Queen Elizabeth I was known to be an all-powerful monarch, a warrior who defeated the Spanish Armada, a leader loved by her subjects and a muse for Shakespeare. The late Queen of England and ...

The following year Philip II of Spain launched a great fleet of ships, known as the Spanish Armada, to try and overthrow Elizabeth and restore Catholicism. Always a popular monarch, and a ...

seeking to depose Elizabeth and bring Protestant England back into the Catholic fold. The discovery of the letters between the Duke of Medina Sidonia, Commander of the Armada and his second in ...

When Queen Mary I died, and with her England's brief and bloody restoration of Catholicism, she was replaced with Elizabeth I ... and 18,000 soldiers, the Spanish Armada set sail from Lisbon.

Her forces defeated the Spanish Armada and saved England ... taught the art of public speaking by renowned Cambridge scholar Roger Ascham. Elizabeth is 13-years-old when Henry VIII dies.

Born into royal turmoil, Elizabeth I faced betrayal, imprisonment, and religious conflict before becoming one of England’s greatest monarchs. From rebuilding the Church of England to defeating the ...

The English defeated the Spanish Armada in an impressive victory ... and virginity and are almost always present in artwork depicting Elizabeth I, especially after she became known as the Virgin ...