Family+Background

Queen Elizabeth I was the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife Anne Boleyn. She was born into the Tudor monarch and was the last Tudor to rule England. Her birth was the greatest disappointment of her father’s life as he had changed the religion at the time only to get another daughter opposed to the son whom he craved. Due to Anne Boleyn’s inability to produce Henry a male heir he had her executed on false charges of adultery on the 19th of May 1536. This caused Anne’s marriage to the King to be declared null and void meaning that Elizabeth was declared illegitimate and deprived of her place in the line of succession.
 * Family Background **

Elizabeth had an older sister Mary I who was 17 years older than her which caused them to not get along all that well as Mary was of a different religion to Elizabeth as well as coming from different family backgrounds. Elizabeth also had a younger brother Edward VI who was the son of her father and his third wife Jane Seymor who died a few days after giving birth to Henry’s much longed for son. Elizabeth’s relationship with her brother was much better than it was with her sister as they were closer in age as well as of the same religion and spent more time together.