I'm absolutely in awe of this fascinating woman! Imagine the strength, willpower, and intelligence she had to be a worldly leader in this time! A rare character, indeed!
Queen Elizabeth was strong & independent right up to the end. She died with grace & dignity. An amazing woman. Thank you Claire again for all your hard work. Queen Elizabeth would surely be proud of you! Have a great day! ❤👍✌😊👸👑🏰🎪🎭
@Elizabeth Frantes I'm not understanding where I said anything about reproduction. My point was because women were considered property, not ruling monarchs.
As you revere Queen Anne Boleyn, I am an ardent admirer of her daughter Queen Elizabeth I. So ironic that the strong monarch King Henry desired was his baby girl with Anne. She survived so much in her life and kept her wits. Fortunately she had men who helped her reign - Cecil, Walsingham and others. She loved and lost. I crave to know all the details of her life and thank you for this video that so tenderly recounts her passing.
I think if she had married, as all her advisers wished, we would remember her more as a consort than a Queen, no matter her title. She was so brilliant to refuse.
The fate of poor Mary Stuart showed the perils Elizabeth escaped. Once she'd produced "an heir male" she was no longer needed by the lairds, who would rather rule for an infant king than obey an adult queen.
I have the DVD series from the '70's that has Glenda Jackson as Elizabeth I. Her death scene is so touching the way everyone knelt when she passed - the people in the room and the guards in the halls - so touching & so powerful.
I think today I will have to watch at least part VI of "Elizabeth R" in which Glenda Jackson plays Elizabeth I. In my opinion Ms Jackson's portrayal is one of THE best on film.
I really like Ms. Jackson's portrayal of Elizabeth in the movie, "Mary, Queen of Scots" with Vanessa Redgrave. Much prefer the actor who played Robert Dudley in that film than in the TV series.
@@arwenitaofdoom9041 It is clear that Blanchett was inspired by Jackson's acting. I love Cate Blanchett as an actress and believe she did her best to channel Elizabeth, but she was let down by two extremely inaccurate scripts which perpetuate untruths about the character. As a lifelong admirer of Elizabeth and cinema lover, I am upset by those two films which feature a great actress (Blanchett) but do not do any good for Elizabeth's portrayal in popular culture, because they repeat the old and tired 'female emotions vs power' trope....and they ascribe one of Elizabeth's greatest achievements to another person: Walsingham i credited by the films as coming up with the notion of Elizabeth's image as the immortal Virgin Queen/Gloriana. In fact, Elizabeth did inspire that image all by herself and seems to even have had to fight her advisors and courtiers for the control of it
I love history, and ancient history best. How fascinating English history is, hundreds and hundreds of years. The family trees, the crests and mottos - I love all of it! Thank you for making it all clear, Claire Ridgeway
My heroine! What an amazing woman she was despite her human frailties . That's why her signature is tattooed on my arm. Also my pup is named Gloriana. Long live her memory!!
robin pinkham She's my heroine, too. I got to spend a moment with her at Westminster Abbey in 2015 and I felt so privileged to pay my respects. A truly great lady she was.
I'm glad that she left this life peacefully. I'd read that she wouldn't retire to her bed because she was fearful of dying. Of course some authors may put their own interpretations on events either because they don't research or they think to dramatise the facts. Thank you Claire for your clear dialogue. 🐈🐕🔔
I'm curious what Elizabeth thought of her own reign. In her golden speech she mentions how England may see wiser and more powerful princes, but none will ever love them better. I believe her. The experience she had amongst her people and the traumas and tragedies she endured gave her a truly sympathetic and human edge to her reign that is impossible to manufacture.
As an American, I have always been captivated by Queen Elizabeth the 1st since I was a child. Watching the movies about her versus reading the many books about her and her family are 2 totally different versions of her life. Thank you so much for your TH-cam channel and I appreciate your teaching all of us more about Elizabeth and her regaled family members. I'm definitely going to subscribe to your channel!!
I wonder who the one “dislike” is? I don’t think I’ve seen that before. Seriously, thank you for the work you put into these presentations. By doing this day by day recounting, imo, makes the history more “alive” and relevant.
That was rather sad. However Elizabeth was a strong woman. Accomplished so much.Making the decisions as a single woman in those days is even more impressive. So enjoying your daily videos. Thank you.
I’ve mentioned this before… Is there any talk in the historical record about why Elizabeth never gave her mother a more dignified burial? Was her mothers reputation bad enough during Elizabeth’s time she feared a backlash from doing that?
Elizabeth must have never gave her mother, Anne Boleyn, a proper burial because her mother stianed the hands of so many nobels, and remember, a monarch cannot sit on the throne whithout the support of their nobles. Anne Boleyn was accused of high treason and adultery so imagine Queen Elizabeth trying to give her mother a proper burial, it would come off as scandalous to the nobles.
