The sixteen-year-old James VI was lured to Huntingtower Castle near Perth in August 1582 by William Ruthven, Earl of Gowrie, on the pretext of a hunting invitation. Once inside, the gates were locked and the king found himself surrounded by armed Protestant lords — the Ruthven confederates. When James VI wept in frustration, the Master of Glamis reportedly told him that better children than he had wept before. The king was held for ten months, during which the Ruthven lords governed in his name. The Ruthven Raid was the formative trauma of James VI's personality, shaping his lifelong obsession with royal dignity, his fear of physical danger, and his determination to make kingship absolute.
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