TOP 10 FACTS ABOUT QUEEN ELIZABETH I

• Trivia Fact 1 - Queen Elizabeth I was born 7 September 1533 at Greenwich Palace
• Trivia Fact 2 - The Father of Queen Elizabeth I was the nororious King Henry VIII
• Trivia Fact 3 - The Mother of Queen Elizabeth I was Anne Boleyn
• Trivia Fact 4 - Queen Elizabeth I Died on 24 March 1603 (of blood poisoning) - she was nearly70 years of age
• Trivia Fact 5 - Queen Elizabeth I Reigned for 45 years from 1558 - 1603
• Trivia Fact 6 - Her mother, Anne Boleyn, was accused of adultery and incest ( with her brother George Boleyn) and was beheaded at the Tower of London
• Trivia Fact 7 - Princess Elizabeth lived with her stepmother Katharine Parr and her husband Thomas Seymour - she was sent away in disgrace amid rumours that she was having an affair with Seymour.
• Trivia Fact 8 - Scandal followed Queen Elizabeth I when Amy Robsart, the wife of her favourite courtier Robert Dudley (some say lover) was found dead at the foot of her stairs - Dudley was suspected or arranging her murder so that he would be free to marry Queen Elizabeth
• Trivia Fact 9 - Queen Elizabeth almost died of Smallpox in 1562 and was left with scars on her face - these were covered with the heavy white make-up which was fashionable at the time
• Trivia Fact 10 - She never met her cousin and rival, Mary Queen of Scots, although she was imprisoned in England for many years