The succession to the childless Elizabeth I was an open question from her accession in 1558 to her death in 1603, when the crown passed to James VI of Scotland. While the accession of James went smoothly, the succession had been the subject of much debate for decades.
Elizabeth did not marry and did not have any children.
If Elizabeth had been to produce an heir of her own body, then she would have had to overcome two potential obstacles: one, deciding who to marry – an incredibly difficult decision politically – and two, surviving childbirth. No male ruler ever had to think about physical danger when he thought about having an heir.
It was expected that Elizabeth would marry and produce an heir; however, despite numerous courtships, she never did. She was eventually succeeded by her first cousin twice removed, James VI of Scotland, the son of Mary, Queen of Scots; this laid the foundation for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
For Elizabeth, marriage was not a certain thing and as she had witnessed as a child, could easily lead to trouble. Also, another theory is that she feared dying in childbirth, as she had witnessed with two of Henry VIII's wives.
The Prince Tudor variant holds that Oxford and Queen Elizabeth I were lovers and had a child who was raised as Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton. The theory followed earlier arguments that Francis Bacon was a son of the queen.
The last of Queen Elizabeth II's children, it was the first to be active and conscious, at a time when “twilight sleep” - knocking out the mother and delivering via forceps - was beginning to phase out. All the Queen's children were Royal homebirths.
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip welcomed four children together over the course of their 73-year marriage: King Charles III, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward.
At last, when the end came, her councillors pressed her to name her successor. It was claimed, that, on her deathbed she nominated James VI of Scotland, with the words that only a king was fit to succeed a queen.
Queen Elizabeth I's grandfather was King Henry VII. King Henry VII is also Queen Elizabeth I's 12 times great-grandfather. This makes the two Elizabeths first cousins, many generations removed, as they are both descendants of King Henry VII.
If, however, the monarch has no legitimate descendants, the succession passes to other members of the Royal House in a set order, laid down in article 25 of the Constitution. Princess Beatrix succeeded her mother, Queen Juliana, on 30 April 1980.
Lord Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
The Queen seriously considered marriage twice. Early in her reign, her choice was the ambitious and dashing Lord Robert Dudley. Robert Dudley was one of Elizabeth's 'favourites', a long-term suitor and believed by many to have been her one true love.
The Heir during succession of rule is usually the first born son (or daughter) of reigning king. However, when there is no direct heir, it is maybe passed onto the wife, or other close relatives of the king or nobility. King Edward, for example had no son to inherit the throne, nor a daughter to gladden his heart.
Abstract. Objective: Catherine de Medici, queen consort of King Henry II of France, was a powerful woman at a time when power for her sex was determined by fecundity. A decade long history of infertility might have placed her at risk for condemnation, but her husband's known urologic abnormalities played in her favor.
If a deceased monarch doesn't have any siblings or children, the crown goes back up a generation – to their uncles and aunts (again, with those uncles having been the children of another previous monarch).
A new biography of Queen Elizabeth II has revealed the monarch was suffering from bone marrow cancer before her death.
Despite never remembering or re-meeting his mother, James loved her and chose death for her as his godmother Elizabeth pointed out keeping Mary alive in captivity would be the worst thing for him to do to his own mother as she wouldn't ever be free again.
Elizabeth was known to be a Protestant and many expected she would once again leave the Roman Catholic Church. Elizabeth certainly wanted to do this, but most importantly she wanted a compromise to avoid the 'continual change and alteration' in religion that had happened in the previous twenty years.
The king's elevation of Catholicism, his close relationship with France, his conflict with Parliament and uncertainty over who would succeed James on the English throne led to whispers of a revolt—and ultimately the fall of James II.
At present, Harry is fifth in line to the throne and this is a birthright "privilege" that cannot be revoked without an Act of Parliament being in place.
According to People, a spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess confirmed that the reigning monarch's grandson, Harry, was en route to Balmoral Castle but he didn't quite make it in time to say goodbye to his beloved grandmother before she died.
Queen Elizabeth is believed to have left an estate worth approximately 782 million dollars solely to her son, King Charles. King Charles' inheritance from his mother will not be taxed due to the fact that money exchanged from "monarch to monarch" is exempt from taxation.
Prince Edward, 58, Earl of Wessex
Out of all of the kids, Prince Edward, now known as the Earl of Wessex, is believed to be the Queen and Prince Philip's favorite child.
The Queen for example, when she gave birth, she gave birth at Buckingham Palace, a home birth, a home cesarean section. “But essentially what was important was the fact that until then, it was going to be witnessed, not in the room but outside, by Prime Ministers, by Home Secretaries.
Princess Anne, Prince Philip and Elizabeth's only daughter. Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise was born on August 15, 1950, at London royal residence Clarence House where Elizabeth and Philip lived until 1953.