How Does Queen Elizabeth 1 Affect The Modern World

Queen Elizabeth Tudor the I, also known the Virgin Queen, Good Queen Bess and Goddess Gloriana, inherited a kingdom from a Queen who was cruel and bloodthirsty, and made the kingdom successful and thriving. She lived from 1533 to 1603, and took the throne in 1558 when she was 25. Elizabeth grew up with an uncomfortable and unstable relationship with several of her family members. Her father had many wives, and Elizabeth had absolutely no mother by the time she was three; her mother, Anne Boleyn, was beheaded when Elizabeth was no more than two. After her father’s troubles with finding a queen, it is no surprise that Elizabeth never married, although it is quite shocking that she never had a man at her side, due to the given time period. These
Even with her depressing past, Elizabeth grew into a great and loved Queen. She influenced her people and the modern world so much that the time period she ruled was even named as the Elizabethan Era. In spite of her unstable childhood and family troubles, Elizabeth was a great ruler who affected the modern world a great deal.

Elizabeth grew into a great and modern queen, beloved by all her people, but her childhood was not nearly as glamorous. She watched as her father went through several wives. Each he hoped would bring him a son, but only one did. As a result, Elizabeth was forced to watch as her father married wife after wife. He started with Catherine of Aragon, who was Mary’s, mother, and ended with his sixth wife, Katherine Parr, who Elizabeth loved the most. In fact, when Elizabeth’s Father died, and his only male heir became king, Elizabeth moved in
King Henry VIII, Elizabeth’s father, played a very important role in her character, he had married six wives, almost all of these marriages ended in disaster. First, he married Catherine of Aragon, who could not bear a son, and as a result Henry divorced her. Next was Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth’s mother, who once again could not bear a son, she instead got beheaded when Elizabeth was two. After her was Anne of Clovis, and her marriage to Henry ended in absolute disaster. Then came Catherine Howard, who was thirty years younger than Henry, and cheated on him with a younger and more suitable lover. Finally, came the wife who could bear King Henry a son, Katherine Parr. She loved both her child, Edward, and Elizabeth dearly, whereas she loved Mary a considerably less. As a result, it is not surprising that Elizabeth never married, but instead used her singleness to her political advantage with different suitors and royals. To add to Elizabeth’s family problems, her sister, Mary, blamed Elizabeth for all the troubles in her own life, and only once showed any sign of affection toward her. This happened during Mary’s coronation Parade, during which Elizabeth knelt in front of Mary, and Mary spoke to her with her hands clasped with Elizabeth. However, Mary was quickly reminded of her hatred of Elizabeth when Thomas Wyatt started a petition to get