Person

Elizabeth I

1533–1603 · 16th century · Also known as Elizabeth I of England

Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603, the last Tudor monarch. Her religious settlement established the Church of England, and her reign saw the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, early English overseas ventures and a flowering of literature. In Ireland her forces crushed the Desmond rebellions and fought the Nine Years' War.

Elizabeth I
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Great speeches

Elizabeth I at TilburyAugust 1588

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