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Queen Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called the Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. The daughter of Henry VIII, she was born a princess, but her mother, Anne Boleyn, was executed two and a half years after her birth, and Elizabeth was declared illegitimate. Her brother, Edward VI, bequeathed the crown to Lady Jane Grey, cutting his sisters out of the succession. His will was set aside, and in 1558 Elizabeth succeeded the Catholic Mary I, during whose reign she had been imprisoned for nearly a year on suspicion of supporting Protestant rebels. (Source.)
Queen Elizabeth established her own religion in England, declaring herself its head. Fines were inflicted upon those who did not attend her services, and severe measures were taken to supress the Catholic Church. Harboring a Catholic priest was punishable by death; a priest ordained oversees was condemmed as a traitor. St. Edmund Campion is a well-known example of one of these. (For more information on a Catholic perspective of this time period, read the autibiography of Father Gerard, "During the Persecution")

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Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603

Born 7 September 1533
Died 24 March 1603

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  • Cover of: By the Queene: a proclamation for thexecution of the lawes made agaynst vnlawful reteynors, &c

    First published in 1560 — 38 editions
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  • Cover of: By the Quene: the Quenes Maiestie vnderstandyng that where of late the peece of golde called the pistolet was made currant at fyue shyllynges and ten pence ..

    First published in 1559 — 17 editions
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  • Cover of: Book of Common Prayer: King James, Anno 1604. Commonly Called the Hampton Court Book

    First published in 2018 — 15 editions
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  • Cover of: Elizabeth I: Autograph Compositions and Foreign Language Originals
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    Cover of edition elizabethicollec0000eliz Cover of edition elizabethitransl00ieli First published in 2000 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: The letters of Queen Elizabeth I
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    First published in 1968 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: By the Queene. A proclamation for the prices of wines

    First published in 1588 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The public speaking of Queen Elizabeth: selections from her official addresses

    First published in 1951 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: By the Queene, a proclamation commanding all persons vpon the borders of England, to keepe peace towards Scotland, vpon the like proclamation by the King of Scots towards England

    First published in 1596 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: By the Queene, a proclamation for maintenaunce of tillage

    First published in 1569 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: By the Queene, a proclamation for bringing into the realme of vnlawfull and seditious bookes

    First published in 1569 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: By the Queene, a proclamation to represse all piracies and depredations vpon the seas.

    First published in 1569 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: A declaration of the iust causes moouing Her Maiestie to send a nauie, and armie to the seas, and toward Spaine

    First published in 1597 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Iniunctions geuen by the Queenes Maiestie, anno Domini 1559, the first yere of the raigne of our soueraigne lady Queene Elizabeth

    First published in 1567 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Letter from the Oueens [i.e. Queens] Maiestie to the Lord Maior of London.

    First published in 1969 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: letters of Queen Elizabeth

    First published in 1935 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Letters of Queen Elizabeth and King James VI. of Scotland: some of them printed from originals in the possession of the Rev. Edward Ryder, and others from a ms. which formerly belonged to Sir Peter Thompson, kt.
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    First published in 1849 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The poems of Queen Elizabeth I.
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    First published in 1964 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The sayings of Queen Elizabeth

    First published in 1923 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Sidney state papers, 1565-70: Edited by Tomás O Laidhin.

    First published in 1962 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Norton Anthology of English Literature: Seventh Edition: Volume 1B: The SixteenthCentury/The Early Seventeenth Century
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    First published in 1999 — 2 editions
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Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603

Born 7 September 1533
Died 24 March 1603

Subjects

Early works to 1800, Proclamations, History, Sources, Foreign relations, Law and legislation, Plague, Politics and government, Church of England, Terms of court, Correspondence, Prices, Queens, Ecclesiastical law, Government, Pirates, Jesuits, Prohibited books, Rogues and vagabonds, Sedition, Commerce, Elizabeth i, queen of england, 1533-1603, Grain trade, Kings and rulers, Soldiers

Places

England, Great Britain, London, Spain, Netherlands, Scotland, France, Ireland, Engalnd, Hastings (England), Bath (England), Bordeaux, Bordelais, Cornwall (England : County), Devon (England), Early works to 1800, England) Lyme Regis (Dorset, England) Redesdale (Northumberland, England) St. Ives (Cornwall, England) Tynedale (Northumberland, Europe, Hansa towns, London (England), Lyme Regis (Dorset, England), Lyme Regis (England)

People

Elizabeth I Queen of England (1533-1603), Henry Sidney Sir (1529-1586), James I King of England (1566-1625), Elizabeth Queen of England (b.1533), Gregory Pormorte, H. F. Evans, Henry Sidney Sir, John Stubbes (1543-1591), Leonard Dacre (d. 1573), Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587), Philip II King of Spain (1527-1598), Thomas Cobham, Thomas Percy Northumberland 7th Earl of (1528-1572), Walter Raleigh Sir (1552?-1618)

Time

Elizabeth, 1558-1603, 1558-1603, 16th century, 1485-1603, 17th century, James VI, 1567-1625, Tudors, 1485-1603, 1556-1598, 1603-1714, 1642-1649, Charles IX, 1560-1574, Elective monarchy, 1572-1763, Elizabeth I, 1558-1603, Elizabrth, 1558-1603, HenryIV, 1589-1610, Mary Stuart, 1542-1567, Philip II, 1556-1598, Rebellion of 1569, Sigismund II Augustus, 1548-1572

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Alternative names

  • The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, Queen Elizabeth I
  • Elizabeth I Queen of England
  • England and Wales. Sovereign (1558-1603 : Elizabeth I).
  • Elizabeth I
  • Queen Elizabeth I
  • Elizabeth 1 Queen of England
  • Elizabeth Queen of England
  • Elizabeth 1, Queen of England
  • Elizabeth I (Queen of England)
  • Queen of England 1533-1603 Elizabeth I
  • Queen of England 1533-1 Elizabeth I

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May 29, 2024 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
February 17, 2023 Edited by Witkey Edited without comment.
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January 24, 2022 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import