AGES ERA PERIOD
ELIZABETHAN PERIOD
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Mary Queen of Scots
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Charles I
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James I
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Edward VI
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Union of the Crowns. In 1603, James VI succeeded to the English throne on the death of his cousin Elizabeth I with no direct heirs.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-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: -Queen Elizabeth I of England was born in 1533 the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. She never married and died without children. Because of this, the throne passed to her nephew, King James VI of Scotland, who then also became King James I of England.
Detailed explanation-5: -As she had no children, and therefore no direct heir to the throne, she was the last Tudor monarch.