QUEEN ELIZABETH 1
Queen Elizabeth 1 was born on September 7, 1533 at Greenwich Palace.
Elizabeth 1 was the daughter of King Henry VIII, and his second wife, Anne Boleyn.
Later, Anne Boleyn was arrested and charged with trumped up crimes, and executed on 19 May, 1536.
Ascended the Throne : November 17, 1558.
Elizabeth 1 was the third Queen to rule England in her own right.
Coronation : Westminster Abbey, January 15, 1559.
Queen Elizabeth 1 never married.
Died : Richmond Palace, Surrey, March 24, 1603.
Queen Elizabeth 1 having died at age sixty-nine, was the oldest English Sovereign ever to reign.
Buried : Westminster Abbey.
Queen Elizabeth 1 was the most popular ruler in the history of England.
She had a difficult childhood.
Was held prisoner in the Tower for being a Protestant.
Queen Elizabeth 1 saved England by creating the Church of England, based on the Thirty Nine Articles.
Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty.
In government, Elizabeth was more moderate than her father and siblings.
One of her mottoes was video et taceo: "I see but say nothing".
This strategy, viewed with impatience by her counsellors, often saved Elizabeth from political and marital misalliances.
Queen Elizabeth 1 Quotes:
I may not be a lion, but I am a lion's cub, and I have a lion's heart....Quote by Queen Elizabeth I.
I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too; and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm....Quote by Queen Elizabeth I.
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