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Elizabeth died in 1603, and there was no descendant of Henry VIII. to / inherit the throne. But Henry VII. 's daughter had married the King / of Scotland, and a grandson of Henry VII. now held the Scottish Crown / with the title of James VI. On the death of Elizabeth he became / rightful hereditary King of England also, with the title of James I.
And now it might indeed seem as if the United Kingdom was about to / enter upon years of peace and glory. Elizabeth's prudence and the / valour of her seamen had won her military fame. Her alliance was / sought by princes as far off as the Tsar of Russia and the Sophy, as / the ruler was called, of Persia. She had possessions in India, far / away in the East, in America far in the West. For the first time in / her story she had Scotland as a second self, instead of a constant / enemy on her very border. Ireland appeared to be subjugated. And / she had no possessions on the Continent to draw her into troubles / with France.