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# James I of England

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James VI of Scotland/James I of England and Ireland was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland, and was the first to call himself King of Great Britain. He was born on the 19th June 1566 and he died on 27th March, 1625. He ruled in Scotland as James VI from 24th July 1567 until his death. He ruled in England and Ireland from the Union of the Crowns in 24 March 1603 until he died. He was the first monarch of England from the House of Stuart. The last English monarch had been Elizabeth I. She had died without any children so the English looked to Scotland for a monarch.

He was a good ruler of Scotland but a bad ruler of England. He fought with the Parliament and he did not use the kingdom’s money well. Some people say that he helped cause the English Civil War. In this war, his son, Charles I was killed. But while James was ruling, the Scottish and English governments were quite stable. James was very educated and good at learning. He helped people in Elizabethan England to study things such as science, literature, and art. James wrote Daemonologie in 1597, The True Law of Free Monarchies in 1598, Basilikon Doron in 1599, and A Counterblaste to Tobacco in 1604.

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