Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth was one of the best queens in all the history of Europe. What may come as a surprise is that she had a very hard life, and went through many obstacles before becoming queen. When she was born, she was obviously not the son that her parents had longed for. When she was three months old, she was sent away to live on her own and was given her own household, but was also given all of the staff she would need for anything. Her older sister, Mary, became her Lady in Waiting. Mary was humiliated by this, but she did what she was told. For this reason, Elizabeth and Mary never really got along. Elizabeth's Parents, Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, tried to have yet another child after Elizabeth. Anne miscarried a boy, and this was the final straw for Henry. He found a way to dispose of Anne, and she was executed. King Henry married someone else almost immediately after, and she gave birth to a son. When Henry died, the boy, Edward, was too young to become king, so he had some help. The path continued on, and when Edward died, Mary became queen. Many people were upset with Mary's plans, and began to favor Elizabeth. Elizabeth and Mary reconciled the fight that they were in, and Mary gave Elizabeth permission to rule after she died. Not long after, Mary did die, and Elizabeth became the Queen. She went through a bumpy road on the path to become queen, including some abuse from a man named John Seymour; the husband of the woman who cared for Elizabeth. But when she became queen, her goal had been reached. She was now at a new point in her life, and it ran more smoothly from there.

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"Elizabeth I of England." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 12 May 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_of_England.

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