Queen Elizabeth I (The Ditchley portrait) by Marcus Gheeraerts
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Queen Elizabeth's mother, Anne Boleyn
01 – Preface; Elizabeth’s Mother
Called (inaccurately)Princess Elizabeth of England, the later Queen Elizabeth of England I., at the age of three (right), at the age of five (left) and at the age of six (middle), daughter of King Henry VIII of England and Anne Boleyn, 16th century. The fashions are of the 17th century long after Elizabeth died.
Note: The author mistakenly introduces this chapter as “chapter 3”, but she reads Chapter 2, Childhood of a Princess.
02 – The Childhood of a Princess
The Dukes of Northumberland and Suffolk praying Lady Jane Grey accept the crown
03 – Lady Jane Grey
04 – The Spanish Match
05 – Queen Elizabeth in the Tower
Queen Elizabeth I in coronation robes
06 – Accession to the Throne
07 – The War in Scotland
08 – Elizabeth’s Lovers
09 – Personal Character
The Spanish Armada off the English coast by Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen
10 – The Invincible Armada
11 – The Earl of Essex
12 – The Conclusion