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House of Stuart
- James VI and IJames Charles Stuart was born on the 19th of June 1566 at Edinburgh Castle. He became King of Scotland at the age of thirteen months after his mother, Mary…
- Mary, Queen of ScotsOn the 8th of December 1542, a baby girl was born at Linlithgow Palace in West Lothian. Her father, King James V, died six days later on the 14th of December.
- Charles I of EnglandCharles Stuart entered the world at Dunfermline Palace on the 19th of November 1600 as the second son of King James VI of Scotland.
- Stuart periodIn 1603, the death of Queen Elizabeth I ended five decades of Tudor rule and placed James VI of Scotland on the English throne as James I.
- House of StuartAlan fitz Flaad arrived in England shortly after the Norman Conquest of 1066. He served as hereditary steward to the Bishop of Dol within the Duchy of…
- Mary of GuiseMary of Guise stood tall by the standards of her time, reaching a height that made her memorable to those who met her. She was born at Bar-le-Duc in Lorraine…