Elizabeth I died without issue (childless), so the succession passed to a cousin, James VI of Scotland, the son of Mary, Queen of Scots. When he took the throne after Elizabeth's death in 1603, he became James I of England. James and Elizabeth were both descended from Henry VII, and James was legitimately the next in line to the throne.
James I of England.
James VI of Scoland became James I of England on the death of Elizabeth I in 1603.
King James I of England
King James VI of Scotland became James I of England.
1603, on the death of Queen Elizabeth I. He was also James VI of Scotland.
He was already James VI of Scots when Queen Elizabeth of England died. He was the heir to the English throne.
After the Death of Queen Elizabeth I in 1603 her cousin King James VI of Scotland became King as King James I of England.
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Elizabeth I died in 1603 with no children. James VI of Scotland had strong but unrecognised claims to the English throne so he was invited to be King of England as well. Thus he became King James I of England and Ireland whilst quite separately being King James VI of Scotland.
James VI of Scotland became James I of England in 1603.
James VI was heir to Elizabeth as he was the great-great grandson of Henry VIII's sister Margaret.
The wisest fool in Christendom, James VI.