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He also held the title of King of France as had all his predecessors in the English throne since October 21 , although by his time the title didn't come with an active claim of this throne. His own successors would hold the title till the Act of Union. James succeeded Elizabeth I as the closest living relative of the unmarried childless English monarch, through his descent from one of Henry VIII's sisters.

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He is notable for having signed the Petition of Right , dissolving the Parliament , and appointing Archbishop Laud She fled to England, where she was imprisoned for the next 19 years. His father, Lord Darnley , had died in mysterious circumstances shortly after James was born. In accordance to the religious atmosphere of the time, he was bought up as a Scottish Presbyterian, though his mother had been a Roman Catholic.

James inherited the throne of England after the death of his mother's cousin, Queen Elizabeth I. He was never a very popular monarch in England and laid much of the groundwork that would eventually lead to the beheading of his heir Charles I during the English Civil War , but because of his political skills, his rule was relatively stable. James married Anne of Denmark by proxy on August 20 , , and in person on November 23 , and again in person in January 21 , They had eight children, of whom only seven survived long enough to be named -- only three lived beyond infancy: Henry, Prince of Wales - February 19 , - November 6 , Elizabeth Stuart - August 19 , - February 13 , Margaret Stuart - December 24 , - March , Mary Stuart - April 8 , - September 16 , Sophia Stuart - June 22 , - June 23 , James dissolved the English Parliament on February 8 , , following a dispute involving parliamentary criticisms of a marriage proposed by James, of his son Charles to Princess Maria Anna of Spain[?