Elizabeth I was the daughter of Henry VIII. She inherited the throne after her half-sister Mary, better known as the Bloody Mary. Elizabeth I never got married. She believed that if she had, she would have put her country in a danger of war. She had very little options when it comes to marriage and every single one was dangerous for her kingdom, because whomever she might have married, someone else would have attacked England. She did have a lover, though. She held Mary, the Queen of Scots imprisoned for treason for many years. The period of her reign is often called the Elizabethan era. It's the time of Shakespeare, Spanish wars, very unusual sense of fashion and religious conflicts. After Elizabeth's death James I, Mary's son inherited the throne becoming the first king of both England and Scotland as separate countries. He caused many conflicts, because he was catholic, England was anglican and they couldn't accept having a catholic king. In anglican church, the king of England is the head of church, so it was difficult for the English to accept a Catholic as a head of their church.
Elizabeth I was the daughter of Henry VIII. She inherited the throne after her half-sister Mary, better known as the Bloody Mary. Elizabeth I never got married. She believed that if she had, she would have put her country in a danger of war. She had very little options when it comes to marriage and every single one was dangerous for her kingdom, because whomever she might have married, someone else would have attacked England. She did have a lover, though. She held Mary, the Queen of Scots imprisoned for treason for many years. The period of her reign is often called the Elizabethan era. It's the time of Shakespeare, Spanish wars, very unusual sense of fashion and religious conflicts. After Elizabeth's death James I, Mary's son inherited the throne becoming the first king of both England and Scotland as separate countries. He caused many conflicts, because he was catholic, England was anglican and they couldn't accept having a catholic king. In anglican church, the king of England is the head of church, so it was difficult for the English to accept a Catholic as a head of their church.