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    Queen Elizabeth II: Defender of the Faith Historical Research and Writing As one of the most influential people that I know‚ Queen Elizabeth II has deeply affected both history and my personal life. She was born at 2:40 am on April 21st‚ 1926 at 17 Bruton Street in Mayfair‚ London. As the first child of The Duke and Duchess of York‚ it was still unlikely Queen Elizabeth II would have ever become who she is today. For at the time she stood third in line of succession to the throne after King

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    Mary Queen of Scots Biography Mary Queen of Scots‚ kind and caring‚ was born into royalty and respected by the people who eventually witnessed her execution. Her birth of royalty was attributed to her parental influence of the King and Queen of Scots. “Mary Stuart Was born on December 8‚ 1542 in Linlithgow Palace‚ West Lothian‚ Scotland.”{Editors} Mary never knew her parents but she knew she would always be a queen. “The death of her father‚ which occurred just days after her birth‚ put Mary

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    Queen Elizabeth the second was born April 21‚ 1926 in London‚ England as Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary. Her father‚ Prince Albert‚ later known as King George VI‚ was the son of King George V and Queen Mary. She was third in line for the throne‚ after her uncle‚ King Edward VIII‚ and father. After Elizabeth’s grandfather died and her uncle gave up the throne to marry American Wallis Simpson‚ her father became King leaving her next in line for the throne. In her younger years before (and after)

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    “In my end is my beginning‚” says Mary‚ Queen of Scots. Mary had a difficult life. When she was younger‚ she was like any ordinary person in the royal family. “She enjoyed hunting‚ dancing‚ poetry‚ and many other activities” (“World”). When she grew older she became strong in her faith. “Mary was a strong Catholic in a Protestant country” (“World”). Many events happened in her life‚ such as tragic death‚ that would make a person stronger. Mary‚ Queen of Scots was a remarkably brave woman that gained

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    Choose one English king / queen and discuss their importance in the history of England. (About 2000 words) In about a thousand years of monarchy‚ England had many remarkable kings and queens and yet most probably none of them deserved the attention from historians and novelists like Queen Elizabeth I‚ also known as ‘Gloriana’‚ ‘Good Queen Bess’ and ‘The Virgin Queen’. She was the daughter of Henry VIII and his second wife Anne Boleyn and is one of the most famous queens in England‚ who stayed on

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    In Queen Elizabeth I of England’s speech she speaks to her soldiers at Tilbury to persuade them to fight harder. Queen Elizabeth I was Queen of England in 1588 during the invasion into her country by Spain after the former Catholic Mary Queen of Scots was executed by Elizabeth. After the execution‚ she wanted to remind her troops that she had faith in them and persuade them to trust her by delivering a speech to them at Tilbury. After she delivered her message to her troops‚ they showed an overwhelming

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    past cannot be cured” - Elizabethan I. Elizabethan I also known as Queen Elizabeth‚ was one of the greatest monarchs in European History. She achieved lots and even called her Era the “Elizabethan Era”. She ruled with no husband or kids and did well. She proved that she could do it by herself. She didn’t surround herself with the wrong people and even though she had a rough life because of all the deaths‚ she still ruled like a Queen. Elizabethan was born September 7‚ 1533. At an Early age Elizabethans

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    In the case that time travel was a realistic and safe mode of transportation‚ the person whom I would visit would be Queen Elizabeth I. The trials that she faced were unbearable‚ yet she survived. Growing up‚ reading the story of her lifetime was an inspiration and seemed unreal. By reading a group of books covering the Tudor monarchy‚ I learned of Queen Elizabeth and a time period roughly 600 years ago. The books came as a trilogy‚ following the lives of her mother‚ Anne Boleyn‚ her half-sister

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    A BIOGRAPHICAL RECONT OF QUEEN ELZABETH II Princess Alexandra Mary was born on April 21‚ 1926 in London‚ England. She was the first child of Prince Albert and former Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. She only had a sister whose name was Margret Rose. She has been Queen for 56 years. She is the constitutional monarch of the United Kingdom also Queen of Ireland and head of the Common wealth. (Biography of Queen Elizabeth II‚ biography.com‚ 19th February 2010). The Queen and her younger sister moved to the

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    Giving Justice to the Title BEAUTY QUEEN An Entry for the Search for Young Eco-minds 2011 to New Zealand by Rolyson B. Simpliciano Being a Bayer Young Environmental Ambassador of the Philippines to Germany 2008 really makes someone more critical and responsive to contemporary issues and concerns. Less seriously but interestingly speaking‚ it makes someone a celebrity on his/her own right. Last February‚ Laoag City‚ the capital of Ilocos Norte‚ celebrated the annual Pamulinawen Festival

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