1533-1603+Elizabeth+I

Elizabeth I

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 * __Elizabeth__ I **


 * -Queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 24 March 1603 **
 * -She was called the Virgin Queen **
 * - Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty **
 * -Child of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn **
 * - When Elizabeth was two years and eight months old her mother was executed on 19 May 1536. **
 * - Elizabeth became queen at the age of 25, and Elizabeth declared her intentions to her Council and other peers who had come to Hatfield to swear allegiance. **
 * - Elizabeth's personal religious convictions have been much debated by scholars. She was a Protestant, but kept Catholic symbols **
 * -Elizabeth started to legislate based on the protestant settlements **
 * -everyone offered people to marry Elizabeth however she declined **
 * - Elizabeth's unmarried status inspired a cult of virginity. **
 * - The period after the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 brought new difficulties for Elizabeth that lasted the fifteen years until the end of her reign **
 * - The Queen's health remained fair until the autumn of 1602, when a series of deaths among her friends plunged her into a severe __depression__ **
 * -She fell sick and died on 24 March 1603. [[image:https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/D4QnC6QYT-O2JXPvsMMw1r9PmlYVp4Cfi_nN2kEWXr6UYHyBOoy6uY9lk1nPWQHmsiS-gidsnJlJLFA4W2CPR9bjCl7p1FbfJGtH-uC4SnUo7WS6yK8]] **