
At the time of Elizabeth's birth at Falkland Palace, Fife, her father was still the King of Scots only. She was named in honour of the Queen of England, in an attempt by her father to flatter the old queen, whose kingdom he hoped to inherit. When the younger Elizabeth was six years old, in 1603, her namesake died and James succeeded to the thrones of England and Ireland, making his daughter a much more attractive bride.
Read more about Elizabeth Stuart in Memoirs of the court of England during the reign of the Stuarts, including the Protectorate, by By John Heneage Jesse, published in 1855 and presented free by Google.
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