When you're a king it's normal to have several mistresses but when you're the queen of England you get labelled as cougar for hooking up with all the handsome dukes lol
@Sometimes Blue she was beautiful as a youth, red-gold hair, pale porcelain skin, and a compact mouth. her looks deteriorated from small pox and the lead and mercury she used in her cosmetics.
Remember ladies you don’t need a king to be a queen reading all the comments months later holy. You really think I’m saying all women are queens? He’ll nah that’s earned I’m just saying we don’t need men to feel like a queen. We can definitely be queens without a king and kings can definitely be kings without a queen. Facts. 🥱
@@popefrancis8153 yeah, but her sister killed 300 people in just 3 years. Elizabeth body count is around twice as much only in the span of almost a half of century. Their father, during his 36 years of rule over England executed up to 57,000 people. Queen Bess was largely a fair and just ruler. Plus, unlike her sister she was executing those who directly threatened her rain, not some poor Protestants who had no money to flee the country but those who actually revolted.
@@popefrancis8153 oh, sorry, my English is not that good. I said you are right, she executed more people in her rain, but the situations differed and she rained much longer. It was a pretty bloody period in history.
Elizabeth's flirting was actually a very clever way of delaying marriage proposals and maintaining positive foreign relations when Elizabeth wanted them. A very clever woman
@@ax3226 Evil would've been telling the lecherous social climbers exactly what she thought of them then having them beheaded; not humouring their egos..
"I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too; and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm." And just like that Elizabeth moved England & soon to be the United Kingdom into the start of its golden age
@Confederate Media it was for England, and later the United Kingdom when her nephew took the throne after her death, she changed the country from been a back water small island off the coast of Europe into one of the most powerful countries on the planet
I read somewhere that that was the fashion at the time and women even plucked their hair! Its possible though that it went into fashion because of the queen.
I feel like you dont give her sister enough credit. She was a capable ruler, and lay the groundwork for many things, including acceptance of the fact that a woman can rule on her own.
What really impressed me is that she was so literate to the point of speaking welsh. A modern equivalent would be a polyglot american president who learned Navajo, which is more impressive coz she lived 500 years ago
@@nakeasimone13 Hey, just because it wasnt discussed and she didn't end up pregnant, doesn't mean she wasn't shagging folk. Extramarital sex was everywhere in Elizabethan England. Having kids out of wedlock (evidence of it) was the big issue.
Not at all. She literally depends on men all around her. All her closest servants were men. Replace those men with women which is what a modern women would attempt and she loses her power instantly. That was anything but fashionable.
All of the Kings, or in this case a Queen, controlled who their courtiers married. Marriages back then were made more as political and national alliances then for love. Elizabeth didn't start that practice.
When Catherine Parr found out about tickling she participated in tormenting Elizabethby holding her. She even participated in tearing Elizabeth's night gown. She put a stop to it when she found them in an embrace.
I mean I think we all owe this to Anne Boleyn. She could either choose death and Elizabeth stays queen, or live and Elizabeth forfeits the crown we all know what she chose-
@@shilde well, Anne Boleyn is rather a very smart woman, she know that Mary (her then step daughter) had a problem with her period which mean she can’t have an heir. And maybe She know that Henry (her husband) also came to liking henry IV’s mother which anne probably already investigate the disease that runs in henry IV’s family thus making if the mother had a child, the child wont last long. As long as Liz had the royal blood runs through her veins that could still gave her the chance to become next in throne. Just my 2 cent thought 💭
@@warrengwonka2479 Remember the beheading of Mary Queen of Scots? It took the executioner three blows with the axe to strike off her head. Quite a horrible way to die. But burning on a stake is the most horrible death you can imagine.
Sorry some Americans are so rude, knit picky and quick to judge. Our nation is becoming a world of know it all's who have grammar and spelling sensitivities and not much real world experience. 🙄
I picked up 2 full Victorian photograph books years ago that have weird photos like that in it. Looks like they were owned by a photographer. Bizarre stuff.
To be honest, while she suffered no fools, she was actually known for being calm-tempered in comparison to the rest of her family. For example, you have Henry who massacred his own wives, and then you have Mary I (otherwise known as "Bloody Mary", not Mary Queen of Scots as some misunderstand) who went on a local religious crusade against her own people slaughtering them as heretics. You're right in pointing out that she was very learned though, she was incredibly smart academically - though that was likely due to her situation in her childhood with little else to do.
When Henry died his son took the throne and after his death he gave the throne to Lady Jane Grey but that was disputed and she was executed then Queen Mary I aka Bloody Mary after her death Elizabeth I succeeded her
@@mediciki602 ...yes the boy king knew he was dying & didn't want the two sisters to get the crown/throne uknow so he tried to give throne to another relative (lady jane) she was executed tho real quick & throne went to the oldest sister bloody mary mary 1 & then eventually elizabeth1...
