Queen Elizabeth I took the crown of England on January 15, 1559 and ruled until her death in 1603. Here are 15 things you might not know about Good Queen Bess. She very nearly wasn’t queen at all.

Thought to have have one of the most glorious reigns in history, Elizabeth I also happened to be the only queen of England never to get married. Having spent her 45-year reign leading her country ...

Elizabeth’s father, Henry, brother Edward and sister Mary had caused England to fall further into debt during their reigns. Elizabeth would need to find a way to pay these debts off, and also ...

Elizabeth I’s makeup ... she lost in order to be one of the longest reigning monarchs in history and give England one of its longest periods of peace that it ever had,” she added.

Gwenyth Petty played Blanche Parry in BBC history series Armada: 12 Days to Save England Ruth Richardson A statue of Elizabeth I is on Blanche's unused tomb in Bacton - Blanche was buried at ...

Her father died just a week after her birth. A fervent Roman Catholic and a claimant to the English Crown Mary was a great danger to her cousin Elizabeth I. When Mary fled to England after her army ...

In 1553, Elizabeth's older half-sister Mary became queen. Mary was determined to re-establish Catholicism in England and viewed the Protestant Elizabeth as a direct threat. Elizabeth was briefly ...

wielding Parliament's free speech privileges to urge the queen to take action Elizabeth Tunstall Locals had long shared stories of Collyweston Palace. Then, excavations in England's Midlands ...