Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I was considered to possibly be the greatest monarch in English history. She was born in September 7, 1533 in a sad state. Her father and mother were expecting and praying for a boy so that he could be the heir to the throne. Originally she was treated like royalty. Then, when her mom was adulterous, it all went down hill. However, something she attained that most women did not was a full education in the languages Latin, Greek, French and Italian. She became queen in 1558 at the age of twenty five. She was inherited a bankrupt nation that was religiously unstable. She was only the third queen to rule England on her own terms. The other two was her cousin Lady Jane Grey and her half sister Mary I who were not the best rulers and left England in a disastrous state. She ruled for only a half a century dutiful and genuinely. Her main goal was to establish peace and tranquility to England. A central issue through most of her reign centered on her refusal either to marry or, more important, to name an heir. Certainly Elizabeth was successful at maintaining peace at home and abroad and also at establishing her own image as a loving and able ruler. Although her own writings do not begin to equal the greatest of her age, they were nevertheless important in creating and sustaining that age. In all, Elizabeth was an influential leader who possessed ideals such as leadership.