House of Tudor/Tudor-Hamilton
Elizabeth I
b1533 r1558 d 1603
m 1560
James Hamilton (son of the Earl of Arran) CR Duke of Richmond 1560
b 1532 d 1609
Issue:
Edward VII
b1562 r1603 d1623
m1) 1585
Princess Margaret of Scotland (daughter of Mary Queen of Scots and Henry Lord Darnley twin of King James VI)
b1566 d 1594
m2) 1596
Countess Catherina of Nassau (daughter of William the Silent)
b 1578 d1648
Issue by Margaret of Scotland:
a1) Henry IX
King Henry I of Scots on death of his uncle James VI in 1617
King of Great Britain and Ireland 1624
b1588 r 1623 d1650
m
1614
Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate
b1597 d1661
a2) Elizabeth Mary of England dau of Edward VII and Margaret of Scotland
b 1594
m1614
George William, Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia,
b1595
Issue by Catherina of Nassau
b1) James (son of Edward VII and Catherina of Nassau)
Duke of York
Viceroy of Ireland 1630 to 1640
b1598 d1655
m 1622
Christina Marie of France
b1606 d1669
b2) Catherine
b1601 d1670
m1614
Frederick V Elector Palatine
ISSUE
b3) Anne
b1604 d1606
b4) Charlotte
b1606 d1629
b5) William
Duke of Gloucester
b1608 d16586
m
1) 1629
Lady Anne Seymour dau of the Earl of Hertford
b1610 d1640
ISSUE
m2) 1645
Louise Henrietta of Nassau
b1626 d1667
ISSUE
b6)) George
Duke of Clarence
b1611d1618
Notes:
During 1560 pressure mounted on Elizabeth Tudor to marry to ensure the Protestant succession. The Queen was reluctant but allowed negotiations with the Scots peers who had proposed the son of the Earl of Arran himself heir presumptive to the Scots Throne. Many at court favoured the match he was the least foreign option, although a Scot, was of a good age and despite his family's strong Catholic leanings was himself currently a Protestant. Many including Lord Robert Dudley believed the match would never happen but in late 1560 news from France that Mary Stuart was with child (falsely as it turned out) pushed the Queen to the altar. The marriage was initially happy with the birth of a son in 1562 however the Queen's husband soon become unwell with a "distemper of the mind" and was incarcerated in comfort at Windsor for the remainder of his long life.
Edward VII was the adored son of Elizabeth I - extremely well-educated and strong minded with a resemblance it was said to his grandfather Henry VIII and his mother's temper. He was betrothed to a variety of women in his childhood but in 1584 he was formally betrothed to Margaret of Scotland. Margaret was the daughter of Mary I and Henry Stuart Lord Darnley and twin to King James VI. Margaret had initially been educated in the Catholic faith of her mother until Mary I's deposition and murder. During the early years of her brother's minority Margaret was initially in the care of various women of noble birth - some with Catholic leanings but by the time she was ten she was formally separated from her brother and given a more formal Calvinist education. Her childhood meant Margaret was insecure, nervous of strangers and secretive. Her marriage was initially successful and the Princess was devoted to her son - however her relationship with the ageing Queen Elizabeth was poor - and the Queen took complete control of the little Prince Henry - Margaret's husband balked at his mother's exessive control and reluctance to cede power to her son. Rumours of plots to depose the Queen were rife and the couple were constantly looked at with suspicion by the Queen. In 1592 two of Margaret's Scotish lady's were questioned at length over allegations they had heard the mass in secret and did not regularly attend Anglican services. In 1594 the Princess would experience a difficult second pregnancy giving birth to a daughter, Elizabeth Mary, and would die a few weeks later.
Edward VII's second wife was of lower rank being the daughter of William the Silent but was also a devout Lutheran - Catherina of Nassau - was also much more adept at dealing with the ageing Queen Elizabeth - the couple's marriage was relatively happy and in 1604 Catherine was crowned Queen Consort alongside her husband. She would wield immense control over both her own children and step children. It was she who pushed Edward into supporting Protestant Prince's abroad and her modesty in religion appealed to many Protestant sects who found the English Church to still have to many Catholic trappings. Her biggest success would be the network of marriages she arranged in 1614 - her stepson would marry her niece Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatine, her own daughter Catherine would marry the Elector Palatine, her stepdaughter meanwhile would wed George of Brandenburg. The King was less than content with the matches for his daughter's as they were not to men who would one day be King's however both matches were popular with Parliament who was more than content to provide cash for the Princesses dowery's. The King himself was more content with the marriage of his second son, the Duke of York, to a French Princess in 1622 - but the marriage proved unpopular with the rest of the Royal Family.