She probably thought that it was best to let sleeping dogs lie and not draw attention to the fact that she was deemed illegitimate because of her mother's fall. Anne is buried in a Chapel Royal of a royal palace, though, and it is beautiful there.
Hello! I watch your videos often and really enjoy learning from them! I love history and your videos have been very instructive and insightful!! Thank you! I appreciate all you do for the rest of us who love learning! Have a great week!
It is my personal opinion that she was the the greatest monarch to bring England up to such a high status. Elizabeth 1 is such an inspiration. I just Love Tudor History.
Thank you! I love all your videos 💕 Poor Queen Mary. I feel like her Mom Katherine of Aragon had to fight to keep her relevant. Then she became Queen for a brief time. And still in death she was overshadowed by Queen Elizabeth. I still love stories about Anne Boleyn but she was a home wrecker and Catherine was the true Queen. That’s why I love reading about all this. And listening to your videos. So much intrigue. But I am happy I didn’t live in those days. Imagine being a woman giving birth in those days? Forget it!! It was hard enough giving birth in these days 😂 Thank you! I enjoy your videos immensely!!
Wonderful recounting of Elizabeth's last days. I feel bad that she was so depressed in the months (year?) leading up to her death. It does sound as if she found peace nearer the end and I’m glad for that. She was a very accomplished Queen and was obviously very intelligent and seemed to be fairly compassionate. I’m glad that so much first hand information was able to be documented throughout her reign.
Such a complex individual - accomplished, intelligent, and seemingly a truly caring person who still could send someone like Essex to his death (and he might, might, might even have been her great-nephew; his arrogance sure reminds me of a young Henry VIII! At a minimum, he was related via Mary Boleyn). I read a legend that Elizabeth would not go to bed because some seer or mystic once had told her that she would not die on her feet, or some such. Of course, how many people die standing up?!
Gloriana is my all- time favorite. The true success of Anne's love for Henry and the woman who would outlive and outwit all the men. Henry would have been so pissed that after all that trying for a son, his legacy was fulfilled in his daughter after all. Plus, Elizabeth 1 was spunky and brash and bold. My type of gal!
Haven’t watched all of this yet- but I will. 😬 Like my son’s birthday, I can never remember the exact day of Elizabeth’s death. I think I just don’t want to. After her death, there just didn’t seem to be any point. I know she was old but even then, what charisma! And what force of will! She’s always in my heart. ♥️
Wasn't the 25 of March considered Lady Day in honor of the Virgin Mary? it seems a fitting time for the passing of the Virgin Queen, on the eve of the Day in honor of the Holy Virgin.
Elizabeth Jenkins in her book ‘Elizabeth the Great’ points this out. She also includes the fact that Elizabeth’s birth also falls on the eve of another day associated with the Virgin Mary (can’t remember the exact name).
Elizabeth was a Protestant. I am not sure how Elizabeth felt about the Virgin Mary, but in my Protestant church, she was given little notice except at Christmas.
@@GoGreen1977 Protestant see Mary as the mother of Jesus Christ, son of god. She was a pious, graceful, humble, and extremely virtuous woman whos good works should be honored/exemplified. But worshipping or making prayers/alms to Mary specifically is taboo for protestants, as it is to send prayers to other saints. That is the Lutheran view at least.
🇭🇲🦘 (viewed again on 24/04/2021) .. Queen Elizabeth I's final days and end were sad indeed for a great Queen of her time and for her ladies. Very good to be reminded also of her many achievements during her reign. The end of the Tudors, but a magnificent end. 👑🙏 Elizabeth had done her duty. And to think she was the daughter of Anne Boleyn. Never thought to reign after her mother's fall from grace and death, yet reign she did, as one of Henry VIII's most accomplished children to reign, and the last. Thank you Claire 👑👍
Elizabeth was a tough woman and I very much admire her for her trailblazing feminism. Don’t know that I would have liked her very much, but we don’t have to like someone to appreciate them. I shall now add “little man” as a favourite quote 😉
Queen Elizabeth i was a realist, she was like margaret thatcher.... she used logic, reason, and analytics to rule the way she did. The feminist movement today are a bunch of loser women, overly sensitive, overly privileged, trigerred by everything in sight, and feel they need to act like men sexually to prove a point to men. So distasteful and lacking of grace
I had to watch this twice bc the first time I wasn't paying attention... I was trying to find that T shirt online instead lol. I absolutely love it! And I've just got to have one of my own. Where did you get it? I love your videos and look forward to them everyday. Thank you for such interesting tidbits of information and of course, I love the kitties! They don't bother me a bit, personally I find that it makes it feel more personable. I look forward to the rest of 2019 with you!
Claire, why would you say she never married? I remember reading she was somewhat unpopular for not providing an heir, which was considered her duty plus her treatment of the veterans of the fight with the Armada. I would love to hear your perspective!
