because she was cousins with elizabeth I.
Claim the Throne was created in 2004.
As opposed to the Kings wife: Matilda had a claim to the throne in the time of King Stephen. The first female Monarch is Queen Mary I , Bloody Mary, Mary Tudor.
it was elizabeth 1 :P
daughter of anne Boleyn,second wife of Henry the 8th.
Because boys were seen to have the superior claim to a throne. If he had been a girl, he might also have ruled first (despite being younger), because both Mary and Elizabeth had been declared illegitimate.
Atahualpa fought his brother to claim the Inca Empire Throne.
Lady Jane Grey ascended the throne with the death of King Edward. He had no children and this left the rightful heir in dispute. She was the de facto monarch for only 9 days when Mary supported by the Catholic Pope came to claim the throne. Realizing she had little chance of retaining her title, Jane Grey stepped aside. Mary executed her February 12, 1554.
in what circumstances did Mary Tudor come to the throne?
it was infact the catholics that challenged Elizabeth the firsts claim to the english throne.
Mary's claim to the English throne was a worry to Elizabeth and she had the troopss Elizabeth thought to support her, as was the fact she was a catholic an had an heir. ironically her son inherited the english throne after Elizabeth's death and her line has lived on into he current royal family .
Mary I of Scotland (Mary, Queen of Scots) came to the throne on 14 Dec 1542. Mary I of England (Bloody Mary) came to the throne on 19 July 1553.