By Edward VII's accession in 1603 it was also clear that James VI of Scotland would be unlikely to leave an heir - under pressure the King had married a Danish Princess in 1590 but the marriage was not consummated for several years and a shortlived son was born and died in 1601. James seemed unconcerned and in a speech to the Scots Parliament in 1608 he acknowledged that were he not blessed with a child then his nephew Henry of Wales would inherit. Which he did in 1617 - the Scots were not too happy at the idea of union with England but for the next six years Henry I ruled alongside his wife Elisabeth Charlotte in Scotland - her staunch Protestantism proved popular with the Scots - she urged her husband to offer strong support to foreign Protestants. It was Elizabeth Charlotte alongside her step mother in law who persuaded Frederick V of the Palatine to refuse the offer of the Bohemian throne in order to avoid religious war.
Henry IX annd I would return south with his family on his father's death in 1623 and in 1624 the English and Scots Parliaments would confirm the King's new title as King of Great Britain and Ireland - though talks of merging the two parliaments stalled due to English reluctance. Henry IX was a great builder and embarked on a twenty year programme to completely rebuild Whitehall Palace, the main London residence of the King, he was probably motivated by jealousy over his brother the Duke of York's newly built York Palace at Greenwich. In 1630 he appointed his brother James Viceroy of Ireland and dispatched him and his family to Dublin Castle.
The King's youngest brother caused a scandal by eloping with the daughter of the Earl of Hertford (and grandaughter of Lady Catherine Grey) - his mother and wife refused to receive the new Duchess of Gloucester for almost six years and the couple were forced to live away from court for those years - the rift was only slightly healed when the couples eldest child died following a fall however the Duchess was never truly accepted by the Royal Family. After her death in childbirth in 1640 the Duke would mourn for several years before marrying again at his mother's urging to his cousin the Countess Louise Henrietta of Nassau.
Elizabeth I
b1533 r1558 d 1603
m 1560
James Hamilton (son of the Earl of Arran) CR Duke of Richmond 1560
b 1532 d 1609
Issue:
Edward VII
b1562 r1603 d1623
m1) 1585
Princess Margaret of Scotland (daughter of Mary Queen of Scots and Henry Lord Darnley twin of King James VI)
b1566 d 1594
m2) 1596
Countess Catherina of Nassau (daughter of William the Silent)
b 1578 d1648
Issue by Margaret of Scotland:
a1) Henry IX
King Henry I of Scots on death of his uncle James VI in 1617
King of Great Britain and Ireland 1624
b1588 r 1623 d1650
m
1614
Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate
b1597 d1661
a2) Elizabeth Mary of England dau of Edward VII and Margaret of Scotland
b 1594
m1614
George William, Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia,
b1595
Issue by Catherina of Nassau
b1) James (son of Edward VII and Catherina of Nassau)
Duke of York
Viceroy of Ireland 1630 to 1640
b1598 d1655
m 1622
Christina Marie of France
b1606 d1669
b2) Catherine
b1601 d1670
m1614
Frederick V Elector Palatine
ISSUE
b3) Anne
b1604 d1606
b4) Charlotte
b1606 d1629
b5) William
Duke of Gloucester
b1608 d16586
m
1) 1629
Lady Anne Seymour dau of the Earl of Hertford
b1610 d1640
ISSUE
m2) 1645
Louise Henrietta of Nassau
b1626 d1667
ISSUE
b6)) George
Duke of Clarence
b1611d1618
Notes:
During 1560 pressure mounted on Elizabeth Tudor to marry to ensure the Protestant succession. The Queen was reluctant but allowed negotiations with the Scots peers who had proposed the son of the Earl of Arran himself heir presumptive to the Scots Throne. Many at court favoured the match he was the least foreign option, although a Scot, was of a good age and despite his family's strong Catholic leanings was himself currently a Protestant. Many including Lord Robert Dudley believed the match would never happen but in late 1560 news from France that Mary Stuart was with child (falsely as it turned out) pushed the Queen to the altar. The marriage was initially happy with the birth of a son in 1562 however the Queen's husband soon become unwell with a "distemper of the mind" and was incarcerated in comfort at Windsor for the remainder of his long life.