In those times, a man was superior to a woman which made it a tricky situation if the woman was queen. Would she be expected to submit to her husband? But then she was the monarch? I think Elizabeth was sensible in choosing to be married to her country and not giving power to anybody else.
So so amazing Elizabeth should of never gotten near the throne. And she had the longest and greatest reign. Anne must be so proud and Henry viii shook. Elizabeth is my favorite queen 👑 power of a man beauty of a woman ❤️
Thank you!! Love your fun and informative videos!! My husband caught me watching one the other day and, rolling his eyes and shaking his head, he exclaimed, “ don’t tell there is ANOTHER Tudor-nut out there!!” Well, I am personally delightedly guilty as charged!! ❤️
I always think of Elizabeth's reign as the revenge of Anne Boleyn. I also think about how Henry killed her mother, essentially, because he wanted "an heir", and he could only see that possibility in a son. (I know those weren't the stated reasons, but... hmph.) Henry wanted a legitimate son, and lives, religions and fortunes would all be sacrificed to that obsession. Yet, it was in his younger daughter that Henry got his heart's desire: a ruler who could follow him and build on England's accomplishments. It reminds me that our deepest desires may come to us in ways we never could have conceived of and can't recognize. Maybe we can take Henry's folly as a lesson, and open our minds beyond our known perspective to see the gifts the universe has already laid before us.
Elizabeth I, Anne Boleyn, Catherine of Aragon and also Lady Jane Grey were the feminists of their time in England. Maybe thats why I love them so much. In a time that women had to be submissive and were seen by men little more than birthing machines, they weren't afraid to stand up for their believes and themselves. Thank you Claire once again for a great video. I love your voice and the manner of explaining it to us all.
I recommend the David Starkey series on Elizabeth I. It's not necessarily the only perspective on her, but having watched it many times I don't believe that the Cecils were actually the power behind the throne. If I have my facts right, she was furious that William Cecil had Mary Queen of Scots executed and dismissed him over it.
What do you mean by dismissed? She was furious of course but I don't see any indication that she "fired" him or banished him from court or anything.Have I mised something?
Kimberly Hawkins I think she didn’t know what to do so she gave the decision to someone else. I believe her anger was political staging. If she didn’t want her dead, she wouldn’t have signed the death warrant. Don’t you think?
www.bbc.com/bitesize/guides/z88fk7h/revision/2. I may have misinterpreted what I read, but this seems to show that she at least refused to see him after the execution.
Kimberly Hawkins Yes, Ive read that in a number of places. Don’t you think it was having him do her dirty work and then shirking blame? We will never know for sure.
I love this series ❤️❤️❤️ but I have a question what was Elizabeth buried in because her wardrobe was and is still legendary she must of had something planned because she didn’t want a autopsy or any postmortem so was it the normal Tudor burial with the wax linen strips used or was she buried in a planed outfit all natural death style
Sally TheVirginQueen That's an interesting point. As her body was wrapped in lead before being put in the coffin, I would guess it was a simple gown, without all the petticoats and farthingale she wore in life. At Westminster Abbey they have the underclothes that were on her funeral effigy. This was, apparently, so lifelike that people gasped when they saw it. I don't think Elizabeth herself was against a post mortem. The chief lady of her household refused to sanction one.
Hmmm... I'm not sure what she was buried in. I know that her effigy was dressed in her clothes though. See www.tudorsociety.com/28-april-1603-elizabeth-funeral/
Fascinating, as always, Claire. Question: From my reading, which I'm sure is not as extensive as yours, I have a picture of Elizabeth as, although brilliant, a ditherer... and that the Cecils...Wm & Robert, were the true powers behind the throne. One, do you think this is an accurate portrayal ? And two, do you have a book to recommend which gives a true depiction, in your opinion, of the politics and machinations behind QE I's reign? Thank you in advance.
Claire will probably have a better answer here but I have to put in my two cents anyway. Some historians do not think Elizabeth was a great monarch (sacrilege!). Some of them seem frustrated at her ‘wait and see’ strategy when it came to foreign and domestic policy. In other words, she didn’t also make a decision right away, but hung back to see what fell out. A great deal of the time, this strategy worked. Either the problem solved itself or the path she needed to take became clearer. As to the power behind the throne, I think Elizabeth and Burleigh worked together a lot of times. I know enough about Robert Cecil to really comment.
No, I don't believe that. She procrastinated when it suited her to do so, but she was definitely in charge. My favourite book on her is the one on her early life and reign by David Starkey and then I also like Anne Somerset's biography.
The best fictional account I have come across of Elizabeth's life, relationships, and reign is "Legacy" by Susan Kaye. Even though it's a novel, it presents believable descriptions of how Elizabeth navigated through her life and realistically theorizes about her motivations, feelings, and reactions to events from childhood to her death. I have read many nonfiction accounts of Elizabeth's life and there is nothing in "Legacy" that makes me roll my eyes or upset me with the way Elizabeth or the other major characters in her life are depicted. Susan Kaye certainly did her research.
