16 Facts About James I

1. LeBron James I says he doesn't care if people want to criticize his defensive effort with the Lakers this year.

2. LeBron James I has faced criticism recently for his performance on the defensive ebd of the floor, but the Lakers star isn't buying into what others believe.

3. LeBron James I practiced fully and seemed to be making progress.

4. James I styled himself "King of France", in line with other monarchs of England between 1340 and 1800, although he did not actually rule France.

5. James I bequeathed Charles a fatal belief in the divine right of kings, combined with a disdain for Parliament, which culminated in the execution of Charles and the abolition of the monarchy.

6. James I was conciliatory towards Catholics who took the Oath of Allegiance, and tolerated crypto-Catholicism even at court.

7. James I was ambitious to build on the personal union of the Crowns of Scotland and England to establish a single country under one monarch, one parliament, and one law, a plan that met opposition in both realms.

8. James I survived two conspiracies in the first year of his reign, despite the smoothness of the succession and the warmth of his welcome: the Bye Plot and Main Plot, which led to the arrest of Lord Cobham and Sir Walter Raleigh, among others.

9. James I published his treatise Some Rules and Cautions to be Observed and Eschewed in Scottish Prosody in 1584 at the age of 18.

10. James I became obsessed with the threat posed by witches and wrote Daemonologie in 1597, a tract inspired by his personal involvement that opposed the practice of witchcraft and that provided background material for Shakespeare's Tragedy of Macbeth.

11. James I attended the North Berwick witch trials, the first major persecution of witches in Scotland under the Witchcraft Act 1563.

12. James I tried but failed to prevent the rise of hawkish elements in the English Parliament who wanted war with Spain.

13. James I was strongly committed to a peace policy, and tried to avoid involvement in religious wars, especially the Thirty Years' War that devastated much of Central Europe.

14. James I 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.

15. James I was a major advocate of a single parliament for England and Scotland.

16. James I succeeded to the Scottish throne at the age of thirteen months, after his mother was compelled to abdicate in his favour.