The proof has arrived! Unfortunately Cromwell got to it first. Clearly, he feels threatened by Queen Bess 🐶😈👑 @hodderbooks.bsky.social #thestolencrown #elizabethi #jamesvi #tudors #stuarts
April 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The proof has arrived! Unfortunately Cromwell got to it first. Clearly, he feels threatened by Queen Bess 🐶😈👑 @hodderbooks.bsky.social #thestolencrown #elizabethi #jamesvi #tudors #stuarts
I’m very excited to announce The Stolen Crown book tour 🎉🎉🎉 31 dates across the UK. Hope to see you there! @hodderbooks.bsky.social #elizabethi #jamesvi #tudors #stuarts
July 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I’m very excited to announce The Stolen Crown book tour 🎉🎉🎉 31 dates across the UK. Hope to see you there! @hodderbooks.bsky.social #elizabethi #jamesvi #tudors #stuarts
Mary Queen of Scots and her son James. They were not together for long...
#MaryQueenofScots
#jamesvi #motherhood #love
#jamesi
#MaryQueenofScots
#jamesvi #motherhood #love
#jamesi
January 17, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Mary Queen of Scots and her son James. They were not together for long...
#MaryQueenofScots
#jamesvi #motherhood #love
#jamesi
#MaryQueenofScots
#jamesvi #motherhood #love
#jamesi
I’ll be back on the Royal Beat tomorrow on True Royalty TV talking about James VI and I’s love life with Gareth Russell and @nicolatallis.bsky.social presented by the fabulous Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen #trueroyalty #jamesvi #jamesi #royalhistory
March 6, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I’ll be back on the Royal Beat tomorrow on True Royalty TV talking about James VI and I’s love life with Gareth Russell and @nicolatallis.bsky.social presented by the fabulous Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen #trueroyalty #jamesvi #jamesi #royalhistory
Room in Edinburgh Castle where James VI was born.
#Edinburgh #JamesVI #ScottishHistory #RoyalBirth #HistoricalRoom #Monarchy #CastlesOfScotland #TudorEra #UKHeritage #HistoricScotland 🪬🧿
#Edinburgh #JamesVI #ScottishHistory #RoyalBirth #HistoricalRoom #Monarchy #CastlesOfScotland #TudorEra #UKHeritage #HistoricScotland 🪬🧿
May 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Room in Edinburgh Castle where James VI was born.
#Edinburgh #JamesVI #ScottishHistory #RoyalBirth #HistoricalRoom #Monarchy #CastlesOfScotland #TudorEra #UKHeritage #HistoricScotland 🪬🧿
#Edinburgh #JamesVI #ScottishHistory #RoyalBirth #HistoricalRoom #Monarchy #CastlesOfScotland #TudorEra #UKHeritage #HistoricScotland 🪬🧿
Just finished reading an advanced copy The Stolen Crown by @tracyborman.bsky.social Here are my comments:
In her deeply researched and thoughtful new book Tracy Borman takes readers deep into the politicking…
#thestolencrown #stolencrown #elizabethi #jamesvi #jamesi #tudor #tudors #stuarts #stuart
In her deeply researched and thoughtful new book Tracy Borman takes readers deep into the politicking…
#thestolencrown #stolencrown #elizabethi #jamesvi #jamesi #tudor #tudors #stuarts #stuart
June 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Just finished reading an advanced copy The Stolen Crown by @tracyborman.bsky.social Here are my comments:
In her deeply researched and thoughtful new book Tracy Borman takes readers deep into the politicking…
#thestolencrown #stolencrown #elizabethi #jamesvi #jamesi #tudor #tudors #stuarts #stuart
In her deeply researched and thoughtful new book Tracy Borman takes readers deep into the politicking…
#thestolencrown #stolencrown #elizabethi #jamesvi #jamesi #tudor #tudors #stuarts #stuart
#OTD 12 Dec 1574
#AnneofDenmark future Queen of England was born at Skanderborg Castle
She married #JamesVI of Scotland (later #JamesI of England) by proxy in August 1589 & in person that November
Their children included the future King Charles I and Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia
#AnneofDenmark future Queen of England was born at Skanderborg Castle
She married #JamesVI of Scotland (later #JamesI of England) by proxy in August 1589 & in person that November
Their children included the future King Charles I and Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia
December 12, 2024 at 11:14 AM
#OTD 12 Dec 1574
#AnneofDenmark future Queen of England was born at Skanderborg Castle
She married #JamesVI of Scotland (later #JamesI of England) by proxy in August 1589 & in person that November
Their children included the future King Charles I and Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia
#AnneofDenmark future Queen of England was born at Skanderborg Castle
She married #JamesVI of Scotland (later #JamesI of England) by proxy in August 1589 & in person that November
Their children included the future King Charles I and Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia
#OTD 19 Jun 1566
#MaryQueenofScots gave birth to a son at Edinburgh castle ... the future #JamesVI of the Scots!
