Now I will focus on the queens with the name Elizabeth. My direct ancestor Elizabeth Woodville and her daughter (Whom I am also direct) Elizabeth of York. I will also write about King Henry VIII's daughter Elizabeth. I am not a descendant of her but...
I only focused on the Elizabeth's I am a descendant to which were Elizabeth Woodville and Elizabeth of York but after the death of Elizabeth II, I have been working on my family tree a lot lately on this side. And while these Elizabeth's are not my ancestors, I decided I will go back to this book and do some research on these great Queens of England. Neither of them may not have been my direct ancestors but in a way, they were still family. Elizabeth I, being the daughter of my direct ancestor Henry VIII and a half sister to my ancestor who was an illegitimate son, Richard Edwards. The Current Monarch would still be "family" even though they are very distant and if there was an unexpected death to all of them or some of them give up the throne, there would be a very small chance that I could become Queen of the commonwealth. It's really interesting to think about but I am glad I am not in the line of succession where I could become Queen. I love my private life and wouldn't want the responsibility of guiding a country.
Now without further ado, this chapter is about Elizabeth I.
It's July 1588. Massive Amada under the flag of King Philip II of Spain surges up the channel with the aim of bringing Protestant England back under the sway of the Papacy. On the 29th Battle is joined with an English fleet, and not knowing if her sailors are victories, on the 8th of August, The Queen of England parades in front of her troops at Tilbury in Essex, where she will give a speech that will echo down the centuries.
I know I have a body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have a heart and stomach of a king.
Her name, Elizabeth I, England's greatest Queen.
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The woman known to history as Elizabeth Tudor, Queen Elizabeth I of England, was born on the 7th of September 1533 at the palace of Greenwich, near London. Her father was King Henry VIII of England.
Henry VIII of England
1491-1547 (Reign 1509-1547)
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Second son of Henry Tudor and Elizabeth of York. Who in their marriage have joined the houses of York and Lancaster after Henry's victory at the Battle of Bosworth in the Wars of the Roses. Elizabeth's mother was Queen Anne Boleyn, the daughter of diplomat Thomas Boleyn and Lady Elizabeth Howard and is now known to history as the infamous second wife of Henry VIII. King Henry VIII moved heaven and earth to marry her.
