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 * ELIZABETH'S PERSONAL LIFE**

That milkmaid's lot is better than mine, and her life merrier. http://www.william-shakespeare.org.uk/images/aaa-queen-elizabeth-1st.jpg


 * Birth

Born on September 7th 1533 at Greenwich Palace, Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland was the only surviving child of Henry the VII and his second queen Anne Boleyn.
 * Early Life

Early life was not easy despite being royalty. After her mother was beheaded, she lost all hereditary title to the throne. Although, she was placed next in line behind her younger brother Edward, instead of her sister Mary, older by 16 years. This was confirmed by Henry VII’s will. Evidently, Katherine Parr, Henry’s sixth wife, brought some humanity into the household and Edward and Elizabeth were happily educated.

After Henry’s death, Edward was swept off to his duties, leaving Elizabeth in the care of Lady Parr, who hastily married Lord Thomas Seymour. Even before Lady Parr’s death, he expressed interests in the young Elizabeth. His misbehavior got him arrested and his possible relations with Elizabeth were brought to court. Though she only had a sly admiration for the handsome man, it was reveled that he had possible plans to marry the fifteen year old. This incident, in the end, taught Elizabeth her self-defiance in court.
 * Mary's Reign

When her sister Mary seized power, her dislike in her younger sibling came into action. Elizabeth was locked up in the Tower in 1554, but after two months, was transferred to Sir Henry Bedingfield's charge at Woodstock. Then in 1555, she was sent to Hatfield, where she spent the rest of Mary’s reign.
 * Elizabeth's Personality

Elizabeth is described as not incredibly beautiful. She was strong willed and very independent mined, which in her time gave off the impression that she was very masculine. She never married, never bore an heir which made her terrible vulnerable. She never had any //important// suitors except for Robert Dudley the Earl of Leicester, was by far her favourite. Others included; Robert Devereux the Earl of Essex, Edward de Vere, and Sir Walter Ralegh After the defeat of the Spanish Armada, in last fifteen years of Queen Elizabeth’s reign, she grew more and more apart from her people. The lonely queen, with no husband nor child, grew desolate and depressed. Queen Elizabeth I, the last Tudor, died on the 24th of March, 1603, at age 70. http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/elizabio.htm
 * The End of an Era