Elizabeth Tudor was one of the greatest and perhaps the most famous monarchs of all time. Her life, reign and achievement were viewed as the most influential factors in the shaping of the British history until today.
Elizabeth was born as an illegitimate daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife Anne Boleyn on September 7th 1533 (Sommerville). Her mistress mother, Anne Boleyn was executed to the crime of “not able to give birth to a male heir”. To make the matter worse, her kingly father could not care less of her well beings. He was rather busy making a male heir. However, she was fortunate enough to be educated by many famous scholars. This, later on, played an important role in her way of governing the country. Elizabeth’s life was even harder when her father died in 1547 (Sommerville). She was now second in line to the throne next to her half-sister, Mary. She became even a bigger threat when her Brother died. Mary, who was now Queen Mary I saw her as the biggest......
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