Succession to the Crown Act
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The Succession to the Crown Act, or Act of Succession, may refer to a number of pieces of English law passed in the reign of Henry VIII
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It may also refer to the first statute in the reign of James I
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It may also refer to an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain passed during the reign of Queen Anne
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Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...
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- The Succession to the Crown Act 1533 (25 Hen. 8 c.22)
- The Succession to the Crown Act 1534 (26 Hen. 8 c.2)
- The Succession to the Crown Act 1536 (28 Hen. 8 c.7)
- The Succession to the Crown Act 1543 (35 Hen. 8 c.1) (often incorrectly given as 1544)
It may also refer to the first statute in the reign of James I
James I of England
James VI and I was King of Scots as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the English and Scottish crowns on 24 March 1603...
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- The Succession to the Crown Act 1603Succession to the Crown Act 1603The Succession to the Crown Act 1603 , full title A most joyful and just recognition of the immediate, lawful and undoubted Succession, Descent and Right of the Crown, was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of England enacted during the reign of James I...
(1 Jac. 1 c.1)
It may also refer to an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain passed during the reign of Queen Anne
Anne of Great Britain
Anne ascended the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, under the Act of Union, two of her realms, England and Scotland, were united as a single sovereign state, the Kingdom of Great Britain.Anne's Catholic father, James II and VII, was deposed during the...
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- The Succession to the Crown Act 1707Succession to the Crown Act 1707The Succession to the Crown Act 1707 is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of Great Britain which is still in force in the United Kingdom, with amendments...