QUEEN ELIZABETH I

1503-1603

Born: 7 September 1533Greenwich PalaceBecame Queen: 17 November 1558Coronation: 15 January 1559Westminster Abbey Died: 24 March 1603Richmond PalaceBuried: 28 April 1603Westminster Abbey

The Virgin Queen

Shakespeare’s Life• BAptized

KING HENRY VIIKatherine of ARAGON

Henry wants a Divorce

Daughter Mary

Known also as Bloody Mary

Devout CatholicThere was a fear she would bring bloodshed between Protestants and Catholics

Henry breaks from RomeBecomes Head of the Church of England

Marries Anne Boleyn

QUEEN ELIZABETH IS BORN

KING HENRY VII ANNE BOLEYN

QUEEN ELIZABETH I

HENRY HAS A WANDERING EYEANNE BOLEYN EXECUTED

HENRY’S WIVES

ELIZABETH BECOMES QUEEN

CIVIL STRIFEMARY QUEEN OF SCOTS EXECUTION

THE SPANISH ARMADA

ENGLAND AT PEACE

Baptized 26 April 1564; Died 23 April 1616)

Shakespeare’s LifeBaptized 1564Marries Anne Hathwey -1582London as a player -1595The Lord’s Chamberlain’s MenThe King’s MenDies 1616Wrote 37 playsWrote 154 sonnets