Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of James VI & I and Anna of Denmark, was born in Scotland in 1596. Her father’s accession to the English throne in 1603 on the death of Elizabeth I led to the Stuart royal family moving south. Considered intelligent and beautiful, Elizabeth was viewed by many as the ideal princess, and the royal family’s arrival signified a departure from the inheritance crises that had existed within the previous Tudor reigns. Within heritage sites Elizabeth Stuart is tied to her Tudor and Windsor namesakes through the chronological reconstruction of the historic monarchy seen in temporary exhibitions and permanent reconstructions, such as the 2021 exhibition Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits. The reconstruction of Elizabeth in heritage sites in England presents an Anglo-centric narrative, transforming Elizabeth Stuart into an idealised ‘English’ Princess. Her name and her motherhood—which later led to the succession of the Hanoverian dynasty—can be seen to create a conduit linking the past and present royal families together. This erases her Scottish birth and creates a set of ‘desirable’ traits that are used to legitimise and uphold the modern monarchy.