Elizabeth was the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. She was born on 7 September 1533 at Greenwich Palace. Her birth was possibly the greatest disappointment of her father's life. He had wanted a son and heir to succeed him as he already had a daughter, Mary, by his first wife, Katherine of Aragon. He had not divorced Katherine, and changed the religion of the country in the process, to have only another daughter. Elizabeth's early life was consequently troubled. Her mother failed to provide the King with a son and was executed on false charges of incest and adultery on 19 May 1536. Anne's marriage to the King was declared null and void, and Elizabeth, like her half-sister, Mary, was declared illegitimate and deprived of her place in the line of succession.
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answered by friendofb 5
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ELIZABETH, queen of England and Ireland, born on Sunday the 7th of September 1533, and, like all the Tudors except Henry VII, at Greenwich Palace, was the only surviving child of Henry VIII by his second queen, Anne Boleyn. With such a mother and with Cranmer as her godfather she represented from her birth the principle of revolt from Rome, but the opponents of that movement attached little importance to her advent into the world. Charles V's ambassador, Chapuys, hardly deigned to mention the fact that the king's amie had given birth to a daughter, and both her parents were bitterly disappointed with her sex. She was, however, given precedence over Mary, her elder sister by sixteen years, and Mary never forgave the infant's offence. Even this dubious advantage only lasted three years until Elizabeth's mother was beheaded.
Elizabeth thus lost all hereditary title to the throne, and her early years of childhood can hardly have been happier than Mary's. Nor was her legitimacy ever legally established; but after Jane Seymour's death, when Henry seemed likely to have no further issue, she was by act of parliament placed next in order of the succession after Edward and Mary and their issue; and this statutory arrangement was confirmed by the will which Henry VIII was empowered by statute to make. Queen Catherine Parr introduced some humanity into Henry's household, and Edward and Elizabeth were well and happily educated together, principally at old Hatfield House.
2006-11-21 20:23:17
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answered by samanthajanecaroline 6
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Sunday 7 September 1533.
2006-11-19 21:07:38
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answered by Stephen L 7
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September 7, 1533
2006-11-20 10:58:42
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answered by Anonymous
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1533 till 1603
2006-11-19 21:38:34
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answered by Anonymous
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Which Queen Elizabeth? And, I didn't realize that people could be born more than once.
2006-11-19 20:54:55
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answered by JayJay 3
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9-7-1533
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answered by LCee 5
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7th Sept 1533.
2006-11-19 20:57:18
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answered by monkeymanelvis 7
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I am very sure that she was born only once.
I can assure you we were all born just once,
unless you are talking about reincarnation.
2006-11-19 21:00:08
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answered by popo dean 5
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I didn't realise she had been born more than once
2006-11-19 21:01:43
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answered by Anonymous
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