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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- King of England (1603–1625) and of Scotland as James VI (1567–1625). The son of Mary Queen of Scots, he succeeded the heirless Elizabeth I as the first Stuart king of England. His belief in the divine right of kings and his attempts to abolish Parliament and suppress Presbyterianism in Scotland created resentment that led to the English Civil War. He sponsored the King James Bible.
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- noun the first Stuart to be king of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 and king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625; he was the son of Mary Queen of Scots and he succeeded Elizabeth I; he alienated the British Parliament by claiming the divine right of kings (1566-1625)
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Examples
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James VI of Scotland had just settled down in 1603 on the English throne as James I, and he regarded the hero of Macbeth, Malcolm III r.1058-93 as his ancestor.
A Blessing—Not a Curse Paul Levy 2011
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• "It does not concern me if Her Present Majesty is not a woman of great intellectual distinction – after all, our last monarch who did not at least border on the subnormal was James I, and he was a Scotchman without potty training."
Hugh Muir's Diary 2011
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James I, his son Charles I and even Charles II—who resumed the British throne after a brief interregnum overseen by Oliver Cromwell—ruled over an essentially island-minded nation, with scarcely an army worth the name.
Servants To Masters Allan Mallinson 2011
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England and Scotland were often in dispute over one thing or another, until the two crowns were united in King James I, who was also King James the… VI in Scotland.
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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“He caused a great deal of trouble to James I, but he understood the common law.”
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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King James I, a man chronically ill and depressed, construes Protestant nonconformity as a virulent disease -- and attacks it with the fury of a deeply scarred victim.
Book review of "Making Haste From Babylon," by Nick Bunker John Demos 2010
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“He caused a great deal of trouble to James I, but he understood the common law.”
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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Although they lived free of the religious intolerance of King James I, the Saints were still not happy with their Dutch surroundings.
Strangers, Saints and Indians John A. Murray 2010
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England and Scotland were often in dispute over one thing or another, until the two crowns were united in King James I, who was also King James the… VI in Scotland.
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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It is hard not to see the events 17 years later, fully six years into the reinstatement of the monarchy under James I, as comeuppance.
The urban age: how cities became our greatest design challenge yet « Stephen Rees's blog 2010
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