Elizabeth I, born 7 September 1533, is the most diverse and intriguing monarch in English history (Dunn). Elizabeth is known as the Virgin Queen throughout her reign. He used that image to avoid marriage, prevent war and become one of the people's most beloved monarchs. This image also helped her repel Mary Queen of Scots' claim to the throne. Between his lively and often fickle personality he led his kingdom well until the day of his death on March 24, 1603 (Alchin). The kingdom entered a true morning for their Queen of the People who had made herself loved by all her subjects. Elizabeth is the daughter of Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII. She was declared a bastard in 1537 when her father finally had a son. After that no one believed he would ever inherit the throne of England. Elizabeth was very hurt that her father continued to behead his wives. One of her stepmothers Catherine Howard, her mother's cousin, was kind to her and it affected her deeply that another person she loved had been beheaded (Weir Pg. 13). Many people believe that this is one of the main reasons why Elizabeth never wanted to get married. The institution itself was deeply flawed in his reasoning. I would be the same way if every time my father got married he had to cut off the woman's head because he was bored with her. Elizabeth lived most of her life, until the age of twenty-five, in exile and in one of the places where she lived was Hatfield. It was in these places that Elizabeth waited for Queen Mary to kick the bucket and hand over the throne to her. Even then Elizabeth still didn't think she would ever inherit until that point. A few years earlier she had been thrown into the Tower of Lo... middle of paper... convince them not to try to marry her. In fact, Parliament began each session by asking her to get married and have a little prince and princess. Queen Elizabeth used her feminine wiles to distance herself from the idea of ​​marriage. Sometimes it seemed like she accepted marriage proposals for a while. Then he would erase the negatives for a while. Elizabeth did this for many years. He seemed to know intuitively how much desire to show and when to be coldly indifferent. Works Cited Alchin, L. K. "Elizabethan Era." 20 March 2008. www.elizabethan-era.org.uk. April 17, 2010 .Dunn, Jane. Elizabeth and Mary. New York: Random House Inc., 2003.Richards, Judith. "The two queen regents of the Tudors." History Review (2005): 1-42.Weir, Alison. The Life of Elizabeth I. New York: Random House Inc., 2008.