Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I was born on the September 7, 1533 in Greenwich England. She was a princess but declared illegitimate through political machinations. She eventually claimed the throne at the age of 25 and held it for 44 years, keeping England in the ascendant through wars, and political and religious turmoil. She died in 1603.

She was the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn, she was only two years old when she lost her mother.