▁Their ▁son , ▁Robert ▁II , ▁began ▁the ▁Stewart / St u art ▁line ▁of ▁k ings ▁in ▁Scotland . ▁James ▁VI ▁and ▁I , ▁son ▁of ▁Mary , ▁Queen ▁of ▁Sc ots , ▁was ▁the ▁nin th ▁Stewart / St u art ▁monarch ▁( e ighth ▁king ) ▁of ▁Scotland ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁the ▁Stuart ▁monarch s ▁of ▁England ▁and ▁Ireland . ▁ ▁James ▁VI ▁& ▁I ▁was ▁the ▁reign ing ▁monarch ▁when ▁William ▁Shakespeare ▁wrote ▁and ▁produced ▁Mac b eth , ▁which ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁in ▁the ▁new ▁king ' s ▁honour . ▁ ▁History ▁Fle ance ▁and ▁his ▁father ▁Ban qu o ▁are ▁both ▁fict ional ▁characters ▁presented ▁as ▁historical ▁fact ▁by ▁H ector ▁Bo e ce , ▁whose ▁Scot orum ▁Historia e ▁( 1 5 2 6 – 2 7 ) ▁was ▁a ▁source ▁for ▁Rap ha el ▁Hol in sh ed ' s ▁Chron icles , ▁a ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁Is les ▁popular ▁in ▁Shakespeare ' s ▁time . ▁In ▁the ▁Chron icles , ▁Fle ance — in ▁fear ▁of ▁Mac b eth — f le es ▁to ▁Wales ▁and ▁mar ries ▁N esta , ▁daughter ▁of ▁Gru ff y dd ▁ap ▁L ly w ely n , ▁the ▁last ▁native ▁Prince ▁of ▁Wales . ▁They ▁have ▁a ▁son ▁named ▁Walter ▁who ▁makes ▁his ▁way ▁back ▁to ▁Scotland ▁and ▁is ▁appointed ▁Royal ▁Ste ward . ▁According ▁to ▁legend , ▁he ▁father ed ▁the ▁Stuart ▁monarch s ▁of ▁England ▁and ▁Scotland . ▁ ▁The ▁Stu arts ▁used