On 29 July 1567, in the worst-attended coronation in Scottish history, the 13-month-old James Charles Stuart was crowned King James VI at the Church of the Holy Rude in Stirling. His mother, Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned by rebel lords at Lochleven Castle and had been forced to abdicate five days earlier on 24 July. The ceremony was conducted by Adam Bothwell, the Bishop of Orkney, with a sermon preached by the reformer John Knox. Because James was a “cradle king,” a series of regents ruled Scotland in his name during his youth, beginning with his uncle, the Earl of MoraySources:Jane Dawson, Scotland Re-formed, 1488–1587, p 267.