2. Reign 17 November 1558 –
24 March 1603
Coronation 16 January 1559
Predecessor Mary I
Successor James I
House House of Tudor
Father Henry VIII
Mother Anne Boleyn
Born 7 September 1533,
Greenwich, England
Died 24 March 1603 (aged
69), Richmond,
England
Burial Westminster Abbey
Elizabeth I of
England
4. Marriage question
• Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, 1560s.
Elizabeth's friendship with Dudley, her
foremost favourite, lasted for over thirty
years.
• the question of marriage appeared at
the beginning of her reign.
5. Her last courtship,
ending in 1581 when she
was aged 48, was with
Francis, Duke of Anjou
22 years her junior.
6. Foreign Policy
Countries:
Scotland (Mary, Queen of
Scots)
Spain (Phillip II, King of
Spain)
France (Henry IV)
Ireland(Hugh O'Neill,
Earl of Tyrone)
Russia (Ivan Grozny)
Portrait of Elizabeth to commemorate the
defeat of the Spanish Armada (1588), depicted
in the background. Elizabeth's hand rests on
the globe, symbolising her international power.
7. She very clever and educated.
She spoke 6 languages.
She had merry and cheerful spirit.
8. Results of elizabeth’s
goveRning:
• positions of absolutism were
increased
• the Church of England was
restored;
•The Spanish Invincible
Armada was defeated;
•The Colonization of Ireland was
widely fulfilled.
