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Elizabeth I

• I may not be a lion, but I am a lions cub, and I
  have a lions heart.

1533 1603
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Coronation
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Childhood

• Born 7th September 1533
• King Henry VIII Anne Boleyn

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Childhood

• Her stepmothers
• Jane Seymour son Edward
• Anne of Cleves
• Catherine Howard
• Catherine Parr

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Education

• Scholars
• William Grindal
• Roger Asham
• She could speak five languages fluently.

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King Edward VI

• King Henry VIII died in the January of 1547
• 9 year old son Edward became
• a king
• Edward Seymour became Protector of England
• his plot was to kidnap the Boy King

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Wyatt rebellion - 1554

• Edward died 1553
• Queen Mary I of England (Elizabeths half-sister)
• Thomas Wyatt wanted to seize the throne
• conspiracy with Elizabeth??
• sent to Tower of London
• then Woodstock Manor in Oxfordshire
• Philip of Spain

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Reign

• 17th November 1558
• crowned on Sunday 15th January 1559
• restored the coinage
• the flourishing of the literary masterpieces
• theaters and playhouses

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Marriage

• Robert Dudley
• Earl of Leicester
• Francis
• Duke of Alencon/Anjou
• Both impossible
• She is called The Virgin Queen

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Mary, Queen of Scots

• Catholics Elizabeth was illegitimate and had no
  right to the throne Mary was rightful Queen of
  England
• plots were made to make Mary queen
• Mary was immediately imprisoned and kept for 20
  years
• executed at Fotheringay Castle on
• 8th February 1587

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Philip, King of Spain

• the relationship changed now enemies
• execution of the Queen of Scots was the impuls
• his mighty fleet was sent against England in
  summer 1588
• the English defeated them
• Elizabeth's popularity
• reached its top

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• Richmond Palace on the 24th March 1603
• England was a country torn apart by religious
  squabbles she turned it to one of the most
  powerful and prosperous countries in the world.

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Lenka Maturová

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