Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth I grew up in a complex and difficult conditions. She was the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. Her mother died when she was only two years old. Henry VIII ordered the beheading of Boleyn based on claims that she had committed t that she had committed adultery and conspiracy. Immediately after the death of her mother, the king declared Elizabeth and her older half-sister, Mary illegitimate heir to the throne. They were however later reinstated as potential heirs.
Elizabeth I faced many problems at the beginning of her reign in 1558. The ...
