Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth Iwas Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, the childless Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionRoyalty
Date of Birth7 September 1533
CityGreenwich, England
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she almost reluctantly learns to admire her strength and convictions as another powerful, determined woman.
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I am your anointed Queen. I will never be by violence constrained to do anything. I thank God I am endued with such qualities that if I were turned out of the Realm in my petticoat I were able to live in any place in Christendom.
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To be a king and wear a crown is more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasure to them that bear it.
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To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasant to them that bear it.
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Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.
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Men fight wars. Women win them.
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As for my own part I care not for death, for all men are mortal; and though I be a woman yet I have as good a courage answerable to my place as ever my father had. I am your anointed Queen. I will never be by violence constrained to do anything. I thank God I am indeed endowed with such qualities that if I were turned out of the realm in my petticoat I were able to live in any place in Christendom.
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I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman.
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I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.
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Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind.
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My seat has been the seat of kings, and I will have no rascal to succeed me.
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Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts.
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I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.
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All my possessions for a moment of time.