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Qualities Of Queen Elizabeth

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Queen Elizabeth I is argued to be one of the best rulers of England. She was different from many of the rulers before her in many ways. Elizabeth was able to show the world that a woman was more than capable of ruling over a country; she was capable of changing one. Queen Elizabeth was intellectual, witty, and used her feminine beauty to get her way. Using her developed talents, Elizabeth was able to overcome many obstacles in her life, making her an extraordinary powerhouse. The birth of Elizabeth was indeed not celebrated; instead when Elizabeth’s mother failed to provide her father with a son, King Henry VIII was bitterly disappointed and did not even go to the christening of his newborn daughter. Elizabeth was often referred to as the “Bastard Queen” because her father married her mother, Anne Boleyn, with out getting his previous marriage with Catherine of Aragon annulled. The Pope, along with the rest of Europe did not recognize Henry’s “marriage” with Anne and Elizabeth was never actually considered legitimate by the English people. When Elizabeth was still very young, her father ordered her mother to be executed at the Tower of London (Briscoe), leaving the princess stripped of her title and declared illegitimate. When Elizabeth was just ten years old, her father married his sixth wife, Katherine Parr. She treated the princess as if she were her own blood and made sure of Elizabeth’s return to court. Alexandra Briscoe from BBC News said, that Katherine “took a keen

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