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Elizabeth //Answered by Milton P.// Queen Elizabeth was born on September 7, 1533. She was the daughter of King Henry VIII who wanted a boy not a girl baby. That was his second attempt at having a boy but again he was unsuccessful so he had her basically disdained. Both her and her older half sister were basically disdained. So her place in the line of succession was basically removed. Her early life was very troubling first her mom was executed by the King under the circumstances that she committed adultery even though the real reason was because she had failed to give the King a male heir. So Elizabeth was taken out of the royal blood line. Just as her older half sister was. King Henry VIII also changed the nations religion to try and be able to divorce his wives, he still executed his wife and Elizabeth’s mother.

During her next eight year’s many events occurred. But perhaps one of the main things you get out of those next eight years is the reason why Elizabeth wouldn’t marry. She saw her father marry then either kill or divorce multiple times and he only got one son out of it. King Henry VIII died in January of 1547 and before this Elizabeth was safe from political opportunists. Now she wasn’t. This is because Henry had reinstated her and her sister into the royal bloodline. Mary was to follow Edward who was the long awaited prince and Elizabeth was to follow Mary. Though Edward was only nine so he was not old enough to rule. So Edwards Uncle became protector of England until Edward became of age there were many plots by the jealous brother of the Uncle to overthrow him and take his position. Then Edward died in 1553 and Mary took the throne, on November 17th, 1558 Elizabeth became Queen of England.

Some of the legacies of the Queen are. She loved going to Plays which really helped for a literary boom in England during her time which helped men like William Shakespeare. She defeated a Spanish attempt to seize the throne by using her superior military tactics and some good luck. This also showed that a woman could lead an army just as well as a man. Also defeating the Spanish Armada was one of England’s greatest victories. It also recognized England as one of the major World powers if not the strongest World power. Work Cited