We know that the reason she stopped speaking was that she had mouth ulcers which also led to her stop eating, I belive she died of sepsis as a lot of the things that had been described to what she was like the last months of her life are relevant to the symptoms to sepsis(Love your channel❤)
Very interesting. Wish to hear more. But I recently have been watching Mary’s dowry productions about the brutal executions of Catholic martyrs and as you said not all subjects were treated well under Elizabeth’s reign. Such a wonderful Catholic culture and heritage was wiped out. Yet, such is history.
So I watched this before going to sleep, and then had a dream that Claire and I sat down for tea with Queen Elizabeth II to talk about Tudor history. 😳
Hi! I find the most wonderful articles on the internet that you posted as long ago as 2012, and LOVE them as much as your videos. They make me redundant in the questions I have asked you in the comments section of your videos. For that I must apologize! I may be redundant again as I plow ahead with: Am I correct in being certain that the ring you mentioned as being delivered to James as proof of her death was the locket ring that included pictures of herself and her mother? You also mention somewhere (I am forgetting where!) that Elizabeth was fond of her father, while still showing a regard for her mother in unspoken ways, i.e. the locket ring and the family portrait that depicts her wearing the "B" bling. That she escaped the bitterness that overwhelmed Mary l is something to wonder about. She certainly had important relationships her whole life. She must also have been quite the woman of her station and time, though, too, accepting a certain amount of danger as part of life. Methinks she was fortunate in her surrogates as a child and a young woman. I have a powerful affection and mysterious obsession for the woman!
Do we think she had a stroke in her last days and that's why she grew speechless? And it sounds like she couldn't use one of her hands? And the refusal to go to bed is eerie in hindsight, like she felt death approaching and knew that if she lies down she won't get up again.
There's no evidence that she had lovers. I do believe she loved Robert Dudley, but I don't believe that she would have risked pregnancy. She was examined intimately by physicians during marriage negotiations, so she knew her body wasn't her own as queen.
QE1 patronized Byrd and Tallis among many other fine to great composers, even protecting Byrd, a devout Catholic, from those who would persecute him, simply because she admired his music. Musica Trransalpina, the first great collection of Madrigals in England, was produced in her reign and remained a strong influence on English musical setting for centuries. For me, as a musician, there’s little else I need to know to say she was a great ruler of that “Sceptered Isle.”
Very nice remembrance of “the virgin queen“ on the anniversary of her death. What a fascinating, savvy, survivor LOL. Yes she was queen she was a survivor. And she never married. Dare I say unheard of for that era? She was self-possessed to say the least lol. And from what I learned today. she seemed to have stayed close to her mother’s family. Seems like a good idea. I know this probably didn’t actually happen, but in the movie “Anne of 1000 days” The dramatization of her mothers marriage with her father Henry 8, in the very last scene, her mother undergoes a public execution by decapitation. In the last flash of that scene, you see a little girl with the red hair who witnesses this horrific act. she appears to be all by herself, and she turns around and walks herself back to the palace, and we all know in who that is and who she will become. And tho this probably literally did not happen, that last moment of the film impressed me. How that event must have shaped who she is was and how she would reign But more than that it was her aloneness that impressed me. a little girl, having lost her mother, not being even at an age to understand that, who is now going to go on with her life. It really is lonely at the top. But for Elizabeth I think it was always lonely. Somewhat by design, methinks, for she is a survivor if nothing else.
I read in one book that when she was about 8 years old, she told a childhood friend or cousin that she would never marry. I think that was about the time that Catherine Howard was executed. If Elizabeth hadn't known her mother's fate before then, I don't see how she could have remained ignorant afterwards. The gossip about two cousins who were executed for the same "crime" must have been rampant among servants as well as courtiers. There's no way a bright child like Elizabeth could have missed it.
Did Queen Elizabeth ever actually say (or write) that she desired King James to succeed her, or was this implied only from the hand gesture she made on her death bed? I know that Robert Cecil had secretly agreed to support James after Elizabeth's death, but I just find it odd that she didn't announce a successor. I'm sure Elizabeth didn't want a civil war to break out when she died, but she is lucky this didn't happen, leaving the question of the succession as she did.
dm gib My understanding is that she was asked if she wanted James to be her successor and indicated that with her hand. I know that James had been hoping to be her successor, which, some believe, is why he didn't create waves about his mother's death.
Claire, hello from NZ. My question is trivia, but is fascinating to me. Queen Elizabeth is depicted as having black teeth. Now, as much as I can appreciate Tudor dental care was most likely not fantastic. Were Elizabeth's teeth purposely blackened as maybe a fashion statement, or is there a known cause? Many thanks. Dayel
I wonder if Elizabeth felt some guilt for executing Mary Queen of Scots, mother of her chosen successor. Was he the obvious choice for king, or were there others she could have chosen.
