Edward's will was set aside within weeks of his death and Mary became queen, deposing and executing Jane. During Mary's reign, Elizabeth was imprisoned for nearly a year on suspicion of supporting Protestant rebels. Upon her half-sister's death in 1558, Elizabeth succeeded to the throne ...
Their marriage saw the birth of four children: Charles, Anne, Andrew, and Edward. Elizabeth's reign, which began on February 6, 1952, following the death of her father, has been marked by significant changes both within Britain and globally. She has navigated the decolonization of Africa and...
Cecilia Vega, ABC News chief White House correspondent, remembers Queen Elizabeth II’s experiences with American presidents throughout her reign. 2 years ago Inside Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral Sir Peter Bottomley, the most senior member of the U.K. Parliament, talks about what it was like ...
Posted in Anne Boleyn Elizabeth I Early Life Elizabeth I Personality Elizabeth I's Achievements Elizabeth I's Childhood Lady Elizabeth People The Reign of Elizabeth I The Cambridge Connections – Part 2 This is the second part of author Robert Parry’s examination of the “Cambridge Connections”...
had been quiet at the on-set of Edward’s reign now acquired a young and belligerent king in the form of Henri II. Somerset became the bone between two dogs as he sought to control his extended northern borders and hang on to England’s continental lands in the form of Calais and ...
I've had a few people ask why I, as an owner of an Anne Boleyn website, have been involved in a tribute to Queen Elizabeth II on the day she became Britain's
She served as monarch of 15 of them at the time of her death. Her reign of 70 years and 214 days is the longest of any British monarch and the longest recorded of any female head of state. Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, as the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York ...
During her reign, the make-up of Elizabeth's empire changed dramatically. The British Empire was in the process of transforming into the Commonwealth of Nations before she took the throne and by the time of her accession, her role as head of multiple independent states was already ...
LONDON, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Britain's reigning Queen Elizabeth II has been in the limelight this year for the occasion of her 90th birthday. But the spotlight Friday was on her namesake, Queen Elizabeth I, who reigned more than four centuries ago. A public appeal has enabled London's ...
Assuming the use may have originated in France, a link to the notion of powerful kings is that the early years of the 1700s were the latter years of the reign of an absolute monarch, Louise X1V. French historians generally regard the Age of Enlightenment (think Voltaire and Rousseau with ...