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Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 until her death in 1603. She was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn and succeeded her half-sister Mary I to the throne after Mary's death. As queen, Elizabeth established the Church of England and never married or produced an heir.

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Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 until her death in 1603. She was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn and succeeded her half-sister Mary I to the throne after Mary's death. As queen, Elizabeth established the Church of England and never married or produced an heir.

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Elizabeth 1

Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March


1603)[a] was Queen of England and Ireland
from 17 November 1558 until her death in
1603. Sometimes called the Virgin Queen,
Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was
the last of the five monarchs of the House
of Tudor.

Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VIII


and Anne Boleyn, his second wife, who was
executed two-and-a-half years after
Elizabeth's birth. Anne's marriage to Henry
VIII was annulled, and Elizabeth was
declared illegitimate. Her half-brother,
Edward VI, ruled until his death in 1553,
bequeathing the crown to Lady Jane Grey
and ignoring the claims of his two half-
sisters, the Roman Catholic Mary and the
younger Elizabeth, in spite of statute law to
the contrary. Edward's will was set aside
and Mary became queen, deposing Lady
Jane Grey. During Mary's reign, Elizabeth
was imprisoned for nearly a year on
suspicion of supporting Protestant rebels.

Upon the death of her half-sister, in 1558,


Elizabeth succeeded to the throne, and set
out to rule by good counsel.[1] She
depended heavily on a group of trusted
advisers, led by William Cecil, 1st Baron
Burghley. One of her first actions as queen
was the establishment of an English
Protestant church, of which she became the
supreme governor. This Elizabethan
Religious Settlement was to evolve into the
Church of England. It was expected that
Elizabeth would marry and produce an heir;
however, despite numerous courtships, she
never did. She was eventually succeeded by
her first cousin twice removed, James VI of
Scotland, laying the foundation for the
Kingdom of Great Britain. She had earlier
been responsible for the imprisonment and
execution of James's mother, Mary, Queen
of Scots.

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