Gay king

Maybe he was bisexual? An art historian discovered a year-old portrait of George Villiers, the former Duke of Buckingham who is thought to have been the gay lover of King James VI and I, the British ruler from to who commissioned a bestselling book known as The King James Bible.

Log in Sign up. Us too. James I is said to have fallen in love with his year-old cousin Esme Stuart at the tender age of He was also reportedly a hateful hypocrite, as he meted out severe punishments for sodomy even though he enjoyed it himself.

Dick I a. Totally gay. Richard I ruled — King Richard I — so dreamy. This article was originally published on October 2, It has since been updated.

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Related Stories. So angsty as he travels the English countryside, seeking for a perfect place to sit and watch the sunset. Heard of it? James I ruled — King James I — so hypocritical!

5 gay British Kings : From the age of thirteen until his death, the life of King James VI of Scotland and I of England (–) was characterised by close relationships with a series of male favourites

His brother, Henry I, took the throne and forced all his courtiers to cut their hair. See also King & King, a children's book in which a prince marries a prince Red, White & Royal Blue, a novel about a relationship between the Prince of England and the First Son of the United States Young Royals, a Netflix series about a gay Swedish prince.

Christopher Marlowe's play Edward II depicts the king as gay, and Derek Jarman made a stunning and explicit film based on the play in In the Early s, U. Looking for Digital Queer Erotica?

5 gay British Kings and Queens from history It is not surprising that many gay and bisexual monarchs kept their love lives with members of the same sex a closely guarded secret. After William II was shot through the heart with an arrow during a hunting trip, he died.