S1.40 Elizabeth I

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🗓️ 14 November 2011

⏱️ 64 minutes

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After the short and troubled reign of Mary I, Elizabeth came to the throne in 1558 facing numerous challenges: a country deeply divided on religion, threatened by France and Scotland (via Mary Queen of Scots), an awkward relationship with Mary's widower, Philip II of Spain, plus great uncertainty as to who was next in line to rule the country. Elizabeth survived all these challenges, outlasted her rivals and has become one of the most revered monarchs in English history, but is her beloved status deserved or is there more to find than the traditional mythology? If all the names get a bit confusing, check out our handy who's who guide to the episode: https://rexfactor.wordpress.com/english-monarchs/whos-who/tudors/whos-who-elizabeth-i/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Rex Factor.
0:10.0	This week, Elizabeth the first. This week, Elizabeth the first.
0:14.0	With your hosts Graham Duke and alley hood.
0:27.0	Hello, hello. Welcome to Rat factory
0:28.4	doing all the Kings and Queens of England from Alfa the Great
0:31.0	to Elizabeth the second.
0:32.4	And we're on Elizabeth first.
0:33.8	She's born 1533, the daughter of Henry the 8th and Anne Berlin.
0:38.8	And she becomes Queen in 1558. So she's about 25 years old.
0:45.0	So this is his second wife.
0:47.0	It's his second wife and she is like Ed with the sixth,
0:50.0	like-maid with the first cousin 13 times removed of Elizabeth II.
0:55.0	In terms of her appearance, she's sort of not very tall, maybe sort of 534, something like that,
1:01.0	a quite slender figure. She had sort of
1:03.7	Auburn hair very much like Henry but very dark eyes like Anne Berlin so she's
1:10.1	definitely striking a little bit of the two of them.
1:12.8	Very pale skin and arched nose,
1:15.8	which sort of became something of a beak
1:18.0	when she got older.
1:19.4	Nice.
1:20.1	And apparently she was very proud of her elongated fingers.
1:23.0	It's one of her best features so she'd always display them.
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