While he wasn’t the first monarch in the world to claim a super-natural right to the throne, King James I of England (also King James VI of Scotland) was the first English monarch to use the theory of the Divine Right of Kings. Claiming that as King he has to answer to nobody on Earth, and is given the right to rule by God. Coincidentally he also oversaw the English translation of scripture known as the King James Bible, which still features many supporters who strongly oppose any other English translation.
Right-wing Christian support for the KJV Bible has sharply dropped off in recent years, now that they know he was homosexual (or I suppose, bisexual, since he did marry as was his duty and produce heirs).