Tudor Queen Elizabeth 1. Henry viii had changed the course of his country s history in order to marry anne boleyn hoping that she would bear him the strong and healthy son that catherine of aragon never did. Her father king henry viii had parliament annul his marriage to elizabeth s mother his second wife anne boleyn thus making elizabeth an illegitimate child and removing her from the line of succession although a later parliamentary act would return her to it.
When she became queen in 1558 she was twenty five years old a survivor of scandal and danger and considered illegitimate by most europeans. Thursday 17 november 1558 aged 25. Her father king henry viii had parliament annul his marriage to elizabeth s mother his second wife anne boleyn thus making elizabeth an illegitimate child and removing her from the line of succession although a later parliamentary act would return her to it.
But on september 7 1533 in greenwich palace anne bore elizabeth instead.
But on september 7 1533 in greenwich palace anne bore elizabeth instead. Chromolithograph from an illustration by william gibb from a j. When she became queen in 1558 she was twenty five years old a survivor of scandal and danger and considered illegitimate by most europeans. Elizabeth i 7 september 1533 24 march 1603 was queen of england and ireland from 17 november 1558 until her death on 24 march 1603.