A skilled tactician & through canny foresight maintained a relationship with cousin #ElizabethI to become her heir, #JamesI of England in 1603
#Scottishhistory
youtu.be/5tacqgyN0Wc
#MaryQueenofScots gave birth to a son at Edinburgh castle ... the future #JamesVI of the Scots!
A skilled tactician & through canny foresight maintained a relationship with cousin #ElizabethI to become her heir, #JamesI of England in 1603
#Scottishhistory
youtu.be/5tacqgyN0Wc
June 19, 2026 at 2:22 PM
#OTD 19 Jun 1566
#MaryQueenofScots gave birth to a son at Edinburgh castle ... the future #JamesVI of the Scots!
A skilled tactician & through canny foresight maintained a relationship with cousin #ElizabethI to become her heir, #JamesI of England in 1603
#Scottishhistory
youtu.be/5tacqgyN0Wc
#MaryQueenofScots gave birth to a son at Edinburgh castle ... the future #JamesVI of the Scots!
A skilled tactician & through canny foresight maintained a relationship with cousin #ElizabethI to become her heir, #JamesI of England in 1603
#Scottishhistory
youtu.be/5tacqgyN0Wc
‘This remarkable book is a gripping account of a child-monarch becoming a man… a major contribution not only to Scottish and British History but to our understanding of the geopolitics of Europe in an age of turmoil.'
#earlymodern #JamesVI #ScottishHistory
www.routledge.com/James-VI-Bri...
#earlymodern #JamesVI #ScottishHistory
www.routledge.com/James-VI-Bri...
James VI, Britannic Prince: King of Scots and Elizabeth’s Heir, 1566–1603
By drawing upon recent scholarship, original manuscript materials, and previously unpublished sources, this new biography presents an analytical narrative of King James VI & I’s life from his birth in...
www.routledge.com
December 13, 2024 at 1:41 PM
‘This remarkable book is a gripping account of a child-monarch becoming a man… a major contribution not only to Scottish and British History but to our understanding of the geopolitics of Europe in an age of turmoil.'
#earlymodern #JamesVI #ScottishHistory
www.routledge.com/James-VI-Bri...
#earlymodern #JamesVI #ScottishHistory
www.routledge.com/James-VI-Bri...
#OTD 29 July 1565
Widowed #MaryQueenofScots married her 2nd husband, #HenryStuart Lord Darnley at Holyrood Palace
The couple were both #MargaretTudor's grandchildren!
The marriage unpopular in Scotland infuriated their cousin #ElizabethI but did produce an heir #JamesVI / #JamesI
Widowed #MaryQueenofScots married her 2nd husband, #HenryStuart Lord Darnley at Holyrood Palace
The couple were both #MargaretTudor's grandchildren!
The marriage unpopular in Scotland infuriated their cousin #ElizabethI but did produce an heir #JamesVI / #JamesI
July 29, 2024 at 6:07 AM
#OTD 29 July 1565
Widowed #MaryQueenofScots married her 2nd husband, #HenryStuart Lord Darnley at Holyrood Palace
The couple were both #MargaretTudor's grandchildren!
The marriage unpopular in Scotland infuriated their cousin #ElizabethI but did produce an heir #JamesVI / #JamesI
Widowed #MaryQueenofScots married her 2nd husband, #HenryStuart Lord Darnley at Holyrood Palace
The couple were both #MargaretTudor's grandchildren!
