The last of the Tudor monarchs, Elizabeth was born on September 7 1333 at Greenwich Palace in London. She was the daughter of the infamous King Henry V111 and his second wife. Anne Boleyn. In 1558, she ascended to the throne and became what many historians consider to be one of the most successful and popular British rulers. Her reign lasted until 1603 and this Elizabethan era was considered a "Golden Age in English history. This was a time of luxury and extravagance during which an English 'Renaissance occurred, led by playwrights and poets such as "William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and Edmund Spencer. Sir Walter Raleigh. William Drake, and other explorers sailed across the oceans, seeking to expand territories for Great Britain. Elizabeth's subjects called her Glorianna and Good.
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