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To this Day Elizabeth Tudor, better known as Queen Elizabeth, is still hailed as one of the unmatched, best monarchs. ... Queen Elizabeth I was born in Greenwich Palace on September 7, 1533. Her father was Henry VIII and her mother, Anne Boleyn, who was executed when Elizabeth was only 2 years old because she could not produce a little boy for him. Elizabeth’s birth was a disappointment to him because he wished dearly for a boy. ... After her fathers death, Elizabeths younger brother, Edward, became king, and upon his death, her older sister Mary was named queen.
When Elizabeth was only 25 she took over the throne November 17, 1558. ... Her whole adolescences she was cast aside, though, so when she did finally become Queen she wanted to live life to the fullest and be free. ...
When she became queen, marriage proposals flooded in. ...
Elizabeth was more dedicated to her country then any of the previous monarchs had been. ... Many people figured since she was woman she wouldn’t be able to serve as a man could, but Elizabeth had this to say: “I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of
a king, and of a king of England too“ (Prior 44). She chose only the most capable men to assist her in her supremacy as Queen.
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