Bbc clips elizabeth 1 biography
Elizabeth 1.
NARRATOR: In 1558 one of the most famous monarchs in history inherited the throne: Queen Elizabeth I. She ruled for 45 years at a time when women were thought to need guidance from men.
Bbc clips elizabeth 1 biography
But even though she had a whole era named after her, her reign was one of threats and challenges, challenges that arose largely because of the actions of her father, Henry VIII.
HENRY VIII: I say!
NARRATOR: Let's take it back to untangle this story.
Henry VIII had three children: Mary by his first wife, Elizabeth by his second and Edward by his third. Edward being the youngest child, but the eldest male child, became king when Henry VIII died in 1547, as back then mail heirs jumped to the front of the queue.
However, Edward was a sickly boy and, at the tender age of15, he also died.
HENRY VIII: No! My only boy.
NARRATOR: But not before he named a cousin, Lady Jane Grey, as his successor in order to stop his Catholic sister, Mary, inheriting the throne.
Nine days later, however, Lady Jane G