Elizabeth was so great for England because she used its strengths to play catch up on Spain, the super power of the time to the point where they not only wiped out the Spanish navy but also surpassed the Spanish as a power leading to England's Golden Age of exploration, colonisation and scientific and cultural advancement.
The part in the beginning when he says that after Elizabeth’s father died she took the throne is incorrect. The crown actually belonged to several people before her.
First Last yes! Exactly! I know that he talks about some people that got the crown before her but he doesn’t mention them at the beginning, so if someone were to only watch the beginning of the video and not get to the point where he talks about the queens/kings before her, people would get the wrong idea. That’s all I’m trying to say.
Yeah they totally threw out the STRUGGLE it took to rise to power! Elizabeth was illegitimate. But so was her sister Mary (Catherine of Aragon’s Daughter) Even the famous “Bloody Mary” wasn’t the first female queen of England. It was Jane Grey. For 9 days. Only when Mary finally died and Elizabeth miraculously managed to maintain favor of her sister long enough for her to succeed did she finally come to power.
Keira Oliver why watch only the beginning of a video and not the whole thing. If you only watch the beginning and make an assumption about the video then you’re a moron.
Elizabeth was so taken with Spenser's Faerie Queen that she essentially made him so wealthy he wouldn't have to write anything else for the rest of his life.
Elizabeth I is probably my favorite female historical figure. Thank you doing a story on her regin in England..... How about a story on Catherine the Great?...... btw, your funny!
@@xxx...pyxidis great job Erin!! It’s so intelligent of you to notice the spelling mistake and to graciously correct Mary, so she can see the mistake she made.
You should do something about Lady Jane Grey. A cousin to this royal line. Edward VI named her as his successor. She didn't want the throne and ruled for only 9 days before Mary came back and put her in the tower. She was executed. She has an incredible story that many dont know.
Queen Elizabeth I was not one to dislike one just because they were an enemy! Grace O'Malley was an Irish woman pirate and a very successful one! A bad ass in her own right! She was a thorn in the queens side on many occasions! But Elizabeth obviously had much respect for her. They even met face to face once! At times they worked together, at times in opposition to one another, but Queen Elizabeth never ordered Graces head to be separated from her body!
Dr D believed England's future was in North America. That's astute and a little creepy. Canada's only been an independent nation since 1982, but it's still part of the British Commonwealth and still accepts the Queen as their queen. I need her astrological chart from Dr. D!
Actually ER1 had a longtime love in the form of Robert Dudley, even though he was married. Robert was her favorite and received many rewards. He was also her “lapdog”. She was never the same after he died. And her fear of marriage included a fear of childbirth, which ER was terrified of.
Queen Elizabeth 1st was and still is the very best monarch that England has ever known, and no one could ever surpass her, if only her dad had seen what she had achieved, he didn't need a son in the first place. I wish I could have met her.
@@josieschutt7868 neither you or I will live to see an Elizabeth III. When II dies, Charles will take over, then William, and then George. And they'll probably have longevity on their sides, too. Either that, or England's monarchy will end.
@@marnie185 They were all Queen Consort which is being queen by marriage. If an actual Queen gets married then her husband would be Prince Consort but not King Consort because it sounds superior
@@brennam954 Wrong. She had men at her side managing everything for her. She did not marry because she would have married another monarch or prince who would have attempted to undermine her authority. She couldn't just take a peasant as her husband, the War of the Roses revolved around a King who foolishly married a commoner (which prevented him from creating useful allies and just made more enemies for him at a horrible time). And that war lead to the Tudors taking the reins of England. Hence she didn't get married because it could have hurt the realm by making it less stable and potentially leading to more civil war, which the last half of the previous century was consumed by. England was very very divided for almost a 100 years prior to her crowning.
@Avi And subsequent kings/queens are nothing without her (and other low-key figures) who also established the kingdom. Just because one side isn't talked about doesn't mean they did nothing.
When Elizabeth was a young girl,, Henry VIII's last wife, Catherine Parr fought for Mary and Elizabeth to become legitimate in their father's and the state's eyes again and to be in line of succession after Edward. So we have Catherine to thank for Elizabeth's seemless transition to the throne🙂
Catherine was killed way before Edward was born and Elizabeth's mom is the reason Catherine was overthrown so do me a favor and instead of commenting false facts, do some more research.
