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Queen Elizabeth I of England, born 1533, died 1603. Reigned from 1558-1603.
Known as 'The Virgin Queen' because she never married (despite a close relationship with childhood friend Robert Dudley, later Earl of Leicester) and or had a child. She was also known as 'Gloriana' and her reign became known as 'The Golden Age'.
Daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. Half-sister to Queen Mary (known as 'Bloody' Mary) and Edward VI.
Links
- Elizabeth I, Live and Online
- Literary works presented by Brown University.
- About: Elizabeth I of England
- Links and quotations of Elizabeth - from the About.com Guide to Women's History.
- Elizabeth I (1533-1603)
- Biographical information, overview of reign, texts, poetry, essays, articles, links, and resources.
- The Life and Times of Queen Elizabeth I
- This extensive site covers fashion, clothing, court life, the Spanish Armada, Mary Queen of Scots, Europe in the "Age of Elizabeth."
- Elizabeth I and the Elizabethian Period
- Biography and links to further information. Provided by the Springfield (Illinois) High School English Department.
- The Childhood of Elizabeth I
- Provides links not only to external sites on Elizabeth's childhood, but also internal links to "Elizabeth's Family" and "The Virgin Queen" which are by the same author. This site was created as a project for a tenth grade Gifted World History course.
- Poetry Archive: Queen Elizabeth I
- An index of poems written by Elizabeth.
- Queen Elizabeth I
- Lengthy biography, portraits with commentary, and primary sources from Englishhistory.net.
- Modern History Sourcebook: Queen Elizabeth I of England
- Selected writings and speeches of the queen.
- BBC History: Elizabeth I
- Series of articles covering the queen's life, with links to related articles and information.
- New Year's Gifts for Queen Elizabeth
- Provides detailed lists of gifts given to Elizabeth as presents at New Year's celebrations.
- The Philological Museum
- William Camden's seventeenth century account of Elizabeth's reign, "Annales Rerum Gestarum Angliae et Hiberniae Regnante Elizabetha", with the annotations of Sir Francis Bacon. In Latin and English.
- Pregnant Queen Elizabeth?
- Analysis of a seventeenth century portrait of what appears to be Elizabeth in a maternity dress. From the Sir Francis Bacon's New Advancement of Learning site.
- The Faces of Queen Elizabeth The First
- Collection of portrait images of Queen Elizabeth I, from Luminarium.
- Elizabeth I at the National Portrait Gallery, London
- Portraits of Elizabeth I in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London.
- 16th century period makeup: Queen Elizabeth I
- Examples of the work of film and TV make-up artists who have transformed actresses (and actors) into Elizabeth I.
- Gloriana: The Life & Reign of Elizabeth I
- Wonderfully detailed, illustrated site about the life, death and legacy of Elizabeth I, by Suzanne Cross.
- Life In Elizabethan England: A Compendium of Common Knowledge
- 'Elizabethan Commonplaces for Writers, Actors and Re-Enactors.' A great source of info on almost any aspect of Elizabethan life you can think of! By Maggie Pierce Secara and Paula Katherine Marmor.
- Elizabethan Blackwork: Blackwork Embroidery Archives
- Original blackwork patterns based on Elizabethan styles, by Paula Katherine Marmor.
Elizabeth I on Amazon: Books
Elizabeth I: fact and fiction.
Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne
Amazon Price: $14.95 (as of 07/12/2009) 
Elizabeth I: The Exhibition Catalogue
Gorgeous illustrated catalogue from the 2003 'Elizabeth I' exhibition at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London, which included hundreds of fascinating artefacts, many of them Elizabeth's personal property. Foreword by guest curator David Starkey.
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The Virgin's Lover (Boleyn)
Amazon Price: $12.48 (as of 07/12/2009)
The Uncrowned Kings of England: The Black History of the Dudleys and the Tudor Throne
Amazon Price: $24.08 (as of 07/12/2009)
Children of Henry VIII
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I, Elizabeth: A Novel
Amazon Price: $11.21 (as of 07/12/2009)
Elizabeth I on Amazon: DVD and Video
Elizabeth I: fact and fiction
Elizabeth
Cate Blanchett is probably the best Elizabeth I ever! Joseph Fiennes is Leicester. Richard Attenborough plays William Cecil.
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Elizabeth R
Glenda Jackson plays Elizabeth opposite Robert Hardy.
Amazon Price: $46.99 (as of 07/12/2009)
Masterpiece Theatre: Elizabeth I - The Virgin Queen
BBC production in four episodes, featuring Anne-Marie Duff as Elizabeth, from imprisonment during her sister Mary's reign through her own reign to her death. Great sexual chemistry between this Elizabeth and her Robert Dudley!
Amazon Price: $26.99 (as of 07/12/2009)
Blackadder II [Region 2]
Probably my favourite series - Edmund Blackadder tries to keep his head in the court of Elizabeth I - the childlike Queenie, played for laughs by Miranda Richardson.
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Elizabeth I
Helen Mirren and Jeremy Irons star in Channel 4's production of the Elizabeth story.
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