Editing Anne of Denmark (section)

===Marital frictions===
Observers regularly noted incidents of marital discord between Anne and James. The so-called [[Gowrie conspiracy]] of 1600, in which the young [[John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie|Earl of Gowrie, John Ruthven]], and his brother [[Alexander Ruthven]] were killed by James's attendants for a supposed assault on the King, triggered the dismissal of their sisters Beatrix and [[Barbara Ruthven]] as ladies-in-waiting to Anne, with whom they were "in chiefest credit."{{Sfnp|Williams|1970|pp=61–63}}{{Sfnp|Barroll|2001|p=25}} The Queen, who was five months pregnant,{{Efn|She gave birth to her second son, [[Charles I of England|Charles]], on the evening of 19 November 1600, at the same time as the Ruthven brothers' corpses were being hanged, drawn, and quartered.{{Sfnmp|1a1=Barroll|1y=2001|1p=26|2a1=Williams|2y=1970|2p=66}}}} refused to get out of bed unless they were reinstated and stayed there for two days, also refusing to eat. When James tried to command her, she warned him to take care how he treated her because she was not the Earl of Gowrie.{{Efn|James Melville, who witnessed the scene, wrote in his diary: "Foremost among those refraining to believe in the guilt of the two brothers was the Queen herself. She remained in her apartment and refused to be dressed for two days&nbsp;... Although the King receiving full information of his wife's conduct and of the consequences to be drawn from it, he could not be persuaded to take up the matter right, but sought by all means to cover his folly."{{Sfnp|Williams|1970|p=63}}}} James placated her for the moment by paying a famous acrobat to entertain her,{{Sfnp|Williams|1970|pp=63–64}} but she never gave up, and her stubborn support for the Ruthvens over the next three years was taken seriously enough by the government to be regarded as a security issue.{{Efn|Barroll notes a "politically relentless" streak in Anne.{{Sfnp|Barroll|2001|p=23}} Anne, however, always promised she would never take part in any "practice" against James.{{Sfnp|Barroll|2001|p=28}}}} In 1602, after discovering that Anne had smuggled Beatrix Ruthven into Holyrood, James carried out a cross-examination of the entire household;{{Sfnp|Williams|1970|pp=64–65}}{{Sfnp|Barroll|2001|p=27}} in 1603, he finally decided to grant Beatrix Ruthven a pension of £200, "because though her family is hateful on account of the abominable attempt against the King, she has shown no malicious disposition".{{Sfnp|Williams|1970|p=65}}

In 1603, James fought with Anne over the proposed composition of her English household, sending her a message that "his Majesty took her continued perversity very heinously."{{Sfnp|Williams|1970|p=76}} In turn, Anne took exception to James's drinking: in 1604 she confided to the French ambassador [[Christophe de Harlay, Count of Beaumont|Beaumont]] that "the King drinks so much, and conducts himself so ill in every respect, that I expect an early and evil result."{{Sfnp|Croft|2003|page=24}}

A briefer confrontation occurred in 1613 when Anne shot and killed James's favourite dog during a hunting session at [[Theobalds]]. After his initial rage, James smoothed things over by giving her a £2,000 diamond in memory of the dog, whose name was Jewel.{{Sfnp|Williams|1970|pp=164–165}}