Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth was born in Greenwich Palace on September 7, 1533.
She died on March 24, 1603, of natural causes. Her father was Henry VII.
His second wife, Anne Boleyn was Elizabeth's mother. King Henry wanted a
son, but received a daughter, instead, from his second wife. Before
Elizabeth's third birthday, Henry had her mother beheaded in charges of
adultery and treason.
Elizabeth was brought up in a separate household at Hatfield (not
known). King Henry's third wife gave birth to a son. This boy was named
Edward. Edward was declared first in line for King Henry's throne, while
Mary (Daughter of Henry's first wife) was declared second, and Elizabeth
was declared third and ...
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the languages of Greek, Latin, French, and
Italian.
When Henry died in 1547, her brother, Edward, took over the throne at
ten years of age. Edward, with a short reign on the throne, died in 1553,
and Elizabeth's half, older sister, Mary took the throne. Mary, like
Edward, died on November 17, 1558, after a short time on the throne.In
October 1562, Queen Elizabeth almost died of small pox.
In 1584, Europe's other major protestant leader, William of Orange,
was assassinated. For the first time in her life, Elizabeth showed some
concern. She was now, the only major protestant leader in Europe. At this
time, Elizabeth's Privy council drew up a Bond of Association which pledged
that its signers, in an attempt on Elizabeth's life, would kill the
assassins along with the claimant to the throne who the attempt was made
for.
In the mid 1580s, it was clear that a direct military confrontation
between England and Spain was unavoidable in the near future.
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