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| name=Elizabeth I of England
| image=Elizabeth.jpg
| nationality= {{English|[[England]]}}
| religion={{Anglicans|Anglicanism}}
| birth={{1530s Births OTL|1533}}
| death={{1600s Deaths OTL|1603}}
| cause of death= {{InfectiousDeathOTL|Sepsis}}
| occupation=Monarch, {{Authors of|Non-Fiction}}
| political office= {{MonarchEnglishOTL|{{QueenRegnant|Queen}} of England}}
| spouse=None
| children=None
| parents =[[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] and Anne Boleyn
|family=[[Mary I of England|Mary I]] (half-sister);<br>[[Mary I of Scotland]] (cousin)<br>[[James I of England|James I]] (cousin)
|house = [[House of Tudor|Tudor]]}}{{Clearright}}{{Ruled Britannia Historical Character
|type of appearance = Direct
|political office={{MonarchEnglishATL|Queen of [[England (Ruled Britannia)|England]]}} (1558-1588; restored in 1598)
}}{{Stack end}}'''Elizabeth I''' (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was the Queen of [[England]] from 1558 until her death in 1603. She was the second daughter of [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]. She ascended to the throne in 1558 upon the death of her older half-sister, [[Mary I of England|"Bloody" Mary]]. A [[Protestant]], Elizabeth made that religion the official state religion of England, as it had been under her father and younger brother, Edward VI; [[Catholicism]] had been the state religion under Mary. Elizabeth also persecuted Catholics in much the same way her sister persecuted Protestants. For these reasons, she was excommunicated by [[Pope]] Pius V in 1570.

In 1585, she involved England in a proxy war against [[Spain]] by supporting the [[Netherlands]] in their rebellion against Spanish colonialism. The [[Anglo-Spanish War|war with Spain]] would drag on for the rest of her reign and beyond, and would include Spanish support for [[Irish]] resistance to English colonialism; but the moment of maximum danger passed when the [[Royal Navy]] defeated Spain's [[Armada]] in the English Channel in the summer of 1588.

Elizabeth died in 1603 without having produced an heir. The [[House of Tudor]], which had produced five monarchs over 118 years, died with her, and the [[House of Stuart|Stuart dynasty]] began when [[James I of England|James VI of Scotland]], the great-grandson of Elizabeth's aunt (and son of the deposed Queen [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary Stuart]], whom Elizabeth had ordered beheaded in 1587) inherited the English throne as James I.

==Elizabeth I in ''[[Ruled Britannia]]''==
'''Elizabeth's''' entire reign was marked by tense diplomatic relations with [[Spain (Ruled Britannia)|Spain]]. Knowing her nation would most likely lose in a war against its much stronger enemy, Elizabeth, with the assistance of her councillor, [[William Cecil (Ruled Britannia)|William Cecil]], avoided a war as she could, but her support for [[Protestantism (Ruled Britannia)|Protestant]] rebels in the Spanish colony of [[Netherlands (Ruled Britannia)|the Netherlands]] forced the issue. In 1588, [[Philip II (Ruled Britannia)|King Philip II of Spain]] launched the [[Spanish Armada (Ruled Britannia)|Spanish Armada]], a massive fleet of 138 warships, against England. The Armada defeated the English fleet and landed its armies on England's shores. The Spaniards easily defeated the amateur English army, and Elizabeth was soon overthrown. Philip's daughter [[Queen Isabella|Isabella]] was made Queen of England. Philip ordered that Elizabeth be imprisoned in the [[Tower of London (Ruled Britannia)|Tower of London]], saying "Though she herself slew [[Mary I of Scotland (Ruled Britannia)|a queen]], I shall not stoop to do likewise."<ref>''[[Ruled Britannia]]'', pg. 6.</ref>

Elizabeth remained in the Tower for 10 years before a plot set in motion by Cecil and executed by his son, [[Robert Cecil (Ruled Britannia)|Robert]], expelled the Spanish and restored Elizabeth to the throne.<ref> Id., at 375-409, generally.</ref> She became exceedingly grateful to English playwright [[William Shakespeare (Ruled Britannia)|William Shakespeare]] for glorifying her in his play ''[[Boudicca (Play)|Boudicca]]''. She granted him a knighthood; patronage for his acting troupe, formerly [[Lord Westmorland's Men]], and afterward known as The Queen's Men; a [[Divorce (Ruled Britannia)|divorce]] from his wife, [[Anne Hathaway (Ruled Britannia)|Anne Hathaway]]; the parole of [[Lope de Vega (Ruled Britannia)|Lope de Vega]]; permission to perform [[King Philip (play)|''King Philip'']]; and a substantial monetary reward despite the depleted state of her treasury.<ref>Id. at 441-445, generally. </ref>

==Elizabeth I in "[[The Yorkshire Mammoth]]"==
{{The Yorkshire Mammoth Historical Character|type of appearance = Posthumous reference}}
The [[Woolly rhinoceros (The Yorkshire Mammoth)|woolly rhinoceros]] went extinct in [[England (The Yorkshire Mammoth)|England]] during the reign of either '''Elizabeth I''' or [[James I (The Yorkshire Mammoth)|James I]] at the latest.<ref>''Clarkesworld'', #155.</ref>

==See Also==
*[[Elizabeth I of England (Minor References)|References to Historical Figures in Turtledove's Work]] for more minor references to Elizabeth.
*Elizabeth I at the [http://ericflint.wikia.com/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England Eric Flint Wiki]

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