Queen Elizabeth I The Beloved And Powerful Queen Of England

Queen Elizabeth I

By Louisa Tojner

Introduction

Queen Elizabeth I was the beloved and powerful Queen of England in the 16th century. She ruled for 44 years, from 1558 until her death in 1603. Under the reign of Elizabeth the golden age occurred, a time where art flourished and the country grew into something great. Elizabeth also strongly supported artist like William Shakespeare. She often visited the theater, loving comedy, and dramatic plays.

The Queen never married, to stay independent, and therefore is called the Virgin Queen. She also held other nicknames like Gloriana, Good Queen Bess, the Great and the Faerie Queen.

Family

Queen Elizabeth was the daughter of King Henry VIII Tudor and his second wife Anne Boleyn. Elizabeth was born in Greenwich on the 7th September 1533. The father of Elizabeth was very famous for having 6 wives and remarrying against the

Elizabeth defeated the greatest power/country in the 16th century.

Spain was ruled by King Philip II and had a good relationship with England that quickly worsened over time because Elizabeth refused to marry Phillip, the countries had different religions and England encouraged pirates who plundered Spanish ships.

In 1588 Philip sent a massive fleet towards small England. The Spanish Armada had 130 ships and 30,000 soldiers.

The plan was to sail from Spain through the English panel, the Spanish would meet with the ships of Duke Parma, Phillips nephew. They would then overwell England with a surprise attack. Queen Elizabeth would be captured and Phillips daughter would rule England.

But Elizabeth knew that Spain was invading through rumors. And both English soldiers and sailors were waiting for the Spanish Armada. Queen Elizabeth, like a warrior, inspected her soldiers on a white horse and confidently gave her famous “Tilbury”