The marriage unpopular in Scotland infuriated their cousin #ElizabethI but did produce an heir #JamesVI / #JamesI
#OTD 20th August 1589
Anne of Denmark & #JamesVI of Scotland (later #JamesI of England too) wed by proxy at Kronborg Castle, then in person on 23rd November
Not a particularly happy marriage & sadly only 3 of their 7 children survived infancy including:
#CharlesI & Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia
Anne of Denmark & #JamesVI of Scotland (later #JamesI of England too) wed by proxy at Kronborg Castle, then in person on 23rd November
Not a particularly happy marriage & sadly only 3 of their 7 children survived infancy including:
#CharlesI & Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia
August 20, 2026 at 5:25 AM
#OTD 28 Apr 1603
#ElizabethI was buried @westminsterabbey.bsky.social One of our greatest monarchs ruling 45yr
Her death at 69 ended 118yrs of #Tudor rule Dying without issue she was succeeded by the son of her once rival the #ScottishKing #JamesVI & I of England the 1st to wear the 2 👑 #History
#ElizabethI was buried @westminsterabbey.bsky.social One of our greatest monarchs ruling 45yr
Her death at 69 ended 118yrs of #Tudor rule Dying without issue she was succeeded by the son of her once rival the #ScottishKing #JamesVI & I of England the 1st to wear the 2 👑 #History
April 28, 2026 at 6:21 AM
#OTD 28 Apr 1603
#ElizabethI was buried @westminsterabbey.bsky.social One of our greatest monarchs ruling 45yr
Her death at 69 ended 118yrs of #Tudor rule Dying without issue she was succeeded by the son of her once rival the #ScottishKing #JamesVI & I of England the 1st to wear the 2 👑 #History
#ElizabethI was buried @westminsterabbey.bsky.social One of our greatest monarchs ruling 45yr
Her death at 69 ended 118yrs of #Tudor rule Dying without issue she was succeeded by the son of her once rival the #ScottishKing #JamesVI & I of England the 1st to wear the 2 👑 #History
#OTD 29 July 1565
Widowed #MaryQueenofScots married her 2nd husband, #HenryStuart Lord Darnley at Holyrood Palace
The couple were both #MargaretTudor's grandchildren!
The marriage was unpopular in Scotland and infuriated their cousin #ElizabethI but did produce an heir #JamesVI / #JamesI
Widowed #MaryQueenofScots married her 2nd husband, #HenryStuart Lord Darnley at Holyrood Palace
The couple were both #MargaretTudor's grandchildren!
The marriage was unpopular in Scotland and infuriated their cousin #ElizabethI but did produce an heir #JamesVI / #JamesI
July 29, 2026 at 10:16 AM
#OTD 29 July 1565
Widowed #MaryQueenofScots married her 2nd husband, #HenryStuart Lord Darnley at Holyrood Palace
The couple were both #MargaretTudor's grandchildren!
The marriage was unpopular in Scotland and infuriated their cousin #ElizabethI but did produce an heir #JamesVI / #JamesI
Widowed #MaryQueenofScots married her 2nd husband, #HenryStuart Lord Darnley at Holyrood Palace
The couple were both #MargaretTudor's grandchildren!
The marriage was unpopular in Scotland and infuriated their cousin #ElizabethI but did produce an heir #JamesVI / #JamesI
A suit of Samurai armour sent by Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada to Britain as a gift for James VI & I in 1613. Currently on display in @britishmuseum.bsky.social Samurai exhibition #samurai #jamesvi #jamesi #japan
February 13, 2026 at 2:23 PM
A suit of Samurai armour sent by Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada to Britain as a gift for James VI & I in 1613. Currently on display in @britishmuseum.bsky.social Samurai exhibition #samurai #jamesvi #jamesi #japan
#OTD 29 July 1565
Widowed #MaryQueenofScots married her 2nd husband, #HenryStuart Lord Darnley at Holyrood Palace
The couple were both #MargaretTudor's grandchildren!
The marriage unpopular in Scotland infuriated their cousin #ElizabethI but did produce an heir #JamesVI / #JamesI
Widowed #MaryQueenofScots married her 2nd husband, #HenryStuart Lord Darnley at Holyrood Palace
The couple were both #MargaretTudor's grandchildren!
The marriage unpopular in Scotland infuriated their cousin #ElizabethI but did produce an heir #JamesVI / #JamesI
July 29, 2025 at 6:03 AM
#OTD 29 July 1565
Widowed #MaryQueenofScots married her 2nd husband, #HenryStuart Lord Darnley at Holyrood Palace
The couple were both #MargaretTudor's grandchildren!
