Did you know that Henry VIII re-marrying had a big effect on Elizabeth’s life? In fact when Henry re-married Elizabeth was no longer a princess!But she lived a wealthy life in her half-brother Edwards’ household. She had the best tutors in all the land to help her with her studies. In total she learned six languages and in addition she could play a musical instrument called the virginal.
It was only when Henry was about to die that he realised that he would not have another boy and made Mary and Elizabeth princesses again. Our opinion is that when Henry was alive he killed and divorced so many of his wives that he put Elizabeth off for marrying her self!
Did you know that Elizabeth worked extremely hard to be queen? She went to many different towers and cites in England and tried to keep the people safe in the country. She even set up a council of advisors called the privy council! The privy council was made to help other countries, working with army, and taking care of other important issues. Elizabeth 1st most trusted advisor was her secretary of state William Cecil.
Elizabeth 1st was queen of England and Ireland from 17th of November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called the Virgin queen, Gloriana or good queen bess, the children Elizabeth was the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. Did you know that she was the last Tudor queen?
On January 1559 when she was 25 Elizabeth was crowned queen. Did you know that in Elizabeth coronation she burnt a at in a wicker basket ?
Elizabeth was born on 1553 September 7th in Greenwich place,her father was Henry 8th and her mother was Anne Boleyn. But her father king Henry 8th wanted a boy so bad he killed Elizabeth mother!Before Elizabeth was born her half sister Mary was born before Elizabeth and that meant she would be second become queen after Mary died.Elizabeth’s father killed her mother{Anne- Boleyn}that meant Elizabeth was no longer a princess! So she lived in her half brother Edwards house, even know she was not princess she was still the Kings daughter.
At the age of 13 her father died of a leg wound and a infection too as well!When she lived in the village in England she lived her life as a wealthy lady but was treated as if she was still a daughter to the king.Following the death of king Henry 8th her half brother Edward became king.But he sadly died because he had a very bad illness and died. You probably think Elizabeth became queen after Edward ?Well you would be wrong Mary became queen after Edward died. While Mary was queen she thought her half sister Elizabeth was in the plot to kill her so she imprinted her for 8 weeks.When Mary died Elizabeth was under house arrest!{arrested in your house}In January 1559 Elizabeth was crowned queen of England.Elizabeth was a hard working queen because she visited lots of different towns and city’s. Throughout her time of Queen many people tried to assassinate her to take her place on the thrown that including her cousin Mary queen of Scots who tried to kill Elizabeth numerous times.Finally she had Mary queen of Scots captured she was sent to death!in order to find out who was plotting against her she set up a spy network throughout.When Elizabeth made many new rules like that you are not aloud to wear purple and that you have to wear hats on Sundays.At the end of her region there where more then 200,000 people living in the city of London.Elizabeth died on March 24th 1603 in Richmond,England.
Did you know that Henry VIII re-marrying had a big effect on Elizabeth’s life? In fact when Henry re-married Elizabeth was no longer a princess!But she lived a wealthy life in her half-brother Edwards’ household. She had the best tutors in all the land to help her with her studies. In total she learned six languages and in addition she could play a musical instrument called the virginal.
