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Together they had six children though only one, Mary survived.

King Henry married his brother’s widow, Katherine of Aragon in the same year. 1.5 Other Family of Elizabeth I Family Tree of Queen Elizabeth I ParentsĮlizabeth was the daughter of Henry VIII and her second wife Anne Boleyn.Įlizabeth’s father Henry was formerly the Duke of York before being crowned King of England in 1509.The son James I of her cousin and her rival Mary, Queen of Scots was then made the descendant to her throne after her death. Queen did not have any children as she was unmarried as well she left no descendants after her.

She considered herself to be married to her country only. Queen Elizabeth was also known as the Virgin Queen as she was never married. She claimed the throne after the death of her half-sister Mary Tudor. She gave one of her most famous speech referred to as “Golden Speech” in the parliament in the year 1601. Despite this difficult phase, she never failed to show her devotion to her people and country. Queen ElizabethĮven after being a successful Tudor, Elizabeth had faced many challenges and troubles in her final years of reign as the country was going through unemployment, inflation, failed crops which gave rise to riots, food shortages, and rebellion. Under her reign, the Spanish Armada in 1588 by the order of King Philip II of Spain was badly defeated. Queen Elizabeth was the one who was responsible for the establishment of Protestantism in England. The reigning period of Queen Elizabeth was known as the Golden Age in the English History as the people experienced peace and Prosperity in this era as well the art in different form flourished to its maximum. Queen Elizabeth was born in September 1533 and remained the Queen of England until her death in March 1603 at the age of 69 years. Queen Elizabeth I was the long-ruling queen monarch of England with a term of 44 years.