AGES ERA PERIOD
16TH CENTURY
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Elizabeth II
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Henry IX
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James I
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Charles I
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Detailed explanation-1: -She died at Richmond Palace on 24 March 1603, having become a legend in her lifetime. The date of her accession was a national holiday for two hundred years. James VI of Scotland was Elizabeth’s successor and became James I of England.
Detailed explanation-2: -On 24 March 1603 James achieved his lifelong ambition when Queen Elizabeth I died and he inherited the throne of England.
Detailed explanation-3: -Even though Elizabeth herself, and the vast majority of her subjects, knew that James would soon take the throne, even now, in the last few weeks of her life, she refused to name him her heir.
Detailed explanation-4: -Both Elizabeth and James were direct descendants of the first Tudor monarch, Henry VII – Elizabeth was his granddaughter and James his great-great grandson.