The only surviving daughter of King James VI of Scotland and Queen Anne of Denmark, Elizabeth Stuart, renowned for her beauty and intelligence, Stuart, renowned for her beauty and intelligence, remains strangely in the shadows of Scottish – and British – history. An educated woman of conviction, her life was shaped by political and religious events at home and overseas, yet she was much admired across Britain and the continent.
Born on 19 August 1596 at Dunfermline Palace, Fife, Elizabeth was sister to James’s heir, Henry Frederick, who died of typhoid in 1612, and the would-be Charles I.
Named after Elizabeth I, her father’s predecessor and cousin twice removed, who was on the throne when she was born, she initially grew up in Linlithgow Palace. However, following the death of…
