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Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) [ a] was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. She was the last monarch of the House of Tudor . Elizabeth was the only surviving child of Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. When Elizabeth was two years old, her parents' marriage was annulled, her ...
The Elizabethan era is the epoch in the Tudor period of the history of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603). Historians often depict it as the golden age in English history. The Roman symbol of Britannia (a female personification of Great Britain) was revived in 1572, and often thereafter, to mark the Elizabethan age as a ...
1516–1558 Queen of England r. 1553–1558: Philip II of Spain 1527–1598 King of England r. 1554–1558: Margaret Douglas 1515–1578: James V 1512–1542 King of Scots r. 1513–1542: Jane 1536/1537–1554 Queen of England Disputed r. 1553: Edward VI 1537–1553 King of England r. 1547–1553: Elizabeth I 1533–1603 Queen of England r ...
1603–1625 (England) Anne of Denmark 1574–1619 Queen of England and Ireland: John IV 1604–1656 King of Portugal: Henry Frederick 1594–1612 Prince of Wales: Elizabeth Stuart 1596–1662 Queen of Bohemia: Frederick V 1596–1632 Elector Palatine King of Bohemia: Margaret Stuart 1598–1600: King Charles I 1600–1649 King of England r ...
Reign: November 17 , 1558 – March 24 , 1603 (44 years, 128 days) Elizabeth I, one of the most recognizable monarchs in English history, was intelligent, multilingual, and a patron of the arts ...
Elizabethan literature refers to bodies of work produced during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603), and is one of the most splendid ages of English literature.In addition to drama and the theatre, it saw a flowering of poetry, with new forms like the sonnet, the Spenserian stanza, and dramatic blank verse, as well as prose, including historical chronicles, pamphlets, and the first ...
The succession to the childless Elizabeth I was an open question from her accession in 1558 to her death in 1603, when the crown passed to James VI of Scotland. While the accession of James went smoothly, the succession had been the subject of much debate for decades. In some scholarly views, it was a major political factor of the entire reign ...
Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning monarch of the United Kingdom—2022 marks 70 years since her ascension to the throne. Next in line on the royal family tree is Prince Charles, her son ...