I love her response to being told she must go to bed. That was a moving account of her passing. Amazing life.
I'm absolutely in awe of this fascinating woman! Imagine the strength, willpower, and intelligence she had to be a worldly leader in this time! A rare character, indeed!
69 is a respectable age considering the average life span at that time. And 44 years is a phenomenal reign.
" I would rather be a beggar and single than a Queen and married" Elizabeth I RIP.
U can thank her father for those sediments.
@@sirtedricwalker2979 Her sister Mary as well.
Elizabeth did say something to the effect she could be turned out in her petticoat and survive.
Queen Elizabeth was strong & independent right up to the end. She died with grace & dignity. An amazing woman. Thank you Claire again for all your hard work. Queen Elizabeth would surely be proud of you! Have a great day! ❤👍✌😊👸👑🏰🎪🎭
This wasn't gloomy; this was sad and moving but also inspiring and uplifting to hear of all the things this queen achieved. Thank you.
Wow! Recapping what she accomplished was amazing. Her mom would be so proud. THANK YOU!
No doubt. She blew even male nobility away when it comes to her being a good monarch/leader. Quite a feat for the age in which she lived.
@Elizabeth Frantes I'm not understanding where I said anything about reproduction. My point was because women were considered property, not ruling monarchs.
@Elizabeth Frantes it isn't about you.
First, I believe that her mom was proud of her daughter. Second, Elizabeth I was a woman WAY ahead of her time. She is amazing and deserves honor
As you revere Queen Anne Boleyn, I am an ardent admirer of her daughter Queen Elizabeth I. So ironic that the strong monarch King Henry desired was his baby girl with Anne. She survived so much in her life and kept her wits. Fortunately she had men who helped her reign - Cecil, Walsingham and others. She loved and lost. I crave to know all the details of her life and thank you for this video that so tenderly recounts her passing.
I think if she had married, as all her advisers wished, we would remember her more as a consort than a Queen, no matter her title. She was so brilliant to refuse.
The fate of poor Mary Stuart showed the perils Elizabeth escaped. Once she'd produced "an heir male" she was no longer needed by the lairds, who would rather rule for an infant king than obey an adult queen.
I have the DVD series from the '70's that has Glenda Jackson as Elizabeth I. Her death scene is so touching the way everyone knelt when she passed - the people in the room and the guards in the halls - so touching & so powerful.
I think today I will have to watch at least part VI of "Elizabeth R" in which Glenda Jackson plays Elizabeth I. In my opinion Ms Jackson's portrayal is one of THE best on film.
In my opinion its Cate Blanchett!
I really like Ms. Jackson's portrayal of Elizabeth in the movie, "Mary, Queen of Scots" with Vanessa Redgrave. Much prefer the actor who played Robert Dudley in that film than in the TV series.
let's not forget Dame Helen Mirren costarring Jeremy Irons on the HBO series which won her a golden globe for that portrayal
@@arwenitaofdoom9041 I love her portrayal but the accuracy of those films is... It's bad. It's real bad.
@@arwenitaofdoom9041 It is clear that Blanchett was inspired by Jackson's acting. I love Cate Blanchett as an actress and believe she did her best to channel Elizabeth, but she was let down by two extremely inaccurate scripts which perpetuate untruths about the character. As a lifelong admirer of Elizabeth and cinema lover, I am upset by those two films which feature a great actress (Blanchett) but do not do any good for Elizabeth's portrayal in popular culture, because they repeat the old and tired 'female emotions vs power' trope....and they ascribe one of Elizabeth's greatest achievements to another person: Walsingham i credited by the films as coming up with the notion of Elizabeth's image as the immortal Virgin Queen/Gloriana. In fact, Elizabeth did inspire that image all by herself and seems to even have had to fight her advisors and courtiers for the control of it
I love history, and ancient history best. How fascinating English history is, hundreds and hundreds of years. The family trees, the crests and mottos - I love all of it! Thank you for making it all clear, Claire Ridgeway
Being an American, I still love English history. QE1 has always fascinated me, however, QE2 really owns my heart.
My heroine! What an amazing woman she was despite her human frailties . That's why her signature is tattooed on my arm. Also my pup is named Gloriana. Long live her memory!!
I have no tattoos, but if I had, that's the one I'd pick, along with that of Anne the Quene
robin pinkham She's my heroine, too. I got to spend a moment with her at Westminster Abbey in 2015 and I felt so privileged to pay my respects. A truly great lady she was.
robin pinkham iv got “video et taceo” on mine
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She left this world a queen until the end! Thanks, Claire. :-)
Thank you for the very moving account of Elizabeth’s death. I love all things Gloriana. 👸 👑
I'm glad that she left this life peacefully. I'd read that she wouldn't retire to her bed because she was fearful of dying. Of course some authors may put their own interpretations on events either because they don't research or they think to dramatise the facts. Thank you Claire for your clear dialogue. 🐈🐕🔔
I'm curious what Elizabeth thought of her own reign. In her golden speech she mentions how England may see wiser and more powerful princes, but none will ever love them better. I believe her. The experience she had amongst her people and the traumas and tragedies she endured gave her a truly sympathetic and human edge to her reign that is impossible to manufacture.
