Queen Elizabeth Research Paper

Queen Elizabeth the first is the one of the most important monarchs in the United Kingdom history. She is known for her great achievements, especially after her siblings reign, such as, the end of the religious problems and made England a colonizing power of the world. However, nobody focus on her life before she became Queen, therefore, I chose my topic of her early life. Elizabeth’s father was King Henry VIII born in June 28, 1491. He was the second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. In April 21, 1509, Henry became King of England after his older brother, Arthur Prince of Wales, died in April 2, 1502. In addition, Henry married Catherine of Aragon, who was his brother widow; therefore, he had permission of the church to official the

Consequently, Henry married his third wife, Jane Seymour in 1536, carrying the same goal, have a male child to continue the Tudors legacy. Although everybody thought that Henrys feelings towards his daughter Elizabeth was weakened by Anne Boleyn death, Henry was much too good a parent, because she was a precocious intelligent endured more to him. At six years old, she had as much gravity as if she had been fourteen. In addition Elizabeth was loved by her father and stepmother, Catherine Parr, who was Henry sixth wife and considered by Elizabeth as second mother. On 1537, Catherine Parr gave birth to the first male child, Edward IV. As Edward grew up, it was natural that a close affection should develop between him and Elizabeth, for they were near in age, and the tutors and guardians were the same school thought. In addition, both were the King’s dearest children. Therefore, her stepsister Mary did not receive the same attention as her siblings, which made her relationship with Elizabeth

She was the smartest of the Tudors and had real love of learning. Her education fell into the second great generation when the center of influence had shift from the older Oxford scholars to a young Cambridge group. “Elizabeth was already learning Italian and French in her tenth year, and must by then have been fairly well grounded in Latin”. Neale, J.E. "Beginnings." Queen Elizabeth I. 3rd Edition ed. Vol. First. Chicago, Illinois: Academy Chicago, 2001. 12. Print. In January 1547, when she was thirteen, her father past away leaving the throne of England to her brother Edward, which was only ten years old at the time. After, her brother claimed the Kingdom their relationship started to get complicated, therefore, when she was sixteen Edward starts an investigation against Elizabeth for treason and sends her to live as royal prisoner. In addition, Edward kept Elizabeth under surveillance until his death in July 6, 1553. At this point, her older stepsister, Mary succeeds as Queen of England and imprisoned Elizabeth in the Tower of London. For the next five years, she lived under house arrest while Mary tries to decide whether to execute Elizabeth or not. Furthermore, Queen Mary was raise as Christian and always hate it the changed made by her father, which made her killed everyone that declares to be Anglican, such as, Elizabeth. Finally, in November 1558, her sister dies of a painful death, which historians believes to be uterine