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On This Day In History . 22 June 1606 . Sophia of England was born . . ◼ Sophia Stuart was the fourth daughter and seventh and final child of King James VI and I by his wife Anne of Denmark. . ◼ She was born at Greenwich Palace on 22 June 1606 and died there the next day. . ◼ She was buried at Westminster Abbey in a monument designed by Maximilian Colt that resembles a stone cradle. . ◼ She was likely named for her maternal grandmother, Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. . . . #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #theyear1606 #d22jun #SophiaofEngland #HouseofStuart #Stuarts #History #kingjamesI #JamesI #JamesIofEngland #JamesVIofScotland #AnneofDenmark #Britishmonarchy #historyfacts #Royalhistory #westminsterabbey #Greenwich #historyinpictures #otd #onthisday #Portraitpainting #kingandqueen #Greenwichpalace #Royalty #Royals #Monarchy #Princess #PrincessSophia (at Greenwich) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQbMGqdjYoE/?utm_medium=tumblr

On This Day In Royal History . 7 May 1625 . The Funeral of King James VI & I . . ◼ James’s funeral, a magnificent but disorderly affair, took place on 7 May. Bishop John Williams of Lincoln preached the sermon, observing, “King Solomon died in Peace, when he had lived about sixty years … and so you know did King James”. . ◼ James was buried in Westminster Abbey. The position of the tomb was lost for many years. In the 19th century, following an excavation of many of the vaults beneath the floor, the lead coffin was found in the Henry VII vault. . ◼ The king had died at Theobalds House on 27 March 1625 during a violent attack of dysentery. In early 1625, James had been plagued by severe attacks of arthritis, gout & fainting fits, & in March had fell seriously ill with tertian ague & then suffered a stroke. . 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Born 19 June 1566, he was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 & King of England & Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625. The kingdoms of Scotland & England were individual sovereign states, with their own parliaments, judiciaries, and laws, though both were ruled by James in personal union. . 👑 He is the 9th Great-grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II. . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1625 #d7may #JamesI #JamesVI #KingJamesI #KingJamesVI #JamesIofEngland #JamesVIofScotland #HouseofStuart #Stuarts #History #EnglishMonarchy #ScottishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #RoyalHistory #RoyalFamily #theking👑 #OnThisDay #OTD #RoyalHistory #BritishMonarch #Monarch #thecrown #HistoryFacts (at Westminster Abbey) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_5o2khDWb5/?igshid=9sgqnpiacxvn

On This Day In History . 24 July 1567 . James Stuart becomes King of Scotland as his mother Mary, Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate. . . ◼ James was the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, & a great-great-grandson of Henry VII, King of England, & Lord of Ireland (through both his parents), uniquely positioning him to eventually accede to all three thrones. . ◼ James succeeded to the Scottish throne at the age of thirteen months, after his mother Mary was compelled to abdicate in his favour. . ◼ 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, Elizabeth I, who died without issue. He continued to reign in all three kingdoms for 22 years, a period known as the Jacobean era after him, until his death in 1625 at the age of 58. After the Union of the Crowns, he based himself in England (the largest of the three realms) from 1603, only returning to Scotland once in 1617, & styled himself "King of Great Britain & Ireland. . ◼ At 57 years & 246 days, James's reign in Scotland was longer than those of any of his predecessors. . . . #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #theyear1567 #D24jul #JamesVI #JamesVIofScotland #KingJamesVI #KingofScots #ScottishMonarchy #History #JamesIofEngland #JamesI #KingJamesI #HouseofStuart #BritishMonarchy #MaryQueenofScots #Crown #Throne #Scottish #QueenofScots #Heritage #Scotland #Royalhistory #royalfamily #Historyfacts #Instahistory #Onthisday . Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018 (at Scotland) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0UD8M7AxP5/?igshid=x3rocclatnkd

The British World: The Stuarts 1603-1714. “James I” Money and Patronage, Failure and Favoritism. Sir Anthony Weldon, a courtier to #jamesi (1566-1625), had it about right: James, he declared in an unguarded moment, was the “wisest fool in Christendom.” Weldon’s assessment deftly summarized the character of a king who at first ruled effectively, but whose misjudgments and lofty view of kingship helped sow the seeds of civil war less than 20 years after his death. 1) King’s Gift. The Queen’s House, Greenwich, commissioned from architect Inigo Jones by #queenanne , wife of James I, in 1616. England’s first wholly classical-style building, the palace was inspired by Jones’s recent visit to Italy. Legend has it James awarded Anne the land for the building in 1614 as an apology for swearing at her after she accidentally shot his favorite dog during a hunting party. #thestuarts #kingjamesi #england🇬🇧 #royalfamily #worldhistory #theuk #uk https://www.instagram.com/p/CNK-JXar-7w/?igshid=1inibyubxjnw9

