Elizabeth I of England
Biography
Daughter of Anne Boleyn, declared illegitimate, imprisoned in the Tower, Elizabeth reigned 44 years of relative stability. Protestant settlement, her religious via media. Never married, the Virgin Queen, used marriage negotiations as diplomacy. Armada 1588 defeated her namesake golden moment. Shakespeare, Spenser, Drake flourished. She died childless, the Tudors ended, the Stuart union began.
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