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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I [Elizabeth I] BrE NAmE
(1533–1603) the queen of England and Ireland from 1558, after the death of her sister ↑Mary I. She is regarded as one of England’s greatest rulers. The daughter of King ↑Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth was an extremely strong and clever woman who controlled the difficult political and religious situation of the time with great skill. During her ↑reign the country’s economy grew very strong, the ↑arts were very active, and England became firmly Protestant and confident in world affairs. However, Elizabeth is often seen as a very lonely figure and is known as the ‘Virgin Queen’ because she never married, although she is thought to have had sexual relationships with the Earl of ↑Leicester and the Earl of ↑Essex.
See also ↑Armada, See also Mary Queen of Scots I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a King, and of a King of England, too. Elizabeth I
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