Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn and, despite being declared illegitimate following the annulment of her parents’ marriage, came to the throne as the next in line behind her Catholic half-sister under the terms of the Third Act of Succession.
Raleigh had been found guilty of treason for his involvement in the Main Plot that sought to depose Elizabeth’s successor James I and replace him with his cousin Arabella Stuart.
James was the only son of Mary, Queen of Scots, who was forced to abdicate in favour of her young son a month after she was imprisoned.
However, the plot was revealed in an anonymous letter and Guy Fawkes was discovered guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder.
On the 17th November 1558, Elizabeth I succeeded her half-sister Mary to become queen of England.
On the 5th November 1605, the Gunpowder Plot was foiled when Guy or Guido Fawkes was discovered guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder that had been placed in an undercroft below the House of Lords in London.
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