Elizabeth The First, Before She Was Queen

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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🗓️ 9 December 2009

⏱️ 29 minutes

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As the only child of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I was born into a world of privilege and danger. Learn more about the tumultuous life of Elizabeth I before she became the Queen of England in this episode.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class from HouseofWorks.com
0:07.0	Hello and welcome to the podcast.
0:14.2	I'm Katie Lambert and I'm Sarah Dowdy.
0:17.0	And Sarah, I have a question for you today.
0:19.5	What do cake, lunch, it, Judy Denj and Helen Mirren have in common?
0:23.8	Hmm.
0:24.8	I think I know the answer to this one.
0:26.5	They've all played Queen Elizabeth I.
0:29.2	Actually, Helen Mirren has the distinction of playing Elizabeth I and Elizabeth II.
0:33.9	Right, so you don't need to send us any correction emails for that one.
0:37.0	But it's not just Hollywood that has a fascination with Elizabeth I.
0:40.6	She was a really interesting person who had a very long reign during contentious times.
0:46.6	Yeah, she's brilliant.
0:48.2	She's incredibly intelligent.
0:50.2	She balances her country in a very contentious time.
0:55.2	And what she's probably most famous for though is being the Virgin Queen.
1:00.2	Right.
1:01.2	But was she really the Virgin Queen?
1:03.3	Well, we're not going to get too much into that today.
1:06.4	But she does use a kind of coquettish deflection that she probably inherits from her mother to
1:13.7	keep suitors on their toes well into her old age.
1:17.5	So you know, whether it's an English Lord or a foreign prince, they think that they might
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