Queen Elizabeth I.

Elizabeth was born on 7 September 1533.

Her mother was Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second wife.

She had a half-sister, Mary, and a half-brother, Edward.

Queen of the Golden Age

She never married, so she was the last Tudor monarch,

because of that she is also called the Virgin Queen.

The state of Virginia in America is named after her.

Good Queen Bess

In 1588 the King of Spain, Philip I, sent a fleet of ships called

the Armada to invade England, but they were defeated.

Elizabeth gave a famous speech to encourage her troops .

Big Battle

Elizabeth I wore thick white makeup to cover up scars on her face leftover from when she had smallpox. Smallpox was a very serious disease in Tudor times

During her reign lots of English explorers searched for new

lands and treasures. The most known English writer, William

Shakespeare lived and wrote his famous works in her time

The Elizabethan Era

Elizabeth could speak six languages!

Elizabeth I signed her name in a very nice and complicated way. ‘R’ at the end stands for

‘regina’, which is the Latin word for queen.

There were a few plots to assassinate Elizabeth I and put her cousin Mary Queen of

Scots on the throne instead. The most famous is the Babington Plot.

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