articles James VI, King of Scots ... the esteemed scholar George Buchanan. Buchanan's aim was to turn James into a god-fearing, Protestant King who accepted the limitations ...