Ruler · 1566 – 1625

James VI and I

Lived 1566 – 1625; monarch, poet, writer. Monarch of Scotland of Kingdom of Scotland, 1587 – 1625; also in the line of British Empire, Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Ireland and British America.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1566 – 1625; 59 years
In office: 38 years; one reign
Lines: 5; states
Left it: natural death; Kokkonen & Sundell

Monarch of Scotland

Kingdom of Scotland · the 45th of 51 dated reigns · 843 – 1707

41 before

James IV1488 – 1513

James V1513 – 1542

Mary, Queen of Scots1542 – 1567

James VI and I1587 – 1625

Charles I of England1625 – 1649

Charles II of England1660 – 1685

James II of England1685 – 1688

3 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1587 – 1625 · 38 years · came to it aged 21

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell

Also in the line of British Empire (2nd of 19), Kingdom of England (46th of 53), Kingdom of Ireland (6th of 15) and British America (1st of 2).

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