In Greenwich, an estate near London. Her father did not want a daughter he wanted a son to succeed to the throne of England. Anne, Elizabeth’s mom was accused of incest, adultery, and, witchcraft and was arrested a couple years later. Anne was beheaded on Tower Green on May 19, 1536 when Elizabeth was only two years old. In the next six years of her life she had three stepmothers.

Her father King Henry VIII died on January 28,1547 when she was thirteen. After King Henry died Elizabeth’s step brother Edward from Henrys third wife became king. Edward died in 1553 and was replaced by his older half-sister, Mary. Mary wanted to restore Catholicism in England. Elizabeth “became the focus and be

neficiary of plots to overthrow the government and restore Protestantism. Elizabeth was briefly locked up in the Tower of London and just barely missed the fate that happened to her mother (Alice Jagger).” Mary died on the of November 17, 1558.

The Elizabethan age was full of rich foods, wine, music and dancing because Queen Elizabeth knew how to have a good time. She loved to go horseback riding and hunting. She was very active up until she was in her sixties. A lot of women would often play sports, as well as music and go to a lot of plays. “She had her own company of actors, called “The Queen’s Players”, and these would often perform plays for her and her courtiers (elizabethi.org).” By the late winter of 1602 Elizabeth started to get sick. She has refu

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