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[1] [2] [3] Princess Elizabeth was the only surviving daughter of James VI and I, King of Scotland, England, and Ireland, and his queen, Anne of Denmark; she was the elder sister of Charles I. Born in Scotland, she was named in honour of her father's predecessor and cousin in England, Elizabeth I.
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 Maria of France. From age six until her death at age 14, Elizabeth was a prisoner of the English Parliament during the English Civil War .
6 February 1665, Daughter of James II and Lady Anne Hyde: Prince George of Denmark 17 children: 1 August 1714 (aged 49) Presided over the union of England and Scotland as Great Britain; Her only son to survive infanthood, Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, died young, hence she has no descendants. James Francis Edward Stuart
Her second son succeeded James as King Charles I. Her daughter Elizabeth was the "Winter Queen" of Bohemia and the grandmother of King George I of Great Britain. miscarriage (September 1590) Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (19 February 1594 – 6 November 1612). Died, probably of typhoid fever, aged 18. [224] miscarriage (July 1595).
James VI was the son of two grandchildren of Margaret Tudor. Arbella Stuart, the most serious other contender by the late 16th century, was the daughter of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox's younger son Charles Stuart, 1st Earl of Lennox. James VI's mother, Mary, Queen of Scots, was considered a plausible successor to the English throne.
Elizabeth was lamented by many of her subjects, but others were relieved at her death. [213] Expectations of King James started high but then declined. By the 1620s, there was a nostalgic revival of the cult of Elizabeth. [214] Elizabeth was praised as a heroine of the Protestant cause and the ruler of a golden age.
King James II [a] 1633–1701 r. 1685–1688: Mary of Modena 1658–1718 Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland: Elizabeth Stuart 1635–1650: Anne Stuart 1637–1640: Henry Stuart Duke of Gloucester 1640–1660: Henrietta Anne of England 1644–1670 Duchess of Orléans: Philippe I 1640–1701 Duke of Orléans: illegitimate children: Frederick ...
Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, National Portrait Gallery, London, thought to be a wedding portrait, her pearl and diamond necklace may represent the jewels given by the cities of Edinburgh and London Portrait of Frederick V of the Palatinate by Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, 1613 King James and Frederick went to Royston to talk things over, now that Elizabeth was nearer in succession to ...