Elizabeth I Queen
- Gender: Female
- Citizenship: England
- Born: Sep 7, 1533
- Died: Mar 24, 1603
Queen Elizabeth I claimed the English throne in 1558 at the age of 25. She ruled for 44 years, until her death in 1603. Elizabeth I was born the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife Anne Boleyn. Although a princess, Elizabeth was declared illegitimate through political machinations. Eventually, she took the crown when her half-sister, Mary Tudor, died. During her reign, Elizabeth I: established Protestantism in England; defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588; maintained peace inside her previously divided country; and created an environment where the arts flourished.
As a long-ruling queen of England, Elizabeth I governed over a relative stable and prosperous England for 44 years. The Elizabethan era is named for her.
A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head.
strength
Where might is mixed with wit, there is too good an accord in a government.
government
Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.
faith
I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.
being alone
There is one thing higher than Royalty: and that is religion, which causes us to leave the world, and seek God.
religion
Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts.
fear & nature
Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states.
death & war
I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman.
love
I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people.
thankful