Assassination attempt against James VI, King of Scotland, August 1600 by Alexander Ruthven at Gowrie House, Perth, Scotland. The king was saved when the king's page, John Ramsey, killed Ruthven. Alexander's brother and accomplice, John Ruthven, was also killed. The incident is known as the Gowrie Conspiracy, John Ruthven being the 3rd Earl of Gowrie. After a work by Jan Luyken.

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