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Queen of England Elizabeth Tudor, I

Queen of England Elizabeth Tudor, I

Female 1533 - 1603  (69 years)

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  • Name Elizabeth Tudor 
    Title Queen of England 
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    Relationshipwith Kathleen Alice Jones-Rouse
    Birth 7 Sep 1533  Greenwich Palace, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Occupation Queen of England reigned 1558 to 1603 
    Stories and Notes Movie

    Title: Elizabeth I: The Golden Age
    Starring: Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth I
    Released: 2007
    Production: Universal Pictures 
    Stories and Notes Queen of England (1558–1603), the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Through her Religious Settlement of 1559 she enforced the Protestant religion by law. She had Mary Queen of Scots executed in 1587. Her conflict with Roman Catholic Spain led to the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. The Elizabethan age was expansionist in commerce and geographical exploration, and arts and literature flourished. The rulers of many European states made unsuccessful bids to marry Elizabeth, and she used these bids to strengthen her power. She was succeeded by James I.

    Elizabeth was born at Greenwich, London on 7 September 1533. She was well educated in several languages. During her Roman Catholic half-sister Mary's (Mary I) reign, Elizabeth's Protestant sympathies brought her under suspicion, and she lived in seclusion at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, until on Mary's death she became queen. Her first task was to bring about a broad religious settlement. Many unsuccessful attempts were made by Parliament to persuade Elizabeth to marry or settle the succession. She found courtship a useful political weapon, and she maintained friendships with, among others, the courtiers Leicester, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Essex. She was known as the Virgin Queen.

    The arrival in England in 1568 of Mary Queen of Scots and her imprisonment by Elizabeth caused a political crisis, and a rebellion of the feudal nobility of the north followed in 1569. Friction between English and Spanish sailors hastened the breach with Spain. When the Dutch rebelled against Spanish tyranny Elizabeth secretly encouraged them; Philip II retaliated by aiding Catholic conspiracies against her. This undeclared war continued for many years, until the landing of an English army in the Netherlands in 1585 and Mary's execution in 1587, brought it into the open. Philip's Armada (the fleet sent to invade England in 1588) met with total disaster.

    The war with Spain continued with varying fortunes to the end of the reign, while events at home foreshadowed the conflicts of the 17th century. Among the Puritans discontent was developing with Elizabeth's religious settlement, and several were imprisoned or executed. Parliament showed a new independence, and in 1601 forced Elizabeth to retreat on the question of the crown granting manufacturing and trading monopolies. Yet her prestige remained unabated, as shown by the failure of Essex's rebellion in 1601. 
    To Lady Kathleen 5 x cousin 13 times removed 
    Death 23 Mar 1603  Richmond Palace, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3301  Enchanted Family Tree
    Last Modified 6 Sep 2020 

    Father King of England Henry Tudor, VIII,   b. 28 Jun 1491, Greenwich Palace, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 1547, Whitehall Palace, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Marchioness of Pembroke Anne Boleyn,   b. 1501, Blickling Hall, Blickling, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 May 1536, Tower of London, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Marriage 25 Jan 1533  Westminster, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1805  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 7 Sep 1533 - Greenwich Palace, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 23 Mar 1603 - Richmond Palace, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
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