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Famous
as:
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Queen
of England |
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Born:
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7
September 1533, Greenwich Palace, London, England. |
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Birth
Name:
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Elizabeth
Tudor |
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Parents:
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King
Henry VIII and Anne
Boleyn |
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Siblings:
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Queen
Mary I, King Edward VI, Henry Fitzroy (illegitimate
son of Henry VIII) |
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Nationality:
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English/Welsh |
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Height:
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Estimated
between 3ft 3in and 3ft 5in. |
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Eyes:
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Brown |
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Hair:
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Wavy
Golden-Red |
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Education:
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Tutored
by Roger Ascham and William Grindal. |
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Achievements:
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In
an age when assassination and deposition were common place, Elizabeth survived
numerous threats to rule England successfully for almost 45 years. |
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Elizabeth
I is considered one of England's greatest monarchs. |
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By
wise government, Elizabeth transformed England from a second-rate power,
riddled with internal conflict, to one of the most powerful nations in
the world. |
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In
defeating the Spanish Armada (1588) Elizabeth had lead her people to victory
over the most powerful ruler in the sixteenth century world, Philip II,
King of Spain. |
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Very
early in her reign Elizabeth successfully restored the debased coinage. |
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Despite
the unpopularity of her mother, Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth became one of the
most popular monarchs of all time. Her reign is called The Golden Age. |
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Elizabeth
successfully re-established the Protestant Church of England, following
the restitution of Roman Catholicism in England at the accession of her
half-sister, Mary I. This church still exists today. |
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Although
a woman in a man's world, Elizabeth ruled successfully, proving that a
woman could rule as well as any man. |
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In
an age of religious and political extremism, Elizabeth managed to maintain
peace in her kingdom. |
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Elizabeth
encouraged the arts, despite opposition from religious extremists, which
enabled literature and drama to flourish. |
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Miscellaneous:
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In
1536, when Elizabeth was only two years old, her mother, Anne Boleyn, was
beheaded. |
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Over
the course of her life, Elizabeth was officially declared illegitimate
several times. Roman Catholics always maintained that the Queen was illegitimate |
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Roman
Catholics believed that Mary, Queen of Scots, was the rightful queen of
England. |
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During
the reign of her half-sister, Mary I, Elizabeth was imprisoned in the Tower
of London for several weeks, and then at Woodstock Manor in Oxfordshire
for a year. |
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In
1562, Elizabeth almost died of small pox. |
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Elizabeth's
main childhood home was the Palace of Hatfield. It was demolished in the
early 17th century to build Hatfield House, but parts of the old palace
still exist. |
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Marital
Status:
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Never
married. |
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Children:
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No
children. |
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Died:
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24
March 1603, Richmond Palace, London, England. |
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Cause of Death:
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Illness. |
Buried:
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Westminster
Abbey, London. |
