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Henry VIII hoped that Anne Bolyn would bear him a son that Catherine of Aragon never did. But, on September 7, 1533 in Greenwich Palace, Anne bore Elizabeth instead.
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Anne was beheaded on the Tower Green on May 19, 1536, before Elizabeth was three years old.
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News of Mary Tudor's death on November 17, 1558 reached Elizabeth at Hatfield.Upon hearing that she was Queen, legend has it that Elizabeth quoted the 118th Psalm's twenty-third line, in Latin: "A Dominum factum est illud, et est mirabile in oculis notris" -- "It is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes."
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On January 15, 1559, Elizabeth I was crowned Queen by Owen Oglethorpe.
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Elizabeth delivered this speech in encouragement for the troops that were awaiting the invasion of the Spanish Armada.
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Between 1594 and 1603, Elizabeth faced her most severe test in Ireland during the Nine Years War, a revolt that took place at the height of hostilities with Spain
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Elizabeth died on March 24, 1603 at Richmond Palace and was succeeded by James I (James VI of Scotland).The Tudor dynasty ended and passed to the Stuarts.