Edward VII was the adored son of Elizabeth I - extremely well-educated and strong minded with a resemblance it was said to his grandfather Henry VIII and his mother's temper. He was betrothed to a variety of women in his childhood but in 1584 he was formally betrothed to Margaret of Scotland. Margaret was the daughter of Mary I and Henry Stuart Lord Darnley and twin to King James VI. Margaret had initially been educated in the Catholic faith of her mother until Mary I's deposition and murder. During the early years of her brother's minority Margaret was initially in the care of various women of noble birth - some with Catholic leanings but by the time she was ten she was formally separated from her brother and given a more formal Calvinist education. Her childhood meant Margaret was insecure, nervous of strangers and secretive. Her marriage was initially successful and the Princess was devoted to her son - however her relationship with the ageing Queen Elizabeth was poor - and the Queen took complete control of the little Prince Henry - Margaret's husband balked at his mother's exessive control and reluctance to cede power to her son. Rumours of plots to depose the Queen were rife and the couple were constantly looked at with suspicion by the Queen. In 1592 two of Margaret's Scotish lady's were questioned at length over allegations they had heard the mass in secret and did not regularly attend Anglican services. In 1594 the Princess would experience a difficult second pregnancy giving birth to a daughter, Elizabeth Mary, and would die a few weeks later.
Edward VII's second wife was of lower rank being the daughter of William the Silent but was also a devout Lutheran - Catherina of Nassau - was also much more adept at dealing with the ageing Queen Elizabeth - the couple's marriage was relatively happy and in 1604 Catherine was crowned Queen Consort alongside her husband. She would wield immense control over both her own children and step children. It was she who pushed Edward into supporting Protestant Prince's abroad and her modesty in religion appealed to many Protestant sects who found the English Church to still have to many Catholic trappings. Her biggest success would be the network of marriages she arranged in 1614 - her stepson would marry her niece Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatine, her own daughter Catherine would marry the Elector Palatine, her stepdaughter meanwhile would wed George of Brandenburg. The King was less than content with the matches for his daughter's as they were not to men who would one day be King's however both matches were popular with Parliament who was more than content to provide cash for the Princesses dowery's. The King himself was more content with the marriage of his second son, the Duke of York, to a French Princess in 1622 - but the marriage proved unpopular with the rest of the Royal Family.
By Edward VII's accession in 1603 it was also clear that James VI of Scotland would be unlikely to leave an heir - under pressure the King had married a Danish Princess in 1590 but the marriage was not consummated for several years and a shortlived son was born and died in 1601. James seemed unconcerned and in a speech to the Scots Parliament in 1608 he acknowledged that were he not blessed with a child then his nephew Henry of Wales would inherit. Which he did in 1617 - the Scots were not too happy at the idea of union with England but for the next six years Henry I ruled alongside his wife Elisabeth Charlotte in Scotland - her staunch Protestantism proved popular with the Scots - she urged her husband to offer strong support to foreign Protestants. It was Elizabeth Charlotte alongside her step mother in law who persuaded Frederick V of the Palatine to refuse the offer of the Bohemian throne in order to avoid religious war.
Henry IX annd I would return south with his family on his father's death in 1623 and in 1624 the English and Scots Parliaments would confirm the King's new title as King of Great Britain and Ireland - though talks of merging the two parliaments stalled due to English reluctance. Henry IX was a great builder and embarked on a twenty year programme to completely rebuild Whitehall Palace, the main London residence of the King, he was probably motivated by jealousy over his brother the Duke of York's newly built York Palace at Greenwich. In 1630 he appointed his brother James Viceroy of Ireland and dispatched him and his family to Dublin Castle.
The King's youngest brother caused a scandal by eloping with the daughter of the Earl of Hertford (and grandaughter of Lady Catherine Grey) - his mother and wife refused to receive the new Duchess of Gloucester for almost six years and the couple were forced to live away from court for those years - the rift was only slightly healed when the couples eldest child died following a fall however the Duchess was never truly accepted by the Royal Family. After her death in childbirth in 1640 the Duke would mourn for several years before marrying again at his mother's urging to his cousin the Countess Louise Henrietta of Nassau.