Claire you MUST do a past life regression to see if you lived in these times. I think you did and were a pivotal character
I don't really believe in past lives. Sorry!
@@anneboleynfiles That's Ok, love your work anyway!!!!
'must' haha
Thank you for these daily posts. I love them. Ladybird books and the old Hollywood films got me into the Tudors, especially Queen Elizabeth 1st
The Private Life of Henry VIII? The Private Lives of Elizabeth & Essex? 🤔
Not forgetting Fire over England :)
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Leigh & Olivier! 💖
As an American, I have always been captivated by Queen Elizabeth the 1st since I was a child. Watching the movies about her versus reading the many books about her and her family are 2 totally different versions of her life. Thank you so much for your TH-cam channel and I appreciate your teaching all of us more about Elizabeth and her regaled family members. I'm definitely going to subscribe to your channel!!
Anne and Henry would be so proud of their daughter. Elizabeth was a strong, intelligent and wise Queen. May she truly rest in heavenly peace..
Bless you, Bess 🌷 We all miss you
What a fascinating woman! So very intelligent and strong. Too bad her privy councillors did not see that.
It may have been because of their society of favoring men as monarchs. So they were only acting with their societal norms that formed their attitude.
some did, at least those that mattered did in the end.
I wonder who the one “dislike” is? I don’t think I’ve seen that before. Seriously, thank you for the work you put into these presentations. By doing this day by day recounting, imo, makes the history more “alive” and relevant.
People will be people and you can't please everyone all of the time.
Thank you!
That was rather sad. However Elizabeth was a strong woman. Accomplished so much.Making the decisions as a single woman in those days is even more impressive.
So enjoying your daily videos. Thank you.
I’ve mentioned this before… Is there any talk in the historical record about why Elizabeth never gave her mother a more dignified burial? Was her mothers reputation bad enough during Elizabeth’s time she feared a backlash from doing that?
Jim ofPalmSprings Good question.
Elizabeth must have never gave her mother, Anne Boleyn, a proper burial because her mother stianed the hands of so many nobels, and remember, a monarch cannot sit on the throne whithout the support of their nobles. Anne Boleyn was accused of high treason and adultery so imagine Queen Elizabeth trying to give her mother a proper burial, it would come off as scandalous to the nobles.
She probably thought that it was best to let sleeping dogs lie and not draw attention to the fact that she was deemed illegitimate because of her mother's fall. Anne is buried in a Chapel Royal of a royal palace, though, and it is beautiful there.
@@anneboleynfiles absolutely! perfectly said...
We owe our theater to Elizabeth I. How cool is that? Thank you for this video. Long Live the Queen!!
Another talented woman whose accomplishments were noted. 44 years is amazing reign for any time.
Hello! I watch your videos often and really enjoy learning from them! I love history and your videos have been very instructive and insightful!! Thank you! I appreciate all you do for the rest of us who love learning! Have a great week!
It is my personal opinion that she was the the greatest monarch to bring England up to such a high status. Elizabeth 1 is such an inspiration.
I just Love Tudor History.
Thank you for doing these videos. I know they take time and dedication. I enjoy them daily!
One of my favorite monarchs. Please consider doing a film about just her. To me, she was brilliant
The good Beth. Loved this. Eyewitnesses accounts make Elizabeth I come alive.
Thank you for a gripping video about my favorite queen !
Her intelligence kept her on the throne so long. She was brilliant to surround herself w men that acted in her best interest. Cecil was devoted.
This is quickly becoming my favorite channel here on YouTive!
Thank you, Claire, for your lovely remembrance of ER. My favorite video to date.
Thank you! I love all your videos 💕
Poor Queen Mary. I feel like her Mom Katherine of Aragon had to fight to keep her relevant. Then she became Queen for a brief time. And still in death she was overshadowed by Queen Elizabeth. I still love stories about Anne Boleyn but she was a home wrecker and Catherine was the true Queen. That’s why I love reading about all this. And listening to your videos. So much intrigue. But I am happy I didn’t live in those days. Imagine being a woman giving birth in those days? Forget it!! It was hard enough giving birth in these days 😂
Thank you! I enjoy your videos immensely!!
Very moving
Wonderful recounting of Elizabeth's last days. I feel bad that she was so depressed in the months (year?) leading up to her death. It does sound as if she found peace nearer the end and I’m glad for that. She was a very accomplished Queen and was obviously very intelligent and seemed to be fairly compassionate. I’m glad that so much first hand information was able to be documented throughout her reign.