The marriage unpopular in Scotland infuriated their cousin #ElizabethI but did produce an heir #JamesVI / #JamesI
Widowed #MaryQueenofScots married her 2nd husband, #HenryStuart Lord Darnley at Holyrood Palace
The couple were both #MargaretTudor's grandchildren!
The marriage unpopular in Scotland infuriated their cousin #ElizabethI but did produce an heir #JamesVI / #JamesI
Also #OTD 24 Mar 1603
Upon #ElizabethI’s death #RobertCarey, future 1st Earl of Monmouth, begins a non-stop 2 day ride from Richmond Palace to Holyrood Palace to be 1st to inform #JamesVI of Scotland that he was now also #JamesI of England & Ireland
#TheStuarts
#KeepitStuart
Upon #ElizabethI’s death #RobertCarey, future 1st Earl of Monmouth, begins a non-stop 2 day ride from Richmond Palace to Holyrood Palace to be 1st to inform #JamesVI of Scotland that he was now also #JamesI of England & Ireland
#TheStuarts
#KeepitStuart
March 24, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Also #OTD 24 Mar 1603
Upon #ElizabethI’s death #RobertCarey, future 1st Earl of Monmouth, begins a non-stop 2 day ride from Richmond Palace to Holyrood Palace to be 1st to inform #JamesVI of Scotland that he was now also #JamesI of England & Ireland
#TheStuarts
#KeepitStuart
Upon #ElizabethI’s death #RobertCarey, future 1st Earl of Monmouth, begins a non-stop 2 day ride from Richmond Palace to Holyrood Palace to be 1st to inform #JamesVI of Scotland that he was now also #JamesI of England & Ireland
#TheStuarts
#KeepitStuart
#RoyalStudies #conference #JamesVI #JamesI #Stuart #monarchy #religion #Scotland #culture #CourtStudies #court #empire #ElizabethI #Tudor #representation #diplomacy #heritage
3/3
3/3
February 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
#OTD 24 July 1567
#MaryQueenofScots was forced to abdicate
Captive at Lochleven Castle & weak from miscarrying twins, she was threatened with death if she refused to sign the deeds for #JamesVI to be crowned King!
Mary's story free to view: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
@visit-scotland.bsky.social
#MaryQueenofScots was forced to abdicate
Captive at Lochleven Castle & weak from miscarrying twins, she was threatened with death if she refused to sign the deeds for #JamesVI to be crowned King!
Mary's story free to view: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
@visit-scotland.bsky.social
July 24, 2026 at 6:01 AM
#OTD 24 July 1567
#MaryQueenofScots was forced to abdicate
Captive at Lochleven Castle & weak from miscarrying twins, she was threatened with death if she refused to sign the deeds for #JamesVI to be crowned King!
Mary's story free to view: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
@visit-scotland.bsky.social
#MaryQueenofScots was forced to abdicate
Captive at Lochleven Castle & weak from miscarrying twins, she was threatened with death if she refused to sign the deeds for #JamesVI to be crowned King!
Mary's story free to view: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
@visit-scotland.bsky.social
#OTD 23 Jan 1570
James Stewart 1st Earl Moray was assassinated in Linlithgow
The illegitimate son of #JamesV was Regent for half-nephew #JamesVI from 1567
James Hamilton, ordered by his family (supporters of his half-sister #MaryQueenofScots), carried out the deed
@stgilescathedral.bsky.social
James Stewart 1st Earl Moray was assassinated in Linlithgow
The illegitimate son of #JamesV was Regent for half-nephew #JamesVI from 1567
James Hamilton, ordered by his family (supporters of his half-sister #MaryQueenofScots), carried out the deed
@stgilescathedral.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 9:26 AM
#OTD 23 Jan 1570
James Stewart 1st Earl Moray was assassinated in Linlithgow
The illegitimate son of #JamesV was Regent for half-nephew #JamesVI from 1567
James Hamilton, ordered by his family (supporters of his half-sister #MaryQueenofScots), carried out the deed
@stgilescathedral.bsky.social
James Stewart 1st Earl Moray was assassinated in Linlithgow
The illegitimate son of #JamesV was Regent for half-nephew #JamesVI from 1567
James Hamilton, ordered by his family (supporters of his half-sister #MaryQueenofScots), carried out the deed
@stgilescathedral.bsky.social
#OTD 20 Aug 1589
Anne of Denmark & #JamesVI of Scotland (later #JamesI of England) wed by proxy, then in person on 23 Nov
Not a happy marriage & only 3 of their 7 children survived infancy including
#CharlesI & Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia
Meet King James & his Court at Kiplin Hall on 30/31 Aug
Anne of Denmark & #JamesVI of Scotland (later #JamesI of England) wed by proxy, then in person on 23 Nov
Not a happy marriage & only 3 of their 7 children survived infancy including
#CharlesI & Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia
Meet King James & his Court at Kiplin Hall on 30/31 Aug
August 20, 2025 at 8:40 AM
#OTD 24 July 1567
#MaryQueenofScots was forced to abdicate
Captive at Lochleven Castle & weak from miscarrying twins, she was threatened with death if she refused to sign the deeds for #JamesVI to be crowned King!