@@aliceblack8036 yeah, not my intention to comment 'false facts'. I had actually watched a documentary that said this. Maybe I mixed one of the many Catherines of that day up with Parr. But, if you could do me a favor? Don't be nasty and maybe educate someone instead of insulting them. Thanks! :)
@@0r0r0 you’re correct here. Other commenter seems to have thought you were talking about Catherine of Aragon, but you clearly said Henry’s last wife, Catherine Parr, so…maybe that commenter should also make sure of what they’re reading before trying to call people out 🤷♀️
@@aliceblack8036 I think you are referring to Catherine of Aragon, the first wife of Henry viii. The op wasn't talking about her but Catherine Parr, the sixth and last wife of Henry viii. You didn't have to be so rude
@@elenasantiago4442 that, and a whole bunch of other reasons. During her sister's reign, she was always the figure of people's intentions to usurp her sister's throne and place her there. Wyatt's rebellion of 1554 is the most famous example, as well as the 1549 situation with Thomas Seymour who wanted to force her to marry him so he could rise in power. In 1561, she expressed to William Maitland, Laird of Lethington, that she knew that the men and nobles in her kingdom always have their eyes upon the next person in line to the throne, and she used the examples of what happened to her during her brother's and sister's reign. After the parliament of 1576, she sent a transcript of her speech to her godson John Harington and wrote a letter to him saying she REALLY did not want to get married. In her speeches to parliament in 1559 and 1563, she told them that she preferred being single: "For though I can think it best for a private woman (being single), I strive with myself to think it not meet for a prince", "prince" being a gender neutral term in the sixteenth century and taken to mean "monarch". Altogether, Elizabeth I NEVER wanted to marry and I do think that trauma from her pre-regnal life made her so staunch against getting married.
Oh, give me a break. She was too power drunk to even contemplate the idea. If ER I wanted to marry but still wanted be dominant in politics, Dudley was a good candidate. Whilst his family background was hardly peasantry, Robert Dudley still came from a humble root. His great-grandfather was merely a knight. They only became somewhat prominent after so many Norman-Plantagenets had perished during the Roses' Wars. So he wouldn't have a powerful family in her court. Her ministers and counsellors might look down upon his commoner root initially, but with her ageing, their options were not exatly great, were they? At the end of the day, producing an heir to the throne was paramount important to the Kingdom. I found this to be utterly reckless of her and her duty. It seems she didn't care her kingdom and subjects' wellbeing after her demise as long as she held on the power exclusively for her own. In hindsight, the succession from ER I to JVI&I was smooth, but it could very well be that another strong claim was laid, which then triggered a new succession war.
@@sonyaoster1 uhhh he did not lmao. He treated her like shit and she was often out of his favor several times even as early as age 11. In her letters to him, she always wrote in a way that showed her uncertainty about how he felt toward her and wrote several letters to her father's last wife, Katherine Parr, asking her to beg her father for her. She was extremely insecure in her chances at the throne and faced some extremely stressful situations during her early life. If anything, she was Henry's least favorite; he literally killed her mother and threw her out of the succession and then put her as the last possible choice in his Will three years before his death. Henry never thought Elizabeth would be queen and she was definitely not his favorite.
that should actually read Divorced Beheaded Died Annulled Beheaded Survived. The marriage to Anne of Cleves was never consummated as Henry was disappointed when he actually met her. Interestingly, when she agreed to the annulment, Henry gave her enough of a parting gift for her to live a very comfortable life, and she stayed in England rather than return to her native Germany
Fun fact: Catherine Parr was what Elizabeth considered a perfect Queen since she ruled England for a while, on her own, and did a good job at it. Sadly she didn't live very long. But she was the one who showed her that a woman could rule, as long as there was no man around to overrule her.
Catherine Parr was used as currency by her family; they married her to two old men in order to gain their lands. When the second died, she fell in love with the dashing Thomas Seymour. Unfortunately, Henry was widowed again and decided that Catherine, who had nursed two elderly husbands, would be the ideal sixth wife. She had no choice. She nearly didn’t survive as she was too educated and opinionated for Henry. After his death she was free to marry Thomas, but died in childbirth. That was when Thomas really overreached himself by aiming for the very young Elizabeth.
@@alondrabby ...Elizabeth was 14 when Catherine died. At first she thought her husband was just playing with the little girl and played along, but when she realised that her husband wanted to get sexual with the little girl while she herself was pregnant she sent Elisabeth away. Can you blame a woman for stopping her husband from having sex with a 14 year old?
Same here. I loved history in school, but we covered the same stuff year after year. I've been getting hard core into Tudor history during the pandemic. We never touched on it at all in school
WhiteMike Nah, the Yorkish Plantagenets and their Neville wives ran rings around them. I mean who asks to be executed for treason by being drowned in a barrel of good red French wine? That's quite creative and he was the idiot son...
Yeah I agree but we can't completely blame Mary too. She had a bad childhood then her sister Elizabeth. -She had menstrual problems -Got Depression because of her menstrual pain ( she actually had a disease but I can't recall it's name lol ) -Her mother's death -She was getting older thus losing her popularity and Beauty She was a victim who was turned into a monster. Well she chose the path of Villainy so ngl that was her fault too.
