Queen elizabeth i biography timeline reports
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Who was Elizabeth I?
- Elizabeth inom was a Tudor monarch who ruled England from 1558 - 1603.
- Despite her long reign, Elizabeth was never expected to become queen. She was gods in line to the throne of all of Henry VIII’s legitimateA begrepp used during the historisk period period to describe a person who had been born to married parents. By contrast, someone with unmarried parents was considered to be illegitimate. children.
- After the execution of her mother, Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth’s early life was full of danger, which helped shape the queen she became.
- England experienced a great deal of change during Elizabeth’s reign. Religion, samhälle, the arts, trade and exploration were all very different bygd the time of her death.
Activity - who are you at the court of Elizabeth I?
Elizabeth inom was born Princess Elizabeth in September 1533, the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Henry’s second wife.
One of the reasons for Henry’s break from Rome was that he wanted to mar
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Queen Elizabeth I and Richmond
Local history note on Queen Elizabeth I and Richmond.
Queen Elizabeth I was the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn, who were married on 25 January 1533 and Elizabeth was born at Greenwich on 7 September 1533. Anne was executed on 19 May 1536 and Henry married Jane Seymour, whose son became Edward VI after his father’s death on 28 January 1547. Henry also had another daughter, Mary, born on 18 February 1516, by his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. Mary had been brought up as a Roman Catholic whereas Edward and Elizabeth were Protestants.
After her father’s death, Elizabeth lived with her stepmother, Catherine Parr, who had been Henry’s sixth wife, at her house in Chelsea and at Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire. The latter was the home of Thomas Seymour, Duke of Somerset whom Katherine had married in April 1547. After Catherine’s death in childbirth on 7 September 1548, Elizabeth set up her own househ
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Queen Elizabeth I
(1533-1603)
Who Was Queen Elizabeth I?
Queen Elizabeth I claimed the throne in 1558 at the age of 25 and held it until her death 44 years later. Elizabeth I was born a princess but declared illegitimate through political machinations. Eventually, upon her half-sister Mary Tudor’s death, she took the crown.
During her reign, Elizabeth I established Protestantism in England; defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588; maintained peace inside her previously divided country; and created an environment where the arts flourished. She was sometimes called the "Virgin Queen", as she never married.
Queen Elizabeth I’s Father and Mother
Elizabeth was the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. She was only 2 years old when her mother was beheaded on the orders of her father, based on questionable charges of adultery and conspiracy.
The Hampden Portrait, Queen Elizabeth I, circa 1563.
Early Life and Education
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