49.1 The Reign of Mary of England and Philip Habsburg

A History of Europe Key Battles

Carl Rylett

History

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🗓️ 28 June 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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The kingdoms of England and Spain are allies during the reign of Mary I of England and her husband Philip Habsburg, son of Emperor Charles V. Mary, however, dies childless and is succeeded by her sister Elizabeth, a Protestant. Meanwhile Mary Queen of Scots is briefly Queen of France, but on the death of her husband returns to Scotland, causing a dilemma for Queen Elizabeth.

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0:40.3	The On 19th of July 1588, off the coast of Cornwall, in the far southwestern corner of England,
1:09.0	the vanguard of a huge fleet of warships appeared through the sea mist.
1:13.6	An invasion force from Spain had been long feared, was now finally confirmed.
1:19.6	Using a system of beacons along the south coast, a message was sent to the English fleet, waiting in the port of Plymouth that time had come.
1:28.3	This was the start of one most famous instance in English history, the defensive realm
1:33.3	led by Queen Elizabeth I, against the might of the Spanish Armada.
1:38.3	The final result, the defeat of the Armada was a huge propaganda victory for Elizabeth, which still largely
1:45.1	shapes our image of her today. Her fame has even reached the big screen. Kate Blanchett has
1:51.7	played her twice in two blockbuster films, once in 1998 and again in 2007.
2:07.3	Our understanding of Elizabeth has been heavily influenced by the propaganda that surrounded her in her own reign, and it has steadily grown ever since.
2:12.0	It is interesting that her portrayal in contemporary paintings lack the reality of the early
2:17.4	works of Holbein or Van Dyck.
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