What a Queen, what a woman!
Such a complex individual - accomplished, intelligent, and seemingly a truly caring person who still could send someone like Essex to his death (and he might, might, might even have been her great-nephew; his arrogance sure reminds me of a young Henry VIII! At a minimum, he was related via Mary Boleyn). I read a legend that Elizabeth would not go to bed because some seer or mystic once had told her that she would not die on her feet, or some such. Of course, how many people die standing up?!
Gloriana is my all- time favorite. The true success of Anne's love for Henry and the woman who would outlive and outwit all the men. Henry would have been so pissed that after all that trying for a son, his legacy was fulfilled in his daughter after all. Plus, Elizabeth 1 was spunky and brash and bold. My type of gal!
I love Queen Elizabeth! I became fascinated with her in college after taking a Renaissance and Reformation class.
What a perfect “on this day” for my birthday ! And I never knew wow thanks Claire xx
Happy birthday!
Thanks Claire!
Haven’t watched all of this yet- but I will. 😬 Like my son’s birthday, I can never remember the exact day of Elizabeth’s death. I think I just don’t want to. After her death, there just didn’t seem to be any point. I know she was old but even then, what charisma! And what force of will! She’s always in my heart. ♥️
You are beloved!
Thank you Claire. Fascinating! I am 69 so I was moved by the first person accounts of her final hours.
Wasn't the 25 of March considered Lady Day in honor of the Virgin Mary? it seems a fitting time for the passing of the Virgin Queen, on the eve of the Day in honor of the Holy Virgin.
Yes, that's right.
Elizabeth Jenkins in her book ‘Elizabeth the Great’ points this out. She also includes the fact that Elizabeth’s birth also falls on the eve of another day associated with the Virgin Mary (can’t remember the exact name).
@@amandagrayson389 I believe 8 September is the Feast of the Nativity, the birthday of the Virgin Mary.
Elizabeth was a Protestant. I am not sure how Elizabeth felt about the Virgin Mary, but in my Protestant church, she was given little notice except at Christmas.
@@GoGreen1977 Protestant see Mary as the mother of Jesus Christ, son of god. She was a pious, graceful, humble, and extremely virtuous woman whos good works should be honored/exemplified. But worshipping or making prayers/alms to Mary specifically is taboo for protestants, as it is to send prayers to other saints. That is the Lutheran view at least.
I think I loved Elizabeth the most out of all, then next victoria🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
🇭🇲🦘 (viewed again on 24/04/2021) .. Queen Elizabeth I's final days and end were sad indeed for a great Queen of her time and for her ladies. Very good to be reminded also of her many achievements during her reign. The end of the Tudors, but a magnificent end. 👑🙏
Elizabeth had done her duty. And to think she was the daughter of Anne Boleyn. Never thought to reign after her mother's fall from grace and death, yet reign she did, as one of Henry VIII's most accomplished children to reign, and the last.
Thank you Claire 👑👍
Elizabeth was a tough woman and I very much admire her for her trailblazing feminism. Don’t know that I would have liked her very much, but we don’t have to like someone to appreciate them. I shall now add “little man” as a favourite quote 😉
Polly Dolly I believe they used to say that about Napoleon LOL
Elizabeth was not a feminist when it came to other women, unfortunately.
Queen Elizabeth i was a realist, she was like margaret thatcher.... she used logic, reason, and analytics to rule the way she did. The feminist movement today are a bunch of loser women, overly sensitive, overly privileged, trigerred by everything in sight, and feel they need to act like men sexually to prove a point to men. So distasteful and lacking of grace
@@aads1823 Hear, hear!
Thank you. So enjoying you and your channel. All the best to you from Atlanta.
Brilliant thank you
I thought she was a great Queen. One of the best. This was a moving account of her passing. Thank you.!! Just desserts to King Henry Vlll
Very nice, informative video
Every morning I look forward to these videos while I have tea. :-)
The tee shirt looks great! The bells should have been ringing for Elizabeth.
I have loved Elizabeth I for my whole life. This video was as touching as I could hope a video like this could be. #loveelizabethI
Thanks for making these videos. I subbed you a few wks ago and watch your videos daily. Love this time period.
I had to watch this twice bc the first time I wasn't paying attention... I was trying to find that T shirt online instead lol. I absolutely love it! And I've just got to have one of my own. Where did you get it?
I love your videos and look forward to them everyday. Thank you for such interesting tidbits of information and of course, I love the kitties! They don't bother me a bit, personally I find that it makes it feel more personable. I look forward to the rest of 2019 with you!
It's from my own website. See Elizabeth I apparel at www.theanneboleynfiles.com/products-page/
Claire, why would you say she never married? I remember reading she was somewhat unpopular for not providing an heir, which was considered her duty plus her treatment of the veterans of the fight with the Armada. I would love to hear your perspective!
