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Elizabeth I

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Queen of England from 1558 to 1603; daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; she succeeded Mary I (who was a Catholic) and restored Protestantism to England; during her reign Mary Queen of Scots was executed and the Spanish Armada was defeated; her reign was marked by prosperity and literary genius (1533-1603)

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It is satisfying for the descendant of a dissident refugee from Elizabeth I to present his credentials to Elizabeth II. Kingman Brewster, Jr.

Like the Elizabeth I play, Queen Elizabeth is a monarch who actually moves with the times. She gets new information, assimilates it, and changes in order the fit in with the way the world is moving. I admire that. Samuel Barnett

Elizabeth I was my favourite monarch though, what an inspiration, she did great things for women. Kirsty Gallacher

1500s Queen Elizabeth I of England received the wristwatch from Robert Dudley in 1571 as a new year’s present. Source: Internet

After the death of Elizabeth I in 1603, the younger Robert Dudley tried unsuccessfully to prove that his parents had married 30 years earlier in a secret ceremony. Source: Internet

Around the time of her meeting with Queen Elizabeth I of England, she owned herds of cattle and horses that numbered at least one thousand, comprising great riches by the standards of the time. Source: Internet

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