Queen Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I of England was born in September 1553. Elizabeth was crowned queen on January 15^th 1559 and was queen of England and Ireland. She was the very last monarch of the Tudor Dynasty. During her reign she was given nicknames like "Virgin Queen". She was called "Virgin Queen" because she never married anyone and never had any children so she didn’t give any heirs to the throne after her.

Queen Elizabeth was a great queen and ruled the kingdom for a total of 44 years. The time period of her reign was known as the Elizabethan Era. At first, she did not become queen right away. Elizabeth was actually cut out of being queen with her half-sister Mary by King Henry. But besides that she received a good education and was known for her calm and gentle spirit.

So later King Henry appointed a woman named Lady Jane Grey to take his place as ruler. That did not last for long because Elizabeth I’s half-sister Mary took her throne and became queen. This made Elizabeth in danger because Mary was Catholic but she was Protestant. Mary saw Elizabeth as a threat.

Mary put Elizabeth in house arrest. She was imprisoned until Queen Mary’s death in 1558. After that, Elizabeth finally became queen and was crowned in 1559 at Westminster Abbey.

Throughout her reign she revoked all her sisters’ changes to Catholicism and replaced it all with Protestantism.

After Mary’s death her husband King Philip of Spain thought he should get some consideration from Elizabeth and maybe even become married to her. During this time lots of attacks were made towards Spain so that created an excuse for Philip to launch an attack on England. But it was successful for England that the Spanish did not even reach England to attack so Queen Elizabeth got the credit for that victory.

Throughout the reign of Queen Elizabeth (the Elizabethan Era) England developed more stability and started to become very successful. While other countries were not so successful, England was rising to the top, flourishing.

Later in Elizabeth’s life she started to get depressed (around 1602 and 1603). She then died in 1603 and was buried next to her half-sister Mary in Westminster Abbey. After her death she then was given the nickname “Good Queen Bess” from the people who mourned her death.