Elizabeth used her femininity to bring a male-dominated court to its knees, and gave playful nicknames to her favourites. Or was she? Elizabeth exalted in being the queen bee at court. But although for the early part of her reign she was the most desirable bride in Europe, as her physical charms began to fade she employed dirty tactics to make sure that she kept all of the male attention to herself. Thus, while Elizabeth appeared at court bedecked in lavish gowns of rich materials and vivid colours, her ladies were obliged to wear only black or white.
No matter how attractive they might be in their own right, the plain uniformity of their dress would draw all eyes to the star of the show. To test the effect that this created, the queen once asked a visiting French nobleman what he thought of her ladies. This was exactly the response Elizabeth required. They were also banned from observing Mass. Elizabeth was always fastidious about her appearance, but the ritual of dressing the queen became increasingly elaborate as age began to overtake her: it took her ladies a staggering four hours a day to complete the ceremony of dressing and undressing the queen.
Elizabeth had originally worn wigs that matched her own colouring, but as she grew older these were used to conceal her greying hair. Her face, neck and hands were painted with ceruse a mixture of white lead and vinegar ; her lips were coloured with a red paste made from beeswax and plant dye, and her eyes were lined with kohl.
Yet over the plus years of her rule, the young and pretty Elizabeth aged into a balding, frail woman with black, rotten and foul-smelling teeth; scarred by pox, crippled by headaches and plagued by bouts of depression.
Ironically, most of these cosmetics did more damage to the skin than ageing ever could. But Elizabeth insisted that she continue to be adorned with this and other dangerous cosmetics, and only ever let her closest ladies see what lay beneath.
Elizabeth found out and it was said that she cut off his head in revenge — although his rebellion against her [in February ] probably had something to do with it. Although she has gone down in history as the Virgin Queen, upon her accession it was widely expected that Elizabeth would marry. But as she continued to resist pressure from her councillors to take a husband, rumours began to circulate that there was some secret reason why she was so determined not to marry.
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Elizabeth I was born a princess but declared illegitimate through political machinations. During her reign, Elizabeth I established Protestantism in England; defeated the Spanish Armada in ; maintained peace inside her previously divided country; and created an environment where the arts flourished.
She was sometimes called the "Virgin Queen", as she never married. She was only 2 years old when her mother was beheaded on the orders of her father, based on questionable charges of adultery and conspiracy. Photo: Steven van der Meulen [Public domain].
Elizabeth I was born on September 7, , in Greenwich, England. Elizabeth was raised much like any other royal child. She received tutoring and excelled at languages and music. After her father's death in , Elizabeth spent some time under the care of her stepmother Catherine Parr. Tensions with Parr over Parr's new husband, Thomas Seymour, led Elizabeth to return to the royal estate at Hatfield, away from the court.
Her relationship with Seymour later came under scrutiny, and Seymour was tried for conspiring to wed Elizabeth in a bid to gain power.
Found guilty, Seymour was executed. Elizabeth and Mary were declared to be illegitimate as their father sought to pave the way to the throne for Edward, his male heir.
The girls were later reinstated as potential heirs. Edward VI died just six years later, in Mary Tudor and their cousin, Lady Jane Grey , both were in line for the crown. Edward had appointed Grey to be his successor. Her reign proved to be very short: Mary gained the support of the English people and unseated Grey after only nine days on the throne.
Even though Elizabeth supported Mary in her coup, she was not free from suspicion. A staunch Roman Catholic, Mary sought to restore her country back to her faith, undoing her father's break from the Pope. While Elizabeth went along with the religious change, she remained a candidate for the throne for those who wanted a return to Protestantism. In , Thomas Wyatt organized a rebellion against Mary in the hopes of making Elizabeth queen and restoring Protestantism to England.
His plot was uncovered, and Mary quickly imprisoned Elizabeth. Although Elizabeth disputed any involvement in the conspiracy, her sister was not wholly convinced. Although she was soon released, Elizabeth's life was firmly in her sister's hands.
Wyatt was executed, but he maintained that Elizabeth was not aware of the rebellion. Elizabeth eventually returned to Hatfield and continued with her studies. Elizabeth I inherited a number of problems stirred up by her half-sister Mary. The country was at war with France, which proved to be a tremendous drain on the royal coffers.
There was also great tension between different religious factions after Mary worked to restore England to Roman Catholicism by any means necessary. Mary had earned herself the nickname Bloody Mary for ordering the execution of Protestants as heretics. Elizabeth acted swiftly to address these two pressing issues.
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