The Elizabethan Age
After her death
The Reign
The virgin queen
"I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England
1558 - 1603
45 years
The Golden Age in English History
Maritime nation
Great seamen
William R
French drake
Expansion
Colonisation startedl
Internal Peace during her reign
Kept the people happy
Between the Parliament and the Monarchy
Between Protestants and Catholics
The English Renaissance
"Revival"
The greatest period in the history of English literature, culture and language
Building heaters
Professional actors
William Shapespear
Defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588
Made England a super power
The Spanish king Phillip II
Beaten by the English armada
Family
Siblings
Edward
King of England 1547 - 1553
Mary
"Bloody Mary"
Daughter of Catherine of Aragon
Queen of England 1553-1558
Executed thousands of protestants
Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn
1558 Elizabeth begins her reign
Needs public support to remain queen
1559
The celebration is spectacular
Half-sister Mary dies and Elizabeth is next in line (25 years)
1554 Imprisoned in the Tower of London
Mary becomes queen
Begins a bloody purge of protestants
287 executed
Plan on marrying Prince Phillip of Spain
Sparks a rebellion
Elisabeth is interrogated
Imprissond in the Tower of London
Then put under husarrest in Woodstock
Returns country to catholicism
Edward dies in 1553
1547 - Father dies
Elizabeth 13 years old, half-brother Edward 9 years old
Elizabeth joins Catherine Parr´s household
1548 - Catherine Parr dies
Seymour executed for plotting to kidnap Edward VI and marry Elizabeth
Elizabeth escapes and protests her innocence
Elizabeth banished when caught with Catherine´s husband (Thomas Seymour)
Edward becomes king
1536 - The death of her mother
Father remarries - Jane Seymour. Anne's lady-in-waiting
Title downgraded to "Lady"
Catherine Parr makes sure to give her the highest education
Neglected for a number of years
Elizabeth is declared illegitimate
Anne Boleyn (mother) accused for adultery
Beheaded on the orders from Henry VIII (father)
Elizabeth I
Born 7th September 1533
Born into Tudor Dynasty
Disappointment to her father (Henry), needed an male heir
Greenwich palace
One of the greatest monarchs of England
