elizabeth

• Queen Elizabeth I was the daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.
• Elizabeth had to deal with many problems during her reign such as religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants, foreign threats from Spain and France, and economic difficulties caused by inflation and high taxes.
• She became queen when her half sister, Mary I died without an heir.
• Queen Elizabeth I was known as the "Virgin Queen" because she never married.
• She ruled England from 1558 until her death in 1603.
• Her father's marriage to Catherine of Aragon was annulled so that he could marry Anne Boleyn
• Anne Boleyn was executed on charges of adultery, treason, and incest
• Mary Tudor (Bloody Mary) succeeded Queen Jane Seymour but she died childless
• Her father, King Henry VIII, divorced his first wife Catherine of Aragon so that he could marry Anne Boleyn.
• There were tensions between Catholics and Protestants, but Elizabeth tried to find a compromise through the Act of Supremacy which made Anglicanism the official religion of England.
• Anne Boleyn gave birth to Elizabeth but was later executed on charges of adultery, treason, and incest.
• Elizabeth had no legitimate siblings as her mother Anne Boleyn was beheaded when Elizabeth was just two years old.
• Catholics believed that only those born from a valid marriage could inherit the throne.