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Elizabeth I, was born in Greenwich, palace of Placentia, on 7th September of 1533
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She was baptized in honor of her two grandmothers, Elizabeth I de York and Isabel Howard, on September 10, 1533 by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, with the Marquis of Exeter, the Duchess of Norfolk and the Marquise Widow of Dorset as their godfathers.
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When she was three years old, they executed her mother. With what
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After the death of his brothers Eduardo VI and María I, Elizabeth I assumed the throne. With 26 years, was crowned queen of England in London.
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However, in 1563, after a truce between Protestants and Catholics, Elizabeth I was unable to hold on to Le Havre and in 1564 she signed a peace with France.
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1569 Elizabeth I bent over to order the catch of the Indian fleet
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From the early years of her reign, Isabel placed her trust in Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley from 1572, who was first Royal Secretary and then Royal Treasurer.
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Queen Elizabeth I, who had personally harangued her troops, was considered the epitome of English triumph and increased the high degree of rapport she already had with her people.
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1598, Elizabeth looked like, in the words of a scathing courtier, quot;a mummy with no flesh and covered with jewels";. Bald, withered, and grotesque, she claimed to be even for her subjects the embodiment of perfect virtue, justice, and beauty.
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She died on March 24, 1603, after designating as his successor James I of England and VI of Scotland, son of Mary I Stuart, which began the process of unification of the two kingdoms