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5 days ago · United Kingdom - Monarchy, Union, Parliament: James VI, king of Scotland (1567–1625), was the most experienced monarch to accede to the English throne since William the Conqueror, as well as one of the greatest of all Scottish kings.
2 days ago · Ireland - James I, Plantations, Rebellion: James VI of Scotland, who also became King James I of England and Ireland in 1603, pursued a more moderate Irish policy than Elizabeth I, whose commitment to war against the papacy and against Catholic Spain impelled her antagonism toward Irish Catholics.
1 day ago · Scotland, most northerly of the four parts of the United Kingdom, occupying about one-third of the island of Great Britain. The name Scotland derives from the Latin Scotia, land of the Scots, a Celtic people from Ireland who settled on the west coast of Great Britain about the 5th century ce.
4 days ago · They went into Scotland with Margaret, Coun-tess of Lenox, and held posts in the Household of King Henry Darnley; have suffered exile and imprisonment for their attachment to the King's parents. May ?
4 days ago · Warrant to the Earl of Suffolk, and others, to administer the proper oath to Peter Young, Almoner of Scotland, appointed to be overseer of the household of Prince Charles, and to have special charge of his education.
5 days ago · With reference to the Lords of Scotland, and report by the Duke of Lenox, that his imprisonment has been sufficient punishment for his indiscretion and folly. July ? 25.
4 days ago · Her half-brother, James Stewart, became the ruler of Scotland and was known as Regent Moray. His secretary John Wood and Mary's wardrobe servant Servais de Condé made inventories of her clothes and jewels. [169]
