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• Elizabeth I was a Tudor monarch who ruled England from 1558 - 1603.
• Despite her long reign, Elizabeth was never expected to become queen. She was last in line to the throne of all of Henry VIII’s legitimateA term used during the Tudor period to describe a person who had been born to married parents.

  By contrast, someone with unmarried parents was considered to be illegitimate. children.

• After the execution of her mother, Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth’s early life was full of danger, which helped shape the queen she became.
• England experienced a great deal of change during Elizabeth’s reign.

  Religion, society, the arts, trade and exploration were all very different by the time of her death.

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Elizabeth I was born Princess Elizabeth in September 1533, the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Henry’s second wife.

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