As the daughter of King Henry VIII, whose six marriages reshaped the monarchy and led to England’s break from the Catholic Church, Elizabeth may have been wary of matrimony. Queen Elizabeth ...

There was broad support for the new Settlement and very few refused to take the oath of loyalty to the queen. By 1568 most people had accepted the new Church. Elizabeth’s tolerant approach ...

Elizabeth I was born Princess Elizabeth in September 1533, the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Henry’s second wife. A portrait of Elizabeth I, painted when she was around 13 years old.