Elizabeth 1 Research Paper

Elizabeth I (r. 1558 – 1603) – Daughter of Henry VIII Queen Elizabeth I of England was also known and nicknamed as “The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, Good Queen Bess, or The Faerie Queen”(Alex) was born on September 7th, 1533 in Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, United Kingdom as Elizabeth Tudor. Her parents were Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Anne was beheaded for adultery when Elizabeth was two years old. She became queen of both England and Ireland on November 17, 1558 and ruled both counties for a total of 45 years. “She died on March 24, 1603 in Richmond Palace, London” (Alex). She was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor line. In this paper I will be talking Elizabeth I’s power and reign, how she was a patron of the arts, able to stay out of

But, in 1553 her older half-sister Mary I became Queen. Mary wanted to re-establish Catholicism. Mary viewed Elizabeth as a threat because she was a Protestant. Elizabeth was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1554 because Queen Mary suspected that Elizabeth was planning a rebellion against her. Elizabeth was released after two months after her innocence was proved and for the lack of proof. “After Mary’s death England was at war with France and there was tension between different religious after Mary worked to restore England to Roman Catholicism Parliament in 1559, she called for the passage of the Act of Supremacy, which re-established the Church of England” (Alex). The Act of Uniformity was successful formed to create a common prayer book. Pope Pius V excommunicated Elizabeth I in 1570 for her division of different religions. Elizabeth successfully ended the war with France by the help of her assistant, William

One major threat to Elizabeth was from Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots. She was King James V of Scotland daughter. Mary united her country with France in 1558 when she married King Francis II, of France. After a few years of their marriage Mary returned to Scotland in 1561. Many Catholics in England wanted Mary to take over the English throne because she was Catholic. Elizabeth and Mary were cousins. However Elizabeth jailed her cousin in 1567 because she believed she was a threat, Mary was planning to overthrow her, therefore, for her safety and for protection she jailed her. Elizabeth kept Mary in prison for about 20 years. Afterward she executed her in