On This Day In Royal History . 23 November 1589 . King James VI & I married Anne of Denmark . ◾ A suitable marriage, was necessary to reinforce his monarchy, & the choice fell on the fourteen-year-old Anne of Denmark, younger daughter of the Protestant Frederick II. . ◾ Shortly after a proxy marriage in Copenhagen in August 1589, Anne sailed for Scotland but was forced by storms to the coast of Norway. . ◾ On hearing the crossing had been abandoned, James, in what Willson calls “the one romantic episode of his life”, sailed from Leith with a three-hundred-strong retinue to fetch Anne personally. . ◾ The couple were married formally at the Bishop’s Palace in Oslo on 23 November &, after stays at Elsinore & Copenhagen & a meeting with Tycho Brahe, returned to Scotland on 1 May 1590. . ◾ By all accounts, James was at first infatuated with Anne, & in the early years of their marriage seems always to have showed her patience & affection. . ◾ The royal couple produced three children who survived to adulthood: Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, who died of typhoid fever in 1612, aged 18; Elizabeth, later queen of Bohemia; & Charles, his successor. Anne died before her husband in March 1619. . . 👑 James VI and I (b.19 June 1566 – d.27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England & Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish & English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death. The kingdoms of Scotland & England were individual sovereign states, with their own parliaments, judiciary, & laws, though both were ruled by James in personal union. . 👑 Anne of Denmark (Danish: Anna; b.12 December 1574 – d.2 March 1619) was Queen consort of Scotland, England, & Ireland as the wife of King James VI & I, Anne was the second daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1589 #KingJamesI #JamesIofEngland #JamesI #JamesVI #JamesVIofScotland #KingJamesVI #HouseofStuart #Stuarts #History #EnglishMonarchy #oslo #ScottishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #D23Nov #otd #historyfacts #RoyalHistory #OnThisDay #RoyalWedding #wedding #Weddingday #Theking #KingofEngland #Kingofscotland (at Oslo, Norway) https://www.instagram.com/p/CH87x_Wjn1f/?igshid=1uq6e64rldnpi

Celebrity & Eccentricity first emerged in their contemporary sense after the death of ElizabethI in 1603 when our first openly gay monarch #KingJamesI & his Queer Royal Court removed a host of laws & class & gender barriers, designed to keep people in “place” & appease hardline #puritans confining women & #lgbtqia talent in the shadows⚜️James wanted to unite the Kingdoms of Britain through culture & new ideas. By loosening #censorshiplaws he made #theatre #satire & #opera available to all. But his most radical act was the abolition of ancient #sumptuarylaws which for centuries had controlled what people could wear based on #class & gender! By 1604 London was awash with Flamboyant fashions & crossdressing & #transman Mall Frith (b.Mary 1584) was acting on stage in a play based on his extraordinary trans journey. The Modern Age culture sports & science was spearheaded by Women & Queer Torchbearers - LGBTQ+ celebrities like #Shakespeare Sir Francis Bacon, Mall Frith, Mary Wroth, Elizabeth Cary, Margaret Cavendish & Aphra Behn - ALL of them Queer & all of them subsequently ghosted or heteronormalised by Victorian #whitespremist Historians like Thomas Carlyle. It’s time to breath life back into these ghosted & maligned Queer Torchbearers of History - For progress isn’t made by straight white male conformists! It’s made by #eccentrics who defy the status quo & cut a line of their own! #oscarwilde #quentincrisp #queerhistory #womenshistory & #blackhistory matters! http://bit.ly/historyceleb @daniellismore @bbc @jononamara @highfashionhockey @furiousgoose @dahc_dermur_viii @markogm @dragsyndrome @therealpandemonia https://www.instagram.com/p/CFILpl-AiTD/?igshid=119ywfrf8r6uu

History is not made by Conformists it’s made by originals who dare to cut a line of their own! Eccentrics who see beyond the boundaries of the impossible & Dare! Since our first openly gay #kingjamesi took the throne in 1603 #lgbtqia like #sirfrancisbacon #Shakespeare #MaryWroth “The Dark Lady” mathematician #MaryHerbert #transgender actor writer #MalFrith - #blackbritish composer #IgnatiusSancho #OscarWilde et al have been the #torchbearers of #history - but after Daniel O’connell successfully fulfilled his lifetime obsession to #abolishslavery throughout The Empire in 1833, revisionist historians such as #ThomasCarlyle #Macauley et al have deliberately & systematically erased the achievements of hitherto celebrated #LGBTQ & #blackhistory using a heteronormative Calvinist historiography employing bigotry rather than facts to create a heroic narrative focused on the deeds of Great #straightwhite Men - thereby robbing us of our black & #LGBTQ heroines & heroes & denying everyone The Truth! As a historian I have been committed to breathing life back into the ghosted women & black & #queerheroes & #heroines of #history & campaigning for their achievements to be recognised & the monuments that previously attested to their achievements to be reinstated. A good example is #celebrtity #transgender hero #MalFrith 1586-1659 ⚜️Born female 1587 he lived, dressed, acted, wrote, fought for his king, died & was buried as a man in 1659 in (#lgbtq architect #inigojones ) St Paul’s Cathedral with a monument erected to honour him with a #johnmilton poem recognising transgenderism in the afterlife! After St Paul’s burned down in 1666 Frith’s his tomb was moved to #stbrideschurch Church #FleetStreet & since 1845 it has been shamefully neglected & is now overgrown. It’s time to celebrate to breathe life back into these ghosted LGBTQs of history! #queerhistorymatters #womenshistory #blackhistorymatters - to everyone! (at Mayfair, W1 London) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDmsgTNgKmd/?igshid=n5n19c85n36m