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James VI Baptised at Stirling

Scotland · House / House of Tudor. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1566Date range
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Chronological records

1566

James VI17 December 1566

Stirling Castle · House / House of Tudor

James is baptised in a major royal ceremony that publicly confirms the survival of the infant at the centre of the Scottish succession.

Names involved

James VI

Provenance

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