Claim: Elizabeth I was the first daughter of Henry VIII.
Evidence: Her half-brother , Edward VI , ruled until his death in 1553 , bequeathing the crown to Lady Jane Grey and ignoring the claims of his two half-sisters , Elizabeth and the Roman Catholic Mary , in spite of statute law to the contrary.
She was the only child of Henry VIII by his first wife Catherine of Aragon to survive to adulthood.
Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn , his second wife , who was executed two-and-a-half years after Elizabeth 's birth.