She was a Queen of Europe
2006-11-25 06:13:31 · 17 answers · asked by RANDY H 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
It's more a case of who WAS she. She was born 7 September 1533 and died in March 1603. She acceded to the throne on 17 November 1558 after the death of her half-sister Mary I. Elizabeth's accession was greeted with enormous relief and jubilation by the people, coming less than a week after Mary had the last of many Protestants burned to death for their faith, or rather for their lack of faith in Catholicism. A popular rhyme was circulated at the time "Six days after these were burned to death, God sent us our Elizabeth." Elizabeth is famous for her reluctance to interfere in religious matters and the Church of England today is largely as she wished it to be. The Puritans of her day were anxious for her to persecute the Catholics as her sister had persecuted the Protestants, but she said "I will make no windows into men's souls". She also said of King Philip II of Spain, whose Inquisition was feared and hated throughout Europe, "Can he not let his people go to the Devil their own way?"
It was after the Papal Bull of 1572 which excommunicated her and made it a sin for her Catholic subjects to obey her, that she was reluctantly compelled to take a harder line, since the Bull made being a Catholic synonymous with being a traitor. Catholics were not simply practicing their faith - the Pope had commanded that she be murdered and stated that "he that sends her out of this world not only does not sin, but gains eternal merit". Her sister Mary had no such excuse, since no Protestant leader or churchman anywhere had the authority to sanction her murder. It would be nice to be able to say with certainty that no-one would have been so unchristian as to have wished it, but they were all human beings, Protestant and Catholic and 16th century Europe had no culture of tolerance towards each other as we have now.
2006-11-26 06:18:41 · answer #1 · answered by Specsy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Randy Randy Randy...Europe? OMG England doll England. She was The "Virgin" Queen. Yet she was not a true Virgin she had many consorts in her time but never married. A desendent of the Tutor/Sturart lines she was the most progressive of the crown and was the one who turned England into the brilliant country it is today. People of any nationality (I being american by birth) should know this information no IF's, AND's, or BUT's about it. She had many atempts on her life as the Pope told the Catholics in her rule to kill her for being protestant. The comment Specsy made is the truest and most correct. You can go online or to your local library and find many referances on her life both public and private. A good movie to watch which is for the most part historicly correct is the movie "Elizabeth" a wonderful telling of her exile in her youth, her love of her father (Henry VIII) how she was the most like him of all his children, her one true love ,and her "Rebirth" as the virgin queen
2006-11-27 08:37:11 · answer #2 · answered by sweetred171 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She was one of the great monarchs of England, not Europe. It was under her that England defeated the Spanish Armada. She was the daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. She was also referred to as "The Virgin Queen" because she never married. She left as her successor, King James VI of Scotland, who became James I of England. James was the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, Elizabeth's cousin. Elizabeth had her imprisoned, then beheaded on the grounds that she was trying to usurp the English throne.
2006-11-26 10:31:59 · answer #3 · answered by bellegurl17 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most influential queen in England's history.
During her reign she brought about a more open policy on religion, she made great contributions to the arts and it was during her reign that England's tiny fleet beat the mighty Spansih Armada.
I have to say though to onceinalifetime...the movie Elizabeth was extremely historically incorrect.
2006-11-25 16:18:28 · answer #4 · answered by left of center 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
avian is correct. She was the daughter of Henry VIII. the answer about it being the current queens mother is incorrect. She was only married to George V (I believe he was V) and therefore had no legimate claim to the throne once he passed away.
The movie Elizabeth is a great movie if you want to learn about her in a not so boring way.
2006-11-25 08:28:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aside from her lineage (Henry VIII etc..) and the whole virgin queen fact. She suffered from syphilis (her dad had it too) Her large collar must have been a nice convenience to cover up the sores of her ailments. She also was the patron of a certain pirate as well. This was during the time of gold conquests (Spanish, English pirates fighting to acquire gold across the Atlantic) Look it up, it's an interesting story!
2006-11-28 11:56:48 · answer #6 · answered by Jennifer C. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She was Queen of England, not of Europe.
2006-11-25 06:15:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Queen of England and Ireland .Born 1533, died 1603. Only surviving daughter of Henry VIII (the one with lots of wives!) and Anne Boleyn. Never married.
2006-11-25 06:26:32 · answer #8 · answered by avian 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
She was the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife. She is most commonly called The Virgin Queen because she never married.
2006-11-25 09:35:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
She was Queen of England and the daughter of Henry Vlll.
2006-11-27 04:28:01 · answer #10 · answered by Sunshine Suzy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