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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 mother was executed, and Elizabeth was declared illegitimate. Henry restored her to the line of succession when she was 10, via the Third Succession Act 1543.
The Protestant-minded Elizabeth outwardly conformed with Mary, but became the focus of opposition to the increasingly unpopular government. Mary became ill in May 1558 and formally recognised Elizabeth as her heir presumptive on 6 November. Elizabeth was at Hatfield House to the north of London when she was informed of Mary's death on 17 ...
The Elizabethan Religious Settlement is the name given to the religious and political arrangements made for England during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603). The settlement, implemented from 1559 to 1563, marked the end of the English Reformation.
Keep scrolling for 10 little-known facts about the ceremony. Queen Elizabeth II Through the Years Read article 1. Elizabeth was the sixth queen to have been crowned in Westminster Abbey.
Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, c1588. Version of the Armada portrait attributed to George Gower. The last Tudor monarch, Elizabeth I (1533-1603) ruled from 1558 until 1603
In England and Wales, the Tudor period occurred between 1485 and 1603, including the Elizabethan era during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603). The Tudor period coincides with the dynasty of the House of Tudor in England, which began with the reign of Henry VII.
30 Queen Elizabeth facts that celebrate her life. Queen Elizabeth II was born Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor at 2:40AM on April 21, 1926. ...
Portrait of Elizabeth I in her coronation robes. Copy c. 1600–1610 of a lost original of c. 1559. [1] The pose echoes the famous portrait of Richard II in Westminster Abbey, the second known portrait of a British sovereign. One of many portraits of its type, with a reversed Darnley face pattern, c. 1585–90, artist unknown