Queen Elizabeth

Elizabeth I was the Queen of Ireland and England. She was born September 7, 1533 and died in 1603 at the age of 70.

Elizabeth had a sister and one half brother. Her sister did not like her very much because Elizabeth was her parent’s favorite, even though they were very disappointed that she was a girl.

Elizabeth was 25 years old when she became the Queen. Her forty-five year reign saw England emergence as a nation of tremendous political power and unparalled cultural acheivence.

Because so much of English resistance is directly attributed to Elizabeth’s personal character and influence, it is appropriate that the last half of the 16th century is called the Elizabethan Period.

The fact that Elizabeth became Queen at all almost indicates some greatness toward the normal expectations that she shouldn’t have gotten the throne at all.

Elizabeth was raised to marry and European king or price, however because her father be-headed her mother when she was young she said that she would never marry.
She received an excellent education that included training in the Greek, Latin, Italian, and French languages.  

Many of the English people adored Elizabeth, but her unmarried state and her way of living the way she wanted, including the refusal to deal with the succession, led to much cultural anxiety.

Elizabeth was very interested in theology and not particularly concerned about what her people believed, but she was determined that they should except the royal authority.

 
Elizabeth gave her country a period of peace, which led to prosperity. She reconciled the hostilities that England had with other countries, going to war only in self-defense. [continues]

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