Queen Elizabeth I died on 24 March 1603. Elizabeth, the last Tudor
monarch and "Virgin Queen", was the daughter of Henry VIII and his
second wife, Anne Boleyn. She became queen in 1558 aged 25 and ruled for 45
years. Her reign saw the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the introduction of a
revised Book of Common Prayer and a golden age of playwrights and poets. Read here.
"Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind."
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