who was elizabeth the 1st heir to the throne?

Question

was it james the1 or ann stanley?

Answer 1

I thought it was James the 1st of England and 6th of Scotland

Answer 2

According to the laws of primogeniture, it was James VI of Scotland, who succeeded as James I.

Henry VII had two surviving daughters (Henry VIII's sisters): Margaret the elder and Mary the younger. The rules therefore said that descendants of Margaret would succeed before descendants of Mary. James VI of Scotland was Margaret's great-grandson. Lady Anne Stanley was Mary's great-great-granddaughter.

The problem is that in 1543, four years before his death, Henry VIII passed an Act of Succession, which said that in the event of none of his three children (Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I) having heirs, the crown would go to descendants of his sister Mary. Margaret's line - the royal family of Scotland - were therefore excluded. According to this Act, Lady Anne Stanley would have been the rightful heir.

We'll never know whether Elizabeth I really proclaimed James as her heir on her deathbed, but the fact remains that none of the other heirs pressed their claim.

Answer 3

James VI of Scotland who was the son of Mary Queen of Scots.

Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VIII. Mary Queen of Scots was the grand-daughter of Henry VIII's elder sister Margaret Tudor who had married the King of Scotland. James was therefore a third cousin of Elizabeth and the next in line to the throne, as Elizabeth, her half sister "Bloody" Mary and half brother Edward VI had all died without having children.

James (who was James VI of Scotland) also became James I of England. This is how Scotland and England came to be ruled from Westminster.

Lady Ann Stanley was the descendent of Henry VIII's younger sister Mary Tudor. As Margaret was older, her descendants came before Mary's in the line of succession. Lady Jane Grey, the 16 year old "nine days Queen" who was briefly installed on the throne on death of Edward VI and swiftly deposed and executed by Bloody Mary, was also a grand-daughter of Mary Tudor.

Answer 4

James Vl of Scotland, the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, was Elizabeth's heir and came to the throne as James l of England and James Vl of Scotland.

Answer 5

James I of England and VI of Scotland. Born on June 19, 1566, in Edinburgh Castle, James was the only son of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her second husband, Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley. When Mary was forced to abdicate in 1567, he was proclaimed King of Scotland, at the age of one year.

James became the first Stuart king of England in 1603 under the terms of the Treaty of Berwick which he had signed with Elizabeth I in 1586. The Treaty pledged allegiance between the two countries and promised mutual help against invasion, thus protecting England from France. And so James acquiesced to his mother's execution and remained neutral when the Spanish Armada threatened English shores.

As Scottish king he consented to an act of parliament establishing Presbyterianism in Scotland and with support he subdued the Roman Catholic earls. He married Anne of Denmark whom he loved and together they had nine children.

Answer 6

It is sometimes claimed that Elizabeth named James her heir on her deathbed. According to one story, when asked whom she would name her heir, she replied, "Who could that be but my cousin Scotland?" According to another, she said, "Who but a King could succeed a Queen?" Finally, a third legend suggests that she remained silent until her death. There is no evidence to prove any of these tales. At any rate, none of the alternative heirs pressed their claims to the throne. James VI was proclaimed King of England as James I a few hours after Elizabeth's death on March 24, 1603; heralding the end of the Tudor Dynasty and the start of the reign of the House of Stuart in the Kingdom of England.

James I's proclamation broke precedent because it was issued not by the new sovereign himself but by a Council of Accession, as James was in Scotland at the time. Accession Councils, rather than new sovereigns, continue to issue proclamations in modern practice.

Answer 7

You are possibly thinking of Arbella Stuart (1575 - 1615), the daughter of Charles Stuart, Earl of Lennox, who was raised by her grandmother, Bess of Hardwicke, and who, at one time, was considered as a possible successor to Elizabeth I instead of James I & VI. When James ascended the throne she tried to escape to France, but was captured and placed in the Tower where she died. For more information see Sarah Gristwood's book, 'Arbella, England's Lost Queen'

Answer 8

James VI of Scotland, son of Mary Stuart, who became James Ist of England.

Answer 9

James the first. Whose this Ann Stanley??

Answer 10

James V1 ,who was Mary Queen of Scots only child.

He first became King of Scotland ,after his Mother was forced to give up her crown,through the death of her husband Lord Darnley, who was James 's father,and in turn was Mary s cousin.
He then became James 1st,King of England,when Elizabeth 1st died