James VI and I was a major advocate of a single parliament for Ireland.
James VI and I -LRB- 19 June 1566 -- 27 March 1625 -RRB- 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 .. King of Scotland. List of Scottish monarchs. King of England. List of English monarchs. Ireland. Monarchy of Ireland. Scotland. Kingdom of Scotland. England. Kingdom of England. union of the Scottish and English crowns. Union of the Crowns. The kingdoms of Scotland and England were individual sovereign states , with their own parliaments , judiciary , and laws , though both were ruled by James in personal union .. Scotland. Kingdom of Scotland. England. Kingdom of England. personal union. personal union. James was the son of Mary , Queen of Scots , and a great-great-grandson of Henry VII , King of England and Lord of Ireland , positioning him to eventually accede to all three thrones .. King of England. List of English monarchs. Ireland. Monarchy of Ireland. England. Kingdom of England. James succeeded to the Scottish throne at the age of thirteen months , after his mother Mary was compelled to abdicate in his favour .. abdicate. abdicate. Four different regents governed during his minority , which ended officially in 1578 , though he did not gain full control of his government until 1583 .. In 1603 , he succeeded the last Tudor monarch of England and Ireland , Elizabeth I , who died without issue .. Ireland. Monarchy of Ireland. Elizabeth I. Elizabeth I. England. Kingdom of England. Tudor. Tudor dynasty. He continued to reign in all three kingdoms for 22 years , a period known after him as the Jacobean era , until his death in 1625 at the age of 58 .. Jacobean era. Jacobean era. After the Union of the Crowns , he based himself in England -LRB- the largest of the three realms -RRB- from 1603 , only returning to Scotland once in 1617 , and styled himself `` King of Great Britain and Ireland '' .. Ireland. Monarchy of Ireland. Scotland. Kingdom of Scotland. England. Kingdom of England. styled. style ( manner of address ). King of Great Britain and Ireland. King of Great Britain and Ireland. He was a major advocate of a single parliament for England and Scotland .. Scotland. Kingdom of Scotland. England. Kingdom of England. In his reign , the Plantation of Ulster and British colonization of the Americas began .. Plantation of Ulster. Plantation of Ulster. British colonization of the Americas. British colonization of the Americas. At 57 years and 246 days , James 's reign in Scotland was longer than those of any of his predecessors .. Scotland. Kingdom of Scotland. longer than those of any of his predecessors. List of monarchs in Britain by length of reign#Scotland. He achieved most of his aims in Scotland but faced great difficulties in England , including the Gunpowder Plot in 1605 and repeated conflicts with the English Parliament .. Scotland. Kingdom of Scotland. England. Kingdom of England. Gunpowder Plot. Gunpowder Plot. English Parliament. English Parliament. Under James , the `` Golden Age '' of Elizabethan literature and drama continued , with writers such as William Shakespeare , John Donne , Ben Jonson , and Sir Francis Bacon contributing to a flourishing literary culture .. Elizabethan literature. Elizabethan literature. William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare. John Donne. John Donne. Ben Jonson. Ben Jonson. Francis Bacon. Francis Bacon. James himself was a talented scholar , the author of works such as Daemonologie -LRB- 1597 -RRB- , The True Law of Free Monarchies -LRB- 1598 -RRB- , and Basilikon Doron -LRB- 1599 -RRB- .. Daemonologie. Daemonologie. The True Law of Free Monarchies. The True Law of Free Monarchies. Basilikon Doron. Basilikon Doron. He sponsored the translation of the Bible that would later be named after him  : the Authorised King James Version .. Authorised King James Version. Authorised King James Version. Sir Anthony Weldon claimed that James had been termed `` the wisest fool in Christendom '' , an epithet associated with his character ever since .. Anthony Weldon. Anthony Weldon. Christendom. Christianity. Since the latter half of the 20th century , historians have tended to revise James 's reputation and treat him as a serious and thoughtful monarch .