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Sep 7, 1503
Elizabeth was born in Greenwich Palace, England
Henry the VIII loved Elizabeth's mother Anne Boylene very much. He changed the course of his country's history in order to marry her; His hopes were to have a son from Anne which his late wife Catherine could never do. Unfortunately, Elizabeth was born instead. Anne did bare a son for Henry but he was still born and died. -
May 19, 1536
Anne was executed on Tower Hill, London, before Elizabeth was even three years old
Even at three years old I believe that Elizabeth remembers her mother execution. You would think that a traumatic event such as this one would have prevented her from functioning as an adult. It seems to me from what I read about Elizabeth is that she was able to overcome this tragedy as well as many others to come. -
Oct 12, 1537
Jane Seymour dies following the premature birth of her son, the future King Edward VI
After Elizabeth mothers beheading Henry married Jane Seymour and sent Elizabeth away because she reminded him of Anne. Jane bared Edward the VI and died shortly after his birth. At this point you would think that it was over for Elizabeth with regard to obtaining the crown especially with Edward now in direct decent of becoming the next king of England. -
Jul 12, 1543
King Henry marries Katherine Parr his sixth and last wife
Katherine Parr was Henry VIII sixth wife; she brought both Elizabeth and her half-sister Mary back to court. Now there were three direct decedents in line for the thrown Elizabeth, Mary and Edward VI. -
Jan 28, 1547
King Henry VIII the father of Queen Elizabeth the 1st dies
King Henry VIII died Jan 28th 1547 there were several attempts to have Elizabeth removed but Henry had put her in his will as an heir to the throne of the king of England. Though there were many offers and proposal of marriage to Elizabeth she never married but instead used the courtship as a leverage to gain treaties and negations between other countries -
Nov 17, 1558
News of Mary's death on November 17, 1558 reached Elizabeth at Hatfield, where she was said to be out in the park, sitting under an oak tree. Upon hearing that she was Queen, legend has it that Elizabeth quoted the 118th Psalm's twenty-third line, in Lati
Since Edward VI was dead and Mary queen of Scots had died also Elizabeth was now heir to the throne. Elizabeth was living in hattefield when they brought the news to her naming her the next “queen of England”. As I watched the video and read the story regarding her rein I could tell that she had her kingdom best interest in mind by aligning the church to have a common purpose and a common prayer book. Her faith was based on the bible as it was witness that she quoted “A Dominium factum est illud -
Jan 15, 1559
Elizabeth the 1st was crowned Queen by Owen Oglethorpe, bishop of Carlisle at Westminster Abbey, a little less than two months after the death of Mary the 1st.
Elizabeth had a ceremony that cost 16,741 pounds which in today’s world equals 3.5 million. I wouldn’t spend that much money on some party. Her people tore the blue carpet she walked on and took pieces of it as a souvenir. She added the following matters to the coronation:
• Readings in English and Latin for the epistle and gospel
• She retreated to a curtained area in St. Edward’s chapel during the Elevation of the Host.
This is important because the changes that she made during the corona -
Elizabeth however knew Mary Queen of Scots was a threat. Eventually, a plot serious enough arose in Mary's name and Elizabeth sign her death warrant. Mary was executed in 1587, on February 8th, at Fortheringhay.
Elizabeth killed her cousin Mary because she was plotting to be queen and Elizabeth killed her for that. I would have killed her because just for plotting against me for the throne. -
The Spanish Armada Invasion
One of Elizabeth victories as queen of England was the Spanish Armada where England prevailed and became supreme navel power -
Elizabeth died at Richmond Palace and was succeeded by James I (James VI of Scotland), the son of Mary, Queen of Scots.
When Elizabeth was on her deathbed she was uncertain if she would have James VI of Scotland the king the next heir to the throne because she remember the events that were happening when her half- sister Mary was alive and how the abandoned Mary in Elizabeth favor in Mary’s final weeks, but when they asked who shall be next heir to the throne she pointed to James VI and there were several others who claimed to be but they didn’t want to get into all that mess, so Elizabeth picked James the VI.
