Notes on Elizabethan Times

1. It was a miracle Elizabeth made it alive to be the Queen in 1558.
2. Elizabeth was 2 when her mother died.
3. Had to persuade everyone that she was innocent
4. Living with guardian when the new husband started to create rumors that he had the right ot marry her or she was pregnant at age 14
5. 19 yr. old: faced danger
6. 25 yr olds - came into inheritance with high hopes
7. Celebrations at her coronation were designed to show her off
8. Did everything women in 16th century weren't suppose to do
9. Loved being adored
10. Sergeant father - William Cecil
• Had to remind Elizabeth that she needed a husband
• If he pushed Elizabeth, she might marry Robert Dudley, Cecil's rival
11. Would have been horrible for Elizabeth to leave her hair down because she had raved about her virginity
12. Dudley's wife was found dead at the bottom of a staircase
13. 1563 - Elizabeth gave up on the possibility of marrying Robert Dudley
• She was going to give him up to Mary Stewart, Queen of the Scots

Mary Queen of Scots

14. Father is James V
15. Born in 1542
16. A Stewart and a Tudor
17. Did not want Elizabeth to tell her what to do
18. Knew a baby would be born even though she had a drunk nitwit husband
19. Gave birth to James VI of Scotland
20. March 9, 1567 = 1567 Bothwell supervised killing Dudley after gunpowder blew up his house
21. Dudley's murder was a turning point in Mary's life
22. Bothwell was there to give Mary help, he had power over Mary
23. Bothwell wanted to take Mary to his castle
24. Mary married him to most of the country's horror - this is where she lost her control
25. Bothwell abandoned Mary when she faced rebel armies
26. Renounced her title because she was considered a prostitute and baby James got the throne
27. Mary was 25 during this time
28. It had been 10 months of imprisonment when Mary made a get-a-way
29. Mary's appearance threw Elizabeth into turmoil, Liz was 35 - was Mary her heir?
30. Elizabeth wore Mary's stolen pearls, stolen by Mary's enemies
31. It was planned for Mary's marriage to Bothwell be annulled and marry Thomas Howard, duke of Norford
32. The plot collapsed
33. Elizabeth will go on to fight the Spanish.
34. Spain is like a puppet, the Pope pulls its strings.
35. The Pope can't raise a fighting force for the English.
36. The English will go on to win the battle.