The succession to the childless queen of England Elizabeth I was an open question from her accession in 1558 to her death in 1603, when the crown passed...

by the Succession to the Crown Act 1543, Edward's contravening will was ignored as unlawful. Mary I was succeeded by her half-sister, Elizabeth I, who broke...

executed, and Elizabeth was declared illegitimate. Henry restored her to the line of succession when she was 10, via the Third Succession Act 1543. After...

The Third Succession Act of King Henry VIII's reign, passed by the Parliament of England, returned his daughters Mary and Elizabeth to the line of the...

and dealing with the succession to Elizabeth I of England. The cover date is 1594, but the real publication date is taken to be around September 1595...

the line of succession to Elizabeth I according to the will of Henry VIII, after his mother, whom he predeceased. His sudden death led to suspicions of...

English succession though during the reign of Elizabeth I, concerns were once again raised. In the last decade of her reign it was clear to all that...

that Mary, in a letter to Anthony Babington, had given her approval to a plot to assassinate Elizabeth and by Right of Succession take the English throne...

passed to the first person in the succession, who became Elizabeth I. During her reign, Elizabeth I never named a successor. On the day of Elizabeth's death...

of Queen Elizabeth I of England between May 1601 and her death in March 1603. In this period it was settled that James would succeed Elizabeth, his distant...

her daughter, Elizabeth I, and Mary I, Henry's daughter by his first wife, from the line of succession. It superseded the First Succession Act, which had...

1588. At this period Allen and Persons made a close study of the succession to Elizabeth I of England, working with noted genealogist Robert Heighinton....

Elizabeth I caused tension between England and Scotland. Thomas's confession implicated James VI of Scotland, who wrote several letters to Elizabeth to...

Queen Elizabeth I of England paid a subsidy to King James VI of Scotland from 1586 to 1602. This enabled her to influence James by delaying or deferring...

councillors to investigate "any open invasion or rebellion" in England, any attempt to injure Queen Elizabeth I, or any attempt by a pretender to seize the...

plague, a planned ceremonial Royal Entry to London was deferred until 15 March 1604. After the death of Elizabeth I on 24 March 1603, James VI of Scotland...

Charles III and Diana, Princess of Wales. She is third in the line of succession to the British throne. Princess Charlotte was born at 08:34 BST on 2 May...

the line of succession in his will. Contradicting the Act of Succession 1544, which restored Mary and Elizabeth to the line of succession, Edward named...

The portraiture of Queen Elizabeth I (1533–1603) spans the evolution of English royal portraits in the early modern period (1400/1500-1800), from the...

the succession tracts and related literature, in relation to the debate on the succession to Elizabeth I. In particular she interpreted the succession tract...

expected to become queen, as Edward was still young and likely to marry and have children of his own, who would precede Elizabeth in the line of succession. When...

is sixth in the line of succession to the British throne. He was born during the reign of his great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II. Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor...

The coronation of Elizabeth I as Queen of England and Ireland took place at Westminster Abbey, London, on 15 January 1559. Elizabeth I had ascended the...

second-eldest daughter of Tsar Peter the Great (r. 1682–1725), Elizabeth lived through the confused successions of her father's descendants following her half-brother...

illegitimate, by Elizabeth I). Her succession, under this theory, follows: Henry VIII of England Edward VI of England, only son of Henry VIII Mary I of England...

Henry declared Elizabeth illegitimate and she would, therefore, not be able to inherit the throne. Henry returned her to the line of succession in the Third...

Second Succession Act, which made Elizabeth illegitimate, and the Third Succession Act, which returned both Mary and Elizabeth to the line of succession. Succession...

Wilson turned to travel. In 1596, Wilson was in Italy and Germany. He remained faithful to the Cecils, and during the later years of Elizabeth's reign he was...

Scots, Isabella was suggested as a Catholic candidate in the succession to Elizabeth I as she was a legitimate descendant of John of Gaunt (unlike the...

Elizabeth Stuart (28 December 1635 – 8 September 1650) was the second daughter of Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, and his wife, Henrietta...