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    Queen Elizabeth I was born in 1533 to King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. She became queen in 1558 and ruled until 1603, facing threats from Spain and Catholic powers. She never married but gained the nicknames the "Virgin Queen" and "Good Queen Bess." Her childhood was difficult after her mother's execution, but she received an excellent education and stabilized England financially and religiously during her reign.

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    Queen Elizabeth I was born in 1533 to King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. She became queen in 1558 and ruled until 1603, facing threats from Spain and Catholic powers. She never married but gained the nicknames the "Virgin Queen" and "Good Queen Bess." Her childhood was difficult after her mother's execution, but she received an excellent education and stabilized England financially and religiously during her reign.

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    Queen Elizabeth I was born in 1533 to King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. She became queen in 1558 and ruled until 1603, facing threats from Spain and Catholic powers. She never married but gained the nicknames the "Virgin Queen" and "Good Queen Bess." Her childhood was difficult after her mother's execution, but she received an excellent education and stabilized England financially and religiously during her reign.

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    Queen Elizabeth I

    Profile
    • Who: Queen Elizabeth I
    • Parents: King Henry VIII & (2nd) wife Anne
    Boleyn
    • Born: Sunday September 7, 1533 around 3PM
    at Greenwich Palace
    • Religion: Protestant ( because she had to obey
    the Act of Supremacy)
    • Height: between 5’3” and 5’5”
    • Eyes: brown
    • Hair: curly golden red
    Profile (cont’d)
    • Martial: never married, no children
    (although there was a suspected
    affair with Edward Seymour)
    • Died: Thursday March 24, 1603 at
    Richmond Palace at the age of 69
    • Buried: Westminster Abbey, London
    • Nicknames: Good Queen Bess
    Gloriana
    The Virgin Queen
    Infancy
    • She was the daughter of Henry VIII
    and Anne Boleyn
    • She was born September 7, 1533 in
    the Place of Placentia.
    • She was named after her parental
    grandmother, Elizabeth of York
    • Her mother was executed when she
    was 3 years old
    Childhood
     Her childhood was scarred
    after her mother died at
    the age of 3.
     She was stripped of her
    princess title and simply
    called a lady.
     Her and Edward VI
    became close because
    they were both
    motherless
     She was given an
    impressive education, she
    learned Latin, Greek,
    Spanish, French, history,
    philosophy and math.
    Childhood cont’d
     Because of her father’s failed
    marriges and executions of his
    wives, Elizabeth was afraid of
    marriage
     When she was 13 she had to cope
    with the death of her father.
    Rise to Power
     Became Queen Thursday
    November17, 1558 at the age of 25
     Reigned 4 years and 4 months
     She was locked in the Tower of
    London by her half sister Mary,
    because she was a threat to the
    throne
    Her Reign
     Advisor were William Cecil,
    Lord Burghley, Sir Francis
    Walsingham, Sir Nicholas
    Bacon, and Sir Robert Cecil
     Her step-uncle Edward
    Seymour (Edward VI’s
    uncle) wanted to marry
    her to gain power
     Greatest Military threat was
    the Spanish Armada which
    sailed toward England in
    1589.
     England prevailed and
    became the supreme naval
    power.
    Alliances
     By 1568 English
    relations with the
    Hapsburgs (Catholic)
    deteriorated
     She had ties to the
    French Huguenots, and
    secretly gave aid to
    them during the French
    Wars of Religion.
     In 1572 she made an
    alliance with the French
    monarch, the St.
    Bartholomew’s day
    massacre strained the
    relationship but did not
    break it.
    Her legacy
     Militarily unsuccessful
     She funded John Cabot, which resulted in
    the first English claim to overseas territory
    (Newfoundland)
    Despite this she was unable to build on those claims with
    permanent overseas settlements as the Stuarts did
     Stabilized finances and religious conflicts
    after Bloody Mary
     Patronized the arts and developed culture.
    Bibliography
     www.wikipedia.com
     www.elizabethi.com
     www.luminarium.org/renlit/eliza.htm
     www.picsearch.com
     www.tudorhistory.org
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