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Elizabeth I
- Elizabeth IElizabeth was born on the 7th of September 1533 at Greenwich Palace. Her mother Anne Boleyn had been Henry VIII's second wife.
- Babington PlotIn 1586, a plan to kill Queen Elizabeth I took shape in the shadow of deep religious division. The Protestant monarch ruled England while her Catholic cousin…
- Elizabethan eraQueen Elizabeth I ascended to the throne in 1558, inheriting a nation that had been financially bankrupt and religiously fractured.
- Wyatt's rebellionOn the 16th of November 1553, a Parliamentary delegation approached Queen Mary I to formally request she choose an English husband.
- Rising of the NorthIn 1558, Elizabeth I succeeded her half-sister Mary I as queen of England. Her accession faced immediate dispute due to the questioned legitimacy of the…