Elizabeth I, 1558 to 1603
The Virgin Queen
| BORN: | 7 September 1533, Greenwich Palace, London. |
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| PARENTS: | Henry VIII (1491 - 1547), Anne Boleyn (1500 - 36). |
| MARRIED: | Never married. |
| ACCEDED: | 17 November 1558 |
| CROWNED: | 15 January 1559, Westminster Abbey. |
| DIED: | 24 March 1603, Richmond Palace, Surrey. |
| INTERRED: | Westminster Abbey. |
| CHILDREN: | None |
| COEVAL PERSONS: |
Scottish Crown: Mary, Queen of Scots James VI (Stuart - later James I of England) Archbishops of Canterbury: Matthew Parker Edmund Grindal John Whitgift Culture: William Shakespeare (playwrite) John Dowland (composer) Orlando Gibbons (composer) |
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| NOTABLE EVENTS: |
Mary, Queen of Scots, taken prisoner, 1568. Mary, Queen of Scots, executed, 8 February 1587. Victory over the Spanish Armada, 29 July - 8 August 1588. |
