1566) did not know his parents - his father, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, was murdered in 1567, and his mother, Mary, Queen of Scots, was forced to flee when she married the suspected murderer, James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell. The influence his favourites had on politics, and the resentment at the wealth they acquired, became major political issues during the reign of James VI and I. The personal relationships of James VI and I included relationships with his male courtiers and his marriage to Anne of Denmark, with whom he fathered children. ( November 2010) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve this article if you can. This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.
