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About ELizabethan I :

The daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn, Queen Elizabeth I came to the throne in 1558 and ruled England for almost 45 years. Her reign is known as The Golden Age, a time that saw the birth of Shakespeare, the defeat of the Spanish Armada, and the emergence of England as a world power.

  • FULL NAme: Elizabeth Tudor

  • BORN: Greenwich Palace Sunday (around 3pm) 7 September 1533

  • PAREnts: Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn (Executed 19 May 1536)

  • BECAME QUEEN: Thursday, 17 November 1558, aged 25

  • CROWNED: westminster Abbey, Sunday, 15 January 1559

  • HEIGHT: Estimated between 5ft 3in - 5ft 5in

  • EYES: Brown

  • HAIR: A curly golden red

  • NATIONALITY: English

  • RELIgion: Protestant

  • MARITAL STATUS: Never married or had children

  • DIED: Richmond Palace, Thursday, 24 March 1603, aged 69

  • REIGNED: 44 years, 4 months

  • BURIED: Westminster Abbey, London

  • REMEMBERED AS: The Virgin Queen, Good Queen Bess, Gloriana

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