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Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) [b] was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. She was the last and longest reigning monarch of the House of Tudor .
Portrait of Elizabeth I in her coronation robes. Copy c. 1600–1610 of a lost original of c. 1559. [1] The pose echoes the famous portrait of Richard II in Westminster Abbey, the second known portrait of a British sovereign. One of many portraits of its type, with a reversed Darnley face pattern, c. 1585–90, artist unknown
Allegoric representation of Elizabeth I with the goddesses Juno, Athena, and Venus/Aphrodite, by Joris Hoefnagel or Hans Eworth, ca 1569. There have been numerous notable portrayals of Queen Elizabeth in a variety of art forms, and she is the most filmed British monarch.
Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, 1575. The Phoenix portrait attributed to Nicholas Hilliard (1537-1619). The last Tudor monarch, Elizabeth I (1533-1603) ruled from 1558 until 1603.
Elizabethan literature refers to bodies of work produced during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603), and is one of the most splendid ages of English literature.In addition to drama and the theatre, it saw a flowering of poetry, with new forms like the sonnet, the Spenserian stanza, and dramatic blank verse, as well as prose, including historical chronicles, pamphlets, and the first ...
By royal proclamation, James styled himself "King of Great Britain", but no such kingdom was actually created until 1707, when England and Scotland united during the reign of Queen Anne to form the new Kingdom of Great Britain, with a single British parliament sitting at Westminster. This marked the end of the Kingdom of England as a sovereign ...
[5] [6] The queen is flanked by two columns behind, probably a reference to the famous impresa of Charles V, Philip II's father, which represented the Pillars of Hercules. [7] The composition was painted following the greatest threats to Elizabeth's power, therefore this portrait aimed to reinforce her position as a capable female monarch. [8]
Lord Burghley was the longest-serving minister to Queen Elizabeth I. This is a list of the principal government ministers during the reign of Elizabeth I of England, 1558 to 1603. From the outset of her reign, her chief minister was Sir William Cecil, later Lord Burghley. He died in 1598 and was succeeded by his son Sir Robert Cecil.