Queen Elizabeth I The Elizabethan Age
Who She Was: Daughter to King Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn + = King Henry VIII Anne Boleyn Queen Elizabeth I.
Controversial Love Child Elizabeth was born an illegitimate bastard because Anne Boleyn wasn’t married to King Henry. Anne was killed because: –Protestant –Couldn’t produce a male heir –Never true Queen of England
“Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married.” I will have here but one mistress and no master. izabeth_001.jpg “I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king.”
Elizabeth kept the theatres alive and running.
Defeat of the Spanish Armada: One of the greatest victories in English History “I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart of a king, and of a king of England”- (Speech against the Spanish Armada).
Virginia- “Virgin Queen” Sir Walter Raleigh had permission from The Virgin Queen to establish colonies in North America Sir Walter Raleigh.
Urban Legends of Queen Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth hated Catholics… Believed in Black Magic… Superstitious… Queen Elizabeth was bald… Queen Elizabeth had many lovers… Never mentioned her mother’s name… FALSE! FALSE TRUE! FALSE!
One of England’s most beloved Queens “Golden Age” Elizabethan Era
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