Elizabeth was one of the very few queens of England who possessed great wisdom and personality. She
believed in following her father?s style of rule in advocating supremacy over a group of people. Her
reign consisted of renowned council members who served as her advisors. The period of Elizabeth?s
rule is popularly known as the Elizabeth Era. 

Elizabeth was born on 7 September 1533 in the Greenwich Palace. She was born to Henry VIII of
England and his second wife Anne Boleyn. Henry wanted to have a legal son who would succeed him to
the throne, so he cancelled his wedding with Mary and remarried Anne. Anne was crowned when she was
carrying Elizabeth assuming that the kid would be a mail heir to the throne. 

Following her birth and two miscarriages Anne was imprisoned for fake charges and was executed
later. Elizabeth was christened on 10 September 1533. After Anne was executed, Elizabeth was
declared illegitimate and she lost her royal titles. Elizabeth was tremendous in learning and
acquired proficiency over English, Latin, Italian, French and Greek.  

Henry VIII passed away in 1547 and his last wife Catherine Parr married Thomas Seymour. Elizabeth
was invited to live with them until she was sent away by Catherine Parr, when Parr discovered that
Seymour played dirty games with the thirteen year old Elizabeth. She completed her education in 1550
when people recognized her as the best educated woman of her generation.  

Bonding between the sisters Mary and Elizabeth did not last long after Mary ascended the throne.
Mary decided to crush the protestant faith and her supporters warned that her position as Queen
would not last if Elizabeth existed. Elizabeth was imprisoned on fake terms but was released later,
but did not escape from having been house arrested for almost a year.  

When it became evident that Mary was not pregnant Elizabeth?s chance of becoming heir to the throne
strengthened. Following the recognition of Elizabeth as heir to the throne by Mary on 6 November
1558, she ascended to the throne when Mary died on 17 November 1558. 

Elizabeth did not marry throughout her life. She was not in need of men to support her reign;
however history reveals that she had affairs with several men. It is also told that she had no
wedding plans because she knew that she was infertile after having an illegitimate affair with
Thomas Seymour. She got various wedding proposals but she strongly considered only Robert Dudley,
but the relation was not acknowledged by the politicians. 

Elizabeth remaining single had many political effects too. She remained silent when the parliament
and the other politicians forced her to get married. She refused to even announce an heir to the
throne as she might invite trouble to her own throne.  

Elizabeth?s single status inspired the poets and the writers to personify her as a virgin who is
married to the Kingdom and the people. She was portrayed as a virgin or Goddess and was not in
comparison with a normal woman. 

Elizabeth got extensively involved in drafting to foreign policies. The historical Foreign policies
of her are with Scotland, Spain, France, Ireland, Barbary States, Ottoman Empire and Japan. A series
of death of her friends left the Queen in a state of depression while she herself fell ill in 1602.
She died in the early hours of 24 March 1603.