Elizabeth the I

Anni SuviKadri VenderKarmen Vool

11. b

Elizabeth I•The Virgin Queen

•Never got married

•The ruler of a golden age

Early life•2 years, 8 months, old was declared illegitimate

•Was the best educated woman of her generation

Foreign policy

•Treated the marriage issue as an aspect of foreign policy

•Disastrous occupation of Le Havre (October 1562-June 1563)

• Treaty of Nonsuch (1585)

Later Years• Was portrayed as

Belphoebe or Astraea and Gloriana

• Relationships with Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex

• New difficulties after the defeat of the Spanish Armada

Death• Queen's health

remained fair until the autumn of 1602

• She died on 24 March 1603

• At her funeral on 28 April, the coffin was taken to Westminster Abbey

• Westminster was surcharged with multitudes of all sorts of people

Legacy • Elizabeth established

an English church that helped shape a national identity and remains in place today

• Her reign raised England's status abroad

• Under Elizabeth, the nation gained a new self-confidence and sense of sovereignty