to King Henry VII and his second wife Anne Boleyn

~At only two years old Elizabeth lost her mother

to a beheading ordered by King Henry based on

most likely false charges of adultery. After that

she was declared illegitimate to her father. She

was later reinstated as a potential heir

~She was in competiton for the crown with her sister

Mary and her cousin Lady Jane

Jane as the successor but Mary gained the support of

the people and unseated Jane after 9 days

~Mary put the country back under the Pope and

while Elizabeth supported her she wanted a

Protestant nation along with others.

~She was involved with Thomas Wyatt in a rebellion

against Mary in 1554 but the plot was figured out

Thomas Wyatt was executed and Elizabeth

imprisoned. She was later released.

crown. She was left with two problems the war with

France and religious tensions.

~She solved these problems by re-establishing the

Church of England and by working together with

William Cecil she ended the war with France.

~Mary Stuart the queen of Scots tried to take

Elizabeth from the throne claiming to be the

rightful monarch of England. Mary was her cousin

and was imprisoned for 20 before Elizabeth

agreed to execute her in 1587.

became a problem, but she had seen the trouble

royal marriages were.

~She used her availability as a means to political

ends but never agreed to marriage, and had no

interest in sharing her power with a spouse

earning her the nickname "The Virgin Queen"

herself could play the lute, she

also enjoyed dancing and

watching plays

~The arts flourished during

Elizabeth's time and many

writers paid her tribute

~One of the many things they

did was paint portraits which

revealed she was an early

fashionista

during her last year but despite

her fading power she still

showed devotion to her people

in Surrey. The son of her former rival, Mary Stuart,

succeeded her.

~Though the end of her reign was difficult she was

remembered as a queen who supported her people

through thick and thin and provided them with

stability and consistency.

~She even became one of England's most famous

monarchs.