During this man's reign, Guy Fawkes attempted to destroy parliament in the Gunpowder plot.
This ruler attacked the custom of smoking in his essay "A Counterblast to Tobacco," and he wrote about witchcraft in his book on demonology. Anthony Weldon dubbed this king "the wisest fool in all of Christendom." This ruler angered Parliament by playing favorites, such as by making George Villiers the Duke of Buckingham. During this man's reign, Guy Fawkes attempted to destroy parliament in the Gunpowder plot. For 10 points, name this son of Mary, Queen of Scots, the successor to Elizabeth I and first Stuart monarch.
This ruler attacked the custom of smoking in his essay "A Counterblast to Tobacco," and he wrote about witchcraft in his book on demonology.
{James I} of England [or {James VI} of {Scotland}; prompt on {James}]