Our common ancestors - English Royal family - Contents

Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I,
born 1533.
See wikipedia.
She became Queen when her sister Mary died 1558.
She reigned 1558-1603.
See her minister William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley.
See her favourites Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester and his stepson Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex.
See her governor of Ireland Sir Henry Sidney.
See her Irish favourite Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond.
After her death in 1603, the crown passed to House of Stuart.

After Elizabeth I:
- The state of Virginia in the USA (named by Sir Walter Raleigh after "the Virgin Queen").
- Virginia, Co.Cavan
Cultural depictions of Elizabeth I
- The movie Elizabeth (1998).
- The movie Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007).

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