Sir Anthony Weldon claimed that this man was very learned but foolish in great affairs, dubbing him the "wisest fool in Christendom.
Sir Anthony Weldon claimed that this man was very learned but foolish in great affairs, dubbing him the "wisest fool in Christendom." This man's advisors failed to find his son a Habsburg wife via the Spanish Match. This ruler's tract The True Law of Free Monarchies expands upon a practical guide for his son Henry called Basilikon Doron. In an early post, he was convinced to start the North (*) Berwick witch trials after storms affected his return trip from Denmark with a new wife. This opponent of tobacco smoking and friend of the 1st Duke of Buckingham took the Scottish throne at 13 months old. Robert Catesby and Guy Fawkes targeted him in the Gunpowder Plot. For 10 points, name this first Stuart monarch of England, who succeeded Elizabeth I.
Sir Anthony Weldon claimed that this man was very learned but foolish in great affairs, dubbing him the "wisest fool in Christendom.
James I of England [or James VI of Scotland; prompt on \"James\"]