Elizabeth I Notes

• James VI of Scotland took
• Elizabeth was the daughter of Anne Boleyn
• She is protestant
• She changes England back to Protestantism
• She was considered a bastard by her own father Henry VIII
• She ruled for 44 years
• Embraced the conflict of being a monarch and a woman
• Her name inspired the Elizabethan Age
• Henry was married to Catherine, but she could not produce a son so he divorced her and married Anne Boleyn
• Mary was sent to be one of Elizabeth's lady in waiting and she was humiliated
• Mary was very unhappy and there was tension between the two girls
• In 1534 a law was passed that the only heirs that would be legitimate were those birthed by Anne
• Anne miscarried a son and Henry made a plan to dispose of her
• She was indicted for adultery and executed
• Elizabeth was declared a bastard like Mary
• She was very private, secretive, and proud
• Henry married Jane Seymour
• Jane gave birth to Edward
• Jane died shortly afterword
• Elizabeth was very smart
• Elizabeth was fascinated by her father's wealth and power
• Henry eventually died
• Edward was the heir to the throne
• He was only ten years old and too young to rule so Henry set up a regency
• Seymour Edward's uncle became ruler for the regency
• Seymour moved in with Katherine Parre and Elizabeth
• Seymour used to sexually abuse Elizabeth and Katherine eventually put a stop to it but she blamed Elizabeth for it
• Seymour pursued Elizabeth even more and it was rumored that she was pregnant by him which she was not
• Elizabeth's brother Edward stopped talking to her
• Seymour was executed
• Edward became sick and died
• There was a big struggle for the throne for the next few days but Mary became queen
• Elizabeth was the next in line for the throne after Mary
• Mary married Philip of Spain
• Mary wanted to turn England back into a Catholic nation so she burned people who refused to change from Protestantism
• Mary placed Elizabeth in house arrest
• Mary and Elizabeth had to be reconciled
• Philip returned to Spain losing interest in his wife
• Mary was baron and she allowed Elizabeth to become queen as long as she left England as a Catholic nation and paid off her debts
• Mary died and Elizabeth became queen
• She believed she had been chosen by God to be queen of England
• She refused to get married and surrender her independence
• She flaunted her availability
• Robert Dudley had a good relationship with Elizabeth
• But he was married
• He killed his wife and Elizabeth sent him away from the court
• Elizabeth became very ill with small pox
• Mary Queen of Scots was Elizabeth's cousin
• Mary fled to England from the protestants in her country
• Mary was Elizabeth's prisoner for 19 years
• People wanted her to be freed and become the queen of England
• Elizabeth could not bring herself to kill Mary
• Elizabeth brought Mary to court and she was convicted with a conspiracy to kill Elizabeth and she was executed
• The Elizabethan Age began
• She was the virgin queen
• She was attracted to Henry of Anjou and marriage was greatly considered
• Robert Dudley was against the idea
• Elizabeth saw this as her last chance
• She was in her mid-forties and she could never have children as the heir
• Sir Francis Drake sailed around the globe
• The Elizabethan Age was seen of one of victory
• Elizabeth hates change
• Sir Walter Raleigh found Virginia
• Robert Dudley soon died
• He was the love of her life
• Robert Deveroux the Earl of Essex was a suitor for Elizabeth
• He was the stepson of Robert Dudley and he was 19 and she was 53
• She really loved him so much that he abused her and she still loved him
• He was tried for treason and condemned to death
• Elizabeth knew her end was near
• She decided that she did not want to live and longer and she decided that James VI would succeed her
• She died when she was 69
• London's grief was unprecedented
• She left the country with all of the problems that she had ignored
• his place as king of England