He was a baby King

Mary, Queen of Scots, and Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, her second husband, had just one child, James. James' father passed away eight months after James was born when an explosion destroyed his home. Mary was overthrown by Scottish nobles in rebellion after her third marriage to James Hepburn, the fourth earl of Bothwell, and she abdicated the kingdom. On July 24, 1567, James, who was one year old, was crowned King of Scotland, which is one of the most interesting facts about James I. On May 16, 1568, Mary departed the realm; she never saw her son again.

James was surrounded by a small group of powerful Scottish lords while he was still a minor. These lords eventually became the four succeeding regents, the earls of Moray, Lennox, Mar, and Morton. The huge gap between rulers and subjects that existed in England between the Tudors and their subjects did not exist in Scotland. The Stuarts had been only the reigning dynasty among many equals for nine generations, and James had always had a soft spot for the great Scottish lords who had won his trust.

The young monarch was kept in relative seclusion but had a top-notch education until he was 14 years old. His instructors, George Buchanan and Peter Young put together a library of classical and religious works for him, which he used to study Greek, French, and Latin. The schooling James received made him a pedant as well as inspired literary ambitions uncommon in royalty.