James VI and I, king of Scotland, England, and Ireland
1566–1625
Succeeded his mother, Mary, on her abdication in 1567 to become James VI of Scotland. Succeeded Elizabeth I as James I of England and Ireland in 1603.
Source
ODNB.
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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