King James I charted the Virginia Company of London in 1606 with the sole goal of colonizing the eastern coast of North America, while its investors started planning a colony six years prior.
King James VI and I (James I of England and James VI of Scotland) was the longest reigning monarch of Scotland (57 years), while it was a sovereign state, ascending to the throne at the age of 13 months (Queen Elizabeth II reigned for over 70 years, however, over the United Kingdom as a whole).
