On November 17, 1558 Elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of her half sister Queen “Bloody” Mary. she was often called called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the last monarch of the House of Tudor. a famous quote of Elizabeth I was “I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too.”
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