Queen Elizabeth I took the crown of England on January 15, 1559 and ruled until her death in 1603. Here are 15 things you might not know about Good Queen Bess. She very nearly wasn’t queen at all.

This research project focuses on portraits of Queen Elizabeth I of England, specifically, portraits commissioned after she inherited the throne in 1558 at the age of twenty-five. Elizabeth I is one of ...

In fact, there have only been eight reigning queens of England, including Queen Elizabeth II, who died in September 2022. A number of queens ascended to the role through their husbands ...

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Portrait medals of Mary I of England and Philip II of Spain, 1555 The British Museum under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Henry VIII’s second daughter, Elizabeth, assumed the throne against all odds in 1558.

Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain Queen Elizabeth I took the crown of England on January 15, 1559 and ruled until her death in 1603. Here are 15 things you might not know about Good Queen Bess.