Mary's story is free to view: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#MaryQueenofScots was forced to abdicate
Captive at Lochleven Castle & weak from miscarrying twins, she was threatened with death if she refused to sign the deeds for #JamesVI to be crowned King!
Mary's story is free to view: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
July 24, 2024 at 6:48 AM
#OTD 24 July 1567
#MaryQueenofScots was forced to abdicate
Captive at Lochleven Castle & weak from miscarrying twins, she was threatened with death if she refused to sign the deeds for #JamesVI to be crowned King!
Mary's story is free to view: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#MaryQueenofScots was forced to abdicate
Captive at Lochleven Castle & weak from miscarrying twins, she was threatened with death if she refused to sign the deeds for #JamesVI to be crowned King!
Mary's story is free to view: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Also #OTD 24 Mar 1603
Upon #ElizabethI’s death #RobertCarey, future 1st Earl of Monmouth, begins a non-stop 2 day ride from Richmond Palace to Holyrood Palace to be 1st to inform #JamesVI of Scotland that he was now also #JamesI of England & Ireland
#TheStuarts
#KeepitStuart
Upon #ElizabethI’s death #RobertCarey, future 1st Earl of Monmouth, begins a non-stop 2 day ride from Richmond Palace to Holyrood Palace to be 1st to inform #JamesVI of Scotland that he was now also #JamesI of England & Ireland
#TheStuarts
#KeepitStuart
March 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Also #OTD 24 Mar 1603
Upon #ElizabethI’s death #RobertCarey, future 1st Earl of Monmouth, begins a non-stop 2 day ride from Richmond Palace to Holyrood Palace to be 1st to inform #JamesVI of Scotland that he was now also #JamesI of England & Ireland
#TheStuarts
#KeepitStuart
Upon #ElizabethI’s death #RobertCarey, future 1st Earl of Monmouth, begins a non-stop 2 day ride from Richmond Palace to Holyrood Palace to be 1st to inform #JamesVI of Scotland that he was now also #JamesI of England & Ireland
#TheStuarts
#KeepitStuart
I’m back on the Royal Beat on True Royalty TV talking about James VI and I’s love life with Gareth Russell and @nicolatallis.bsky.social presented by the fabulous Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen #trueroyalty #jamesvi #jamesi #royalhistory
March 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I’m back on the Royal Beat on True Royalty TV talking about James VI and I’s love life with Gareth Russell and @nicolatallis.bsky.social presented by the fabulous Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen #trueroyalty #jamesvi #jamesi #royalhistory
…Reading like a political thriller, no one will ever look at the accession of James I in the same way again.
@tracyborman.bsky.social
#thestolencrown #stolencrown #elizabethi #jamesvi #jamesi #tudor #tudors #stuarts #stuart
@tracyborman.bsky.social
#thestolencrown #stolencrown #elizabethi #jamesvi #jamesi #tudor #tudors #stuarts #stuart
June 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
…Reading like a political thriller, no one will ever look at the accession of James I in the same way again.
@tracyborman.bsky.social
#thestolencrown #stolencrown #elizabethi #jamesvi #jamesi #tudor #tudors #stuarts #stuart
@tracyborman.bsky.social
#thestolencrown #stolencrown #elizabethi #jamesvi #jamesi #tudor #tudors #stuarts #stuart