Edinburgh Castle
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Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It stands on Castle Rock, which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age. There has been a royal castle on the rock since t
Frontage view of Edinburgh Castle
The castle is built on a volcanic rock, as seen here in a 19th-century view from the Grassmarket area.
The Castle seen from the North
St Margaret, depicted in a stained glass window in the chapel of Edinburgh Castle
James VI and I
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James VI and I was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603, until his death in 162
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…an unpopular marriage with Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. On 19 June 1566 in a small room of the Palace at Edinburgh Castle, she gave birth to their son James, who would later be King of both Scotland and England. Mary made plans to repair the castle and make it somewhat fairer than it had been. Mary's reign…
Portrait, c. 1605
Portrait of James as a boy, after Arnold Bronckorst, 1574
James (right) depicted aged 17 beside his mother, 1583. In reality, they were separated when he was still a baby.
James in 1586, age 20 (attrib. Adrian Vanson or the school of Alonso Sánchez Coello)