Queen Elizabeth Research Paper

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Queen Elizabeth’s father, Henry VIII, was born on June 18, 1491 and he became king at only 18 years of age. Henry VIII was an extravagant ladies’ man who liked hunting and enjoyed pageantry. Going through 6 wives, and beheading most of them because they did not give him a son, Katherine Parr was lucky to outlive him. Wife number two, Anne Boleyn, the mother of Queen Elizabeth was also eventually beheaded because she could not produce a son to continue the lineage. Becoming Queen in 1558, Elizabeth has extensive military expertise, the ability to play many different musical instruments, and like her father, had the taste for extravagance including beautiful clothing and jewelry. She was a popular queen, and was well liked by the commoners. Having