How did Elizabeth 1st take over Mary the 1st?

Question

e.g she got killed or stepped down as queen?

Answer 1

Hi,

Mary I died naturally and probably from cancer.

Mike K

Answer 2

Simply that Elizabeth was next in line of sucession to the Throne. When Her elder sister Queen Mary died of natural causes, Elizabeth become Queen.

Answer 3

Mary died from a tumor in her womb that she thought was a baby!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_I_of_E...

Mary almost had her sister, Elizabeth put to death, but in the end did not.

Answer 4

Mary died - but during her time as Queen she had Elizabeth locked up in a castle (can't remember which) as she was both Protestant AND a threat to the crown. Anyway, they came and alerted Lizzy and took her back to London.

Answer 5

No she locked mary in a castle

Answer 6

Mary died of natrual causes and since Mary did not have a son (or daughter), the crown went to the first heir, Elizabeth, her younger sister and only sister.

Answer 7

Mary Tudor...(Mary 1st) died and Elizabeth was the next in line. Mary was the daughter of Katherine of Aragon and Elizabeth was the daughter on Anne Boleyn.

Answer 8

Mary I died, though to be nowadays of ovarian cancer. Since she had no children Elizabeth I, her half-sister, succeeded her.

Answer 9

Mary died of natural causes, possibly ovarian cancer.  her younger sister Elizabeth successed to the throne.

Answer 10

Mary I of England died childless at the age of 42, most likely of ovarian cancer, at St. James's Palace on 17 November 1558. She was succeeded by her half-sister, who became Elizabeth I.