Elizabeth I

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Elizabeth I
(Anna Hroudová)
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Birth

• 7ht September 1533

Parents
King Henry VIII Anne
Boleyn
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Birth

• 7ht September 1533

Parents
King Henry VIII Anne
Boleyn
Marriage was declared null. Elizabeth and Mary
were declared illegitimate and were deprived of
their place in the line of succession.
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Childhood

• 4 stepmothers
• Henry VIII reinstated his daughters in the line
  of succession
• 1547 death of Henry VIII
• Edward became the king Edward VI at the age of 9
• 1553 death of Edward VI
• Lady Jane Gray queen for 2 weeks

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Reign of Mary I

• 1553-1558
• Daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon
• married to Philip II, king of Spain
• Catholic Queen hard line against protestants
  Bloody Mary
• 1554 - Waytts Rebellion Elizabeth was
  imprisoned in the Tower of London

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Early reign

• Coronation 15th January 1559
• She was welcomed wholeheartedly by common people
• Chief advisors Sir William Cecil (Secretary of
  State) and Sir Nicholas Bacon (the Lord Keeper of
  the Great Seal)

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Church

• Church of England established by Henry VIII
• Mary I restored Catholicism
• 1559 Parliament was summoned to consider the
  Reformation Bill to create new church
• ministers could marry
• Images were banned from churches
• Book of Common Prayer
• Elizabeth became the Supreme Head of
  the Churh of England

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Conflicts and Rebellions

• Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots
• wife of French king Francis II
• she declared herself Queen of England
  (with French support)
• imprisoned in Scotland, later in
  England
• Conflict with France
• Northern Rebellion
• Rebellions in Ireland

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Anglo Spanish War

• Reasons - English piracy
• - English support of
  Netherlands
• - conspiracies to remove
  Elizabeth I
• 1585 - outbreak of the war
• 1588 - Speech to the troops at Tilbury
• - defeat of the Spanish army
• 1598 - death of Philip II
• - the war reached stalemate
• 1604 Treaty of London concluded the war

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Death

• 24th March 1603 at the age of 69 at Richmond
  Palace
• Buried at Westminster Abbey
• Tales about nominating her successor on her
  deathbed

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Queen and marriage

• Robert Dudley unpopular
• Francis, Duke of Alencon/Anjou (hier to the
  French throne)
• Different lines of succession Mary I, Queen of
  Scots
• 
  Lady Catherine Grey
• 
  Henry Hastings
• Reasons for never marrying are unclear.
• Teories reluctance to share power of the crown
• she felt repulsed by the
  mistreatment of Henry VIIIs wives
• she was psychologicaly scared
• it would have cost her a large
  amount of money and her independence
• marriage to a foreigner could
  have provoke a hostility
• marriage to an English
  nobleman could have lead to a civil war

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Personality and Hobbies

• Elizabeth was taught by famous scholars William
  Grindal, Roger Asham,
• Intelligent she spoke 5 languages fluently
• Hobbies sports (horse riding, haunting,
  hawking, bear bainting), music, dancing, masques,
  watching plays,
• Personality resourceful, determinant,
  charismatic, flirtarious, short tempered
• Motto video et taceo (I see and keep silent)
• Raised as a Protestant

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Elizabethan Era

• Renaissance period
• Golden age
• Playwrights W. Shakespeare, Christopher
  Marlowe, Ben Jonson
• Sir Francis Drake
• Colonisation of North America Sir Walter
  Raleigh
• 
  - Virginia

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