elizabeth early life

Cards (16)

  • Elizabeth spoke French, Italian, Latin, and Greek
  • Roger Ascham described Elizabeth as "Exempt from female weakness, endowed with Masculine powers of Application"
  • When Edward is born, Elizabeth loses her title and becomes Lady Elizabeth
  • Elizabeth is provided with a household of her own and a governess
  • In 1543-44, the Act of Succession places Edward and Mary ahead of Elizabeth in line to the throne
  • Elizabeth meets Henry VIII infrequently, but their interactions are described as pleasant and friendly
  • Catherine Parr's influence on Elizabeth:
    • Nursed Henry in his later years
    • Persuaded her to bring back her daughter
    • Sympathetic to protestant reform
    • Married Thomas Seymour and brought Elizabeth up in Chelsea
    • Thomas Seymour was flirtatious with Elizabeth
    • Elizabeth was sent away
    • Catherine Parr remained friendly with Elizabeth until her death by childbirth
  • In 1548, after the death of his wife, Thomas Seymour planned to marry Elizabeth and abduct Edward VI
  • Thomas Seymour, Kat Ashley, and Thomas Parry were arrested as part of the plot, with Kat Ashley being Elizabeth's steward and Thomas Parry her Governess
  • Elizabeth was interrogated as part of the investigation,into the somserset plot
  • The charge against Thomas seymour was marrying a royal heir without the consent of the privy council, leading to their execution by the privy council in 1549
  • Eliabeths childhood taught her to be cautious but did not giver her leadership skills
    She witnessed the disposability of married women among her father’s 6 marriages 
  • Thomas Seymour Executed by privy council 1549
  • Kat ashley becomes First lady of the Bedchamber 1558
  • Mary Placed Elizabeth under house arrest in oxfordshire ,anniversary of mothers execution 17 May 1554
  • Elizabeth sent to the tower for her involvement in wyatt scandal by mary