Queen Elizabeth IGood Queen Bess
Nobody thought that Elizabeth would ever be a queen, none the less a good one because she was declared illegitimate when she was born. ... Elizabeth turned out to be one of the greatest monarchs in all of English history. Elizabeth was declared illegitamate by the church leader, when her mother was beheaded. ... There were many terrible times for Elizabeth after her brother, King Edward, died. ... Queen Mary was determined to bring Catholicism back to the country’s official religion. When Sir Thomas Wyatt led a revolt against Mary in January of 1544, she suspected that Elizabeth was involved and had her arrrested. ... ” Elizabeth spoke these words while sitting on those stairs in the rain. ... Elizabeth was constantly in danger because of her lack to completely revert to Catholic. Elizabeth went to one Catholic church service, but complained the whole time of stomach pains. This and the fact the people favored Elizabeth scared Mary. ... Elizabeth’s troubles were over and she was now the queen! Elizabeth was a very romantic person by nature, but after seeing how her father treated marriage, she decided from early on that she would never marry.