Elizabeth I
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- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Renaissance
- Categories: Government and Politics, Women’s Issues, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility
- Subcategories: Kings, Queens, Kingdoms, Monarchy
- Curriculum: Women’s History, British History, Renaissance History
Article abstract: The last of the five Tudor monarchs, Queen Elizabeth I earned the respect of her associates and the love of her subjects while ruling her people longer and more capably than most kings of her time.
Early Life
The second child of King Henry VIII, Elizabeth, was born on September 7, 1533, at Greenwich Palace. Before she was three years old, her father nullified his marriage to her mother, Anne Boleyn, whom he then had tried for adultery and conspiracy, convicted, and beheaded. Like her older half sister, Mary, before her, Elizabeth was...
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