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Baby Jesus Daniel Contreras - Historical Queen Elizabeth the 1st was the last monarch of the Tudor line. Queen Elizabeth was born on the 7th of September, 1533 and died on January 15th, 1559. She was King Henry and Ann Boleyn's daughter. 'Elizabeth's life was troubled from the moment she was born." (tudorhistory) Later, when her father did, there was much turmoil. Different sides tried to take the throne, and in the end, her sister Mary took over. When her sister later saw Mary as a threat, she was locked away in the Tower of London. When Mary was pregnant, Elizabeth was freed. However, Mary was 40 years old, and while her body expanded, no child came forth. It is suspected it was a cyst. WHen Mary died, Elizabeth was made Queen, and ruled for 54 years.

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Queen Elizabeth Tudor was the fifth and last ruler of England from the Tudor monarch. Born September 7, 1533 to King Henry VIII and his second wife Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth was third in line to the crown after her younger half-brother King Edward VI and older half-sister Queen Mary I. It seemed unlikely that Elizabeth would ever reign over England and subsequently Ireland until Edward died at 16 (with a reign of 6 years) and Mary followed 5 years later. Once she ascended to the throne, Elizabeth worked tirelessly to restore the peace that had been disrupted by Mary's religious executions that served to reinstate Roman Catholicism, persecutions that earned her the nickname Bloody Mary. Elizabeth labored to establish calm during her rule, and "…her 45-year reign is generally considered one of the most glorious in English history…during it a secure Church of England was established…its doctrines were laid down in the 39 Articles of 1563, a compromise between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism" ("British Monarchy"). With the foundations that she built, Elizabeth stabilized her country, strengthening it against the threat of foreign infiltration by France and Spain. While she worked to protect her land, she did not produce an heir because she never married, though she was courted several times, and was thus dubbed The Virgin Queen. However, throughout her reign, art became a lively part of culture once more, encouraging paintings of miniatures and playwrights, leading to Shakespeare's release of *Romeo and Juliet*, *A Midsummer Night's Dream*, and *Hamlet*. Queen Elizabeth I was and still is an influential figure upon Britain today, coaxing her nation out of difficult times and ruling as justly as she saw, truly deserving of her reputation as the Queen with the heart of a King.

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Kara Jellesma Culture: Queen Elizabeth the first was the last of the Tudor's reign in England. She is often referred to as the "Virgin Queen"(Tudorhistory) because she was never married. Mary was thought to have never been married because of the infamous way that her father had treated his many wives, including Elizabeth's mother who was killed when Elizabeth was nearly eleven. After a long wait after both her brother Edward and her sister Mary had been on the throne Elizabeth began her 45 year reign over England in which England held a time called the "Golden Age"(Tudorhistory). During the time of her late sister's reign there was many executions for religious reasons, which later gave her sister the title of Bloody Mary, and because of these executions Elizabeth had to mend the damage done and put some ideas of peace into England. Not only did she mend national affairs but she dealt with the international threats of France and Spain. This queen brought forth a wonderful time in England, she brought forth a span of peace and prosperity after the several failed eras before her leaving England open to expand in their strength and their cultures.

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