Great Britain

After the death of Britain's last monarch, Queen Anne, in 1714, the crown of England passed to the Stuart dynasty's German Protestant cousins, the House of Hanover or  Brunswick-Lüneburg, because of the 1701 Act of Settlement that prevented any Catholic from taking the crown. The direct heir to the British throne was James II 's son James, who lived in exile, but for the reason that he professed Catholicism, Queen Anne declared Sophia of Hanover, who was the Electress of Hanover, as her successor to the crown...

Charles I of England was born on 19th November 1600. He was the son of Anne of Denmark and James I of England. He became the King of Scotland  and England on 27th March 1625. Several months after his father's death, Charles married Henrietta Maria of France. They had seven children: Charles II, King of England; Mary, Princess of Orange; James II and VII; Elizabeth; Anne; Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Henrietta, Duchess of Orleans. Despite her husband's love, Henrietta didn't feel at home among English...

James I Stuart inherited the English throne after the death of the childless Tudor Queen Elizabeth I, at the beginning of the 17th century, in 1603. He was King James I of England and also King James VI of Scotland. The monarch was the son of Mary, Queen of Scots and her second husband Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley. James I became the first joint ruler of the kingdoms of both England and Scotland.  The King was born on 19th June 1566. He was the only son of his parents. Eight months after James's birth his father died when his house was destroyed by an explosion...

The 45 - year reign of Elizabeth I Tudor is considered to be the "Golden Age" in English history. The Queen was born on 7th September in 1533. She was the daughter of Henry VIII and his second spouse Anne Boleyn. She ascended the throne after the death of her half - sister Mary I, in 1558. The first twenty - five years of Elizabeth's life were spent in constant anxiety (because she was the daughter of the woman, who had been executed). But despite this, the future queen didn't spend those years in vain, she was diligently engaged in self - education...

Mary I Tudor was born on 18th February 1516. She was the daughter of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. She was Henry's favourite child and heir to the throne as the Princess of Wales. Mary was engaged first to the dauphin of France and then the powerful Charles V, but after she was declared illegitimate, she became a servant of her stepmother hardhearted Anne Boleyn, and she was removed from the court for her commitment to her mother's faith, Catholicism.  The queen had a controversial nature, possessing sensibility and aspiration, as well as vanity and a logical mind combined...