I may not be a lion, but I am a

lion’s cub, and I have a lions’

heart.

Elizabeth I
1533 – 1603
Coronation
 Childhood
• Born 7th September 1533
• King Henry VIII Anne Boleyn
 Childhood
Her stepmothers:
• Jane Seymour – son Edward
• Anne of Cleves
• Catherine Howard
• Catherine Parr
 Education
Scholars:
• William Grindal
• Roger Asham

She could speak five languages fluently.

 King Edward VI
• King Henry VIII died in the January of 1547

• 9 year old son Edward became

a king

– Edward Seymour became Protector of

England
his plot was to kidnap the Boy King
 Wyatt rebellion - 1554
• Edward died 1553
• Queen Mary I of England (Elizabeth’s half-
sister)
• Thomas Wyatt wanted to seize the throne
• conspiracy with Elizabeth??
sent to Tower of London
then Woodstock Manor in Oxfordshire
• Philip of Spain
 Reign
• 17th November 1558
• crowned on Sunday 15th January 1559
• restored the coinage
• the flourishing of the literary masterpieces
• theaters and playhouses
 Marriage
• Robert Dudley
– Earl of Leicester
• Francis
– Duke of Alencon/Anjou

Both impossible

She is called The Virgin Queen

 Mary, Queen of Scots
• Catholics: Elizabeth was illegitimate and had no
right to the throne – Mary was rightful Queen of
England
• plots were made to make Mary queen
• Mary was immediately imprisoned and kept for
20 years
• executed at Fotheringay Castle on
8th February 1587
 Philip, King of Spain
• the relationship changed – now enemies

• execution of the Queen of Scots was the impuls

– his mighty fleet was sent against England in
summer 1588

• the English defeated them

– Elizabeth's popularity
reached its top
† Richmond Palace on the 24th March 1603

England was a country torn apart by

religious squabbles – she turned it to
one of the most powerful and
prosperous countries in the world.
 Lenka Maturová

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