Elizabeth's Rise to Throne

Elizabeth was born on September 7, 1533 at Greenwich Palace. Her father was King Henry VIII, and her mother was Henry's second wife, Anne Boleyn. Her father was disappointed with her birth because he really wanted a son. That is why he kept marrying women to get a son. Elizabeth's life was filled with many step-mothers because her father, Henry, wanted a son. After her father died, her life became hard. Her brother became king, King Edward VI. She was involved in many peoples plots which made it very unsafe for her. When she was young she was given her own household with Mary, her cousin. Mary did not ever want to come second to Elizabeth so she did not always like Elizabeth very much. Elizabeth's childhood was very difficult. At one point she even go sexually abused. Then in 1588 Elizabeth was finally declared queen and she was a great queen. When she was queen people were interested in whether she would get married. She was asked about that and she replies"Yea, to satisfie you, I have already joyned my self in Marriage to an Husband, namely, the Kingdom of England." (http://englishhistory.net/tudor/eliz1-writings.html)

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"Elizabeth I: Poetry." EnglishHistory.net. Web. 11 May 2010. http://englishhistory.net/tudor/eliz1-writings.html

"Elizabeth I." TudorHistory.org. Web. 12 May 2010. http://www.tudorhistory.org/elizabeth/