fwo_1026004 - ENGLAND - KINGDOM OF ENGLAND - ELIZABETH I 1 Shilling n.d.

ENGLAND - KINGDOM OF ENGLAND - ELIZABETH I

(7/09/1533-24/03/1603)

Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from November 17, 1558 until her death on March 24, 1603. Daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, she became Queen of England and Ireland after the death of Edward VI and Mary I. Elizabeth I is the last representative of the Tudor dynasty, and her long reign of forty-four years marks an unparalleled golden age, which defines the Elizabethan period, helping to raise England to the level of the great European powers..