The Golden Age of England Queen Elizabeth was the queen of England. She was born at Greenwich Palace on September 7, 1533 near London. Her father, Henry VIII had anulled his marriage with Catherine of Aragon and had broken with Rome to marry Anne Boleyn. Their daughter Elizabeth was to be the child of Reformation. She was a clever girl and was carefully educated by Cambridge tutors and moderate Protestant inclinations. She was brilliant at languages. Elizabeth …
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…that would come to be called the Elizabethan era. Her greatest accomplishments during her reign was defeating the Spanish Armada, firmly establishing England and a naval power and giving many years of peace and prosperity to England. She changed the way the world looked at Britain and how people looked at the world. With the possible exception of Catherine the Great of Russie, Elizabeth I may be regarded as the greatest female ruler in history.