Abstract
Born on September 7, 1533 in Greenwich, England.
Died on March 24, 1603 in Richmond, Surrey.
Elizabeth I, also called the Virgin queen because she never married, was the queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603 or a total of forty five years. She ruled during a period called the Elizabethan Age, when England became the most important country in Europe.
She was the second daughter of Henry the eighth VIII, also known as Blue Beard, and of his second wife Anne Boleyn. King Henry's first daughter, Mary, was of his first marriage with a catholic. King Henry wanted as soon as his heir, so when Elizabeth was born, he was disappointed and had Anne Boleyn beheaded when Elizabeth was only two.
