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The House of Stuart - The Stuarts ruled Scotland for over two centuries before inheriting the English throne and established a reputation as both ambitious and accident-prone. Of nine monarchs, six of them died violently. They ruled Britain from 1603, when the Union of the Crowns caused James VI of Scotland to become James I of England. Stuart rule ended in 1714. House Of Stuart, Oliver Cromwell, Edward Iv, Gunpowder Plot, Marie Stuart, King James I, Stamp Of Approval, Civil Wars, Charles Ii

The Royal Mail releases today June 15, 2010, a new issue on British royalty featuring the House of Stuart. This is the fourth in the Kings and Queens series of stamp issues which profiles every monarch from 1399 to the present. The Stuarts ruled Scotland for over two centuries before inheriting the English throne and established a reputation as both ambitious and accident-prone. Of nine monarchs, six of them died violently. They ruled Britain from 1603, when the Union of the Crowns caused…

Gerard van Honthorst. Portrait of Elizabeth Stuart, 1635. Private collection by courtesy of Hoogsteder & Hoogsteder, The Hague.  The Winter Queen Anne Of Denmark, Daughter Of King, House Of Stuart, English Monarchs, Winter Queen, King James I, History Queen, Elizabeth I, Daughters Of The King

Elizabeth Stuart (1596–1662) was the charismatic daughter of King James VI of Scotland (later James I of England) and Anna of Denmark. She married the Calvinist Frederick V, Elector Palatine, at age 16, and lived happily in Heidelberg, Germany, for six years before being crowned Queen of Bohemia at 23 and moving to Prague.

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Mount Stuart House is probably the most sumptuous mansion in Scotland with a spectacular interior including the magnificent Marble Hall and Chapel, built by the Crichton-Stuart Marquess of Bute and in lovely landscaped gardens and grounds by the sea, some miles from Rothesay on the island of Bute in the west of Scotland.

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