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Daughter of Anne Boleyn, predicted to be male. The lavish christening planned for a boy went ahead with her, and she was declared princess until her brother was born.
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Catherine Champernowne is appointed her governess. Elizabeth learns Italian, Latin, Greek, and French.
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Elizabeth was banished in 1548 after Katherine Parr finds her in an inappropriate embrace w/ Seymour. After Parr dies later that year, Seymour is accused of plotting to marry Elizabeth and overthrow his brother as Lord Protector of Edward VI.
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After those 8 weeks she is moved to Woodstock, where she remains util she becomes queen.
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- it is rumoured that Elizabeth's in love with her childhood friend, Robert Dudley, and his wife dies accidentally in 1560.
- Elizabeth remains single, refuses to name a successor. Speaks of being married to her kingdom and country.
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Protestant Elizabeth is religiously tolerant, but mindful of a potential Catholic uprising. She establishes a Protestant-based church with many Catholic elements, and is named the Supreme Governor of the Church of England.
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Many consider her, a Catholic, to be the rightful heir to the throne.
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These complete the establishment of an Anglican Church. which tried to appeal to both Catholics and Protestants.
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For plotting to marry Mary, Queen of Scots
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The Nevilles of Durham and the Percys of Northumberland try to overthrow Elizabeth and free Mary Queen of Scots in order to reinstate Catholicism, both Catholic families. Pope Pius V hears of the revolt and tries to help by deposing Elizabeth (in 1570). The rebellion fails, and the leaders later executed.
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French Protestants murdered by French Catholics in Paris, witnessed by key figures like Sir Walter Raleigh, caused panic in England over French Catholic invasion.
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- Sir Francis Duke nicks stuff from Spain, who protest and want restitution - Elizabeth refuses.
- March 18th: Parliament passes strict anti-Catholic legislation banning Mass, punishable by fines.
- Nov 7th: marriage treaty signed by Duke of Anjou and Elizabeth. He dies in 1584.
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Robert Dudley leads an army to assist the Dutch rebels fighting against the forces of King Phillip II. Elizabeth had previously declared the Netherlands under her protection, even though she denied sovereignty of it.
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The Babbington Plot - Anthony Babbington plotted to assassinate Elizabeth and replace her with Mary. Sir Francis Walsingham discovers this.
Oct 25th - Mary Queen of Scots convicted of involvement in the Babbington Plot -
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Penalties are proposed for those who refuse to attend Church of England services and those who atteng Catholic ones.
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- Start of 9 years war in Ireland: rebellion under Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone.
- Elizabeth makes Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, the Earl Marshal of England
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Elizabeth made Earl of Essex in charge of supressing the Irish rebels - instead, he signed an unauthorised truce with the Earl of Tyrone. He is stripped of all his titles and arrested.
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Earl of Essex attempts to rebel, and subsequently is executed on February 25th.
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