Henry was the descendant of both Margaret Tudor through his mother, Lady Margaret Douglas Countess of Lennox, and the Scottish House of Stuart through his father, the Earl of Lennox. Twice Royal, his mother was determined that Henry would be a King and saw her dearest wish fulfilled when he married Mary Stewart the Queen of Scots. Arrogant, weak, and a drunkard, Mary fell out of love with him before the birth of their only child, James VI. Due to his bad habits, the Lords of Scotland conspired to murder Henry, which they succeeded in doing so at Kirk O' Field before Henry was 21.

This portrait is presumed to be of James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell and the third and final husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. It is strongly suspected that the Earl of Bothwell had a hand in the murder of Darnley, though his reasons are obscured by time. After fleeing from Scotland, James Hepburn traveled to Denmark where he remained imprisoned and insane until his death.

Daughter of James VI of Scotland and I of England and his consort Anne of Denmark, Elizabeth has been portrayed by history as the romantic and tragic "Winter Queen". It was through her marriage to King Frederick of Bohemia and Elector Palatine and her daughter Sophia's marriage to Ernest Augustus of Hanover that the crown of England came to George I.

The youngest of three boys, Ernst gained his duchy by agreeing to take Sophia of Bohemia/Palatine as his wife. While the couple didn't love each other, they understood each other well, Ernst gave control of his duchy to his intelligent and ambitious wife, and she allowed him to sleep with as many other women as he wanted. Their oldest son would eventually unite the Electorate of Hanover with the Crown of England as George I

Lucky enough to gain the hand of James I's daughter Elizabeth, Frederick was singularly unlucky in politics. After the Hapsburg King of Bohemia died, the Bohemians who were mostly Protestant, invited Frederick to be their King. Unfortunately, the Hapsburg Emperor took offense and Frederick found himself stripped of Bohemia and the Electorate of the Palatine before he died.

When Parliament deposed James II and his Catholic offspring from the throne, they chose the Hanoverian descendants of James I's daughter Elizabeth to succeed if Protestant Mary II and Anne I died without heirs, despite the fact that there were several English candidates who were closer to the throne.

When Elizabeth I died her nearest heir was her cousin, James of Scotland who was three generations removed from his Tudor grandmother, Margaret. Enter here, and view the Royals who made James VI of Scotland, James I of England

Made to match the Hanover pennant light this fur edged rug is decorated with Hanoverian castles to remind you how the Crown of England passed from the Stuarts to the Guelphs of Hanover.

The last monarch of Scotland until Charles I to ascend the throne as an adult, James IV married Margaret Tudor in an effort to bring peace to the British Isles. However, not long after their second son was born, James tried to take advantage of Henry VIII's absence in France to attack England. He died at Flodden Field at the hands of an army gathered by Catherine of Aragon along with most of the Scottish nobility.

James V, son of Margaret Tudor, shown here with his second wife, Mary of Guise and Lorraine. James V died not long after the birth of his daughter, Mary Queen of Scots, with the words "It began with a lass, it ends with a lass". His death left Mary of Guise to struggle with her daughter's regency and maintain the "Auld Alliance" with France for almost eighteen violent years.

As the eldest daughter of Henry VII, Margaret was married to James IV of Scotland and became the mother of James V by her first husband and the mother of Lady Margaret Douglas by her second husband the Earl of Angus. After the death of her first husband at Flodden Field, Margaret spent the rest of her long life searching for a husband to love her for herself and not her royal blood.

One of history's most famous people, Mary Queen of Scots lived a turbulent and romantic life. Sent to France at age 6, she married Francis I at 16, was widowed at 18, married Henry Stuart for lust, then after his murder she married James Hepburn, the Earl of Bothwell. Finally, she was executed by her cousin Elizabeth of England after twenty years in captivity. Of the many mysteries surrounding Mary, the most prevalent is the mystery of her involvement with the murder of Henry Darnley at Kirk O' Field and her subsequent marriage to Bothwell less than a year later. Despite the tragedies of her life, Mary eventually achieved the ultimate triumph, every English monarch since James I is her direct descendant.

Daughter of Elizabeth of Bohemia and granddaughter of James VI and I, Sophia was always immensely proud of her English heritage, even though she never set foot in England herself. A born schemer, she ruled Hanover through her womanizing husband until his death, and attempted to marry her son the future George I to Anne Stuart, the younger daughter of James of York. While this marriage project failed, the English parliament eventually barred James II's Catholic descendants from the throne, making Sophia heir to Anne I. In a twist of fate, though, Sophia died only weeks before Anne, making her son George Augustus King of England.