In those times, a man was superior to a woman which made it a tricky situation if the woman was queen. Would she be expected to submit to her husband? But then she was the monarch? I think Elizabeth was sensible in choosing to be married to her country and not giving power to anybody else.
So so amazing Elizabeth should of never gotten near the throne. And she had the longest and greatest reign. Anne must be so proud and Henry viii shook. Elizabeth is my favorite queen 👑 power of a man beauty of a woman ❤️
Thank you!! Love your fun and informative videos!! My husband caught me watching one the other day and, rolling his eyes and shaking his head, he exclaimed, “ don’t tell there is ANOTHER Tudor-nut out there!!” Well, I am personally delightedly guilty as charged!! ❤️
How can anyone dislike these videos
I absolutely love that shirt!
Thank you! It's one of my favourites. I have it on my website at www.theanneboleynfiles.com/products-page/elizabeth-i-apparel/
Wonderful!
I always think of Elizabeth's reign as the revenge of Anne Boleyn. I also think about how Henry killed her mother, essentially, because he wanted "an heir", and he could only see that possibility in a son. (I know those weren't the stated reasons, but... hmph.) Henry wanted a legitimate son, and lives, religions and fortunes would all be sacrificed to that obsession. Yet, it was in his younger daughter that Henry got his heart's desire: a ruler who could follow him and build on England's accomplishments. It reminds me that our deepest desires may come to us in ways we never could have conceived of and can't recognize. Maybe we can take Henry's folly as a lesson, and open our minds beyond our known perspective to see the gifts the universe has already laid before us.
awesome video. I am really enjoying the channel
How sobering. I am 69 and have done none of those things save dismiss twits who tell me what to do.
This is one of the most hilarious comments ever.
I think that dismissing twits is a great achievement, keep on doing it!
You are doing exactly the right thing.
Elizabeth I, Anne Boleyn, Catherine of Aragon and also Lady Jane Grey were the feminists of their time in England. Maybe thats why I love them so much. In a time that women had to be submissive and were seen by men little more than birthing machines, they weren't afraid to stand up for their believes and themselves.
Thank you Claire once again for a great video. I love your voice and the manner of explaining it to us all.
Read about Queen Isabella , Catherine of Aragons , mother provided her with a fine education on how to rule .
I recommend the David Starkey series on Elizabeth I. It's not necessarily the only perspective on her, but having watched it many times I don't believe that the Cecils were actually the power behind the throne. If I have my facts right, she was furious that William Cecil had Mary Queen of Scots executed and dismissed him over it.
What do you mean by dismissed? She was furious of course but I don't see any indication that she "fired" him or banished him from court or anything.Have I mised something?
Kimberly Hawkins I think she didn’t know what to do so she gave the decision to someone else. I believe her anger was political staging. If she didn’t want her dead, she wouldn’t have signed the death warrant. Don’t you think?
www.bbc.com/bitesize/guides/z88fk7h/revision/2. I may have misinterpreted what I read, but this seems to show that she at least refused to see him after the execution.
Kimberly Hawkins Yes, Ive read that in a number of places. Don’t you think it was having him do her dirty work and then shirking blame? We will never know for sure.
I love this series ❤️❤️❤️ but I have a question what was Elizabeth buried in because her wardrobe was and is still legendary she must of had something planned because she didn’t want a autopsy or any postmortem so was it the normal Tudor burial with the wax linen strips used or was she buried in a planed outfit all natural death style
Sally TheVirginQueen That's an interesting point. As her body was wrapped in lead before being put in the coffin, I would guess it was a simple gown, without all the petticoats and farthingale she wore in life. At Westminster Abbey they have the underclothes that were on her funeral effigy. This was, apparently, so lifelike that people gasped when they saw it.
I don't think Elizabeth herself was against a post mortem. The chief lady of her household refused to sanction one.
Hmmm... I'm not sure what she was buried in. I know that her effigy was dressed in her clothes though. See www.tudorsociety.com/28-april-1603-elizabeth-funeral/
The Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Society thank you so mush I just wondered it for so long
M Scott thank you 🙏
John Whitgift, born in my home town, his house still stands.
Bless her!
Fascinating, as always, Claire.
Question: From my reading, which I'm sure is not as extensive as yours, I have a picture of Elizabeth as, although brilliant, a ditherer... and that the Cecils...Wm & Robert, were the true powers behind the throne. One, do you think this is an accurate portrayal ? And two, do you have a book to recommend which gives a true depiction, in your opinion, of the politics and machinations behind QE I's reign? Thank you in advance.
Claire will probably have a better answer here but I have to put in my two cents anyway. Some historians do not think Elizabeth was a great monarch (sacrilege!). Some of them seem frustrated at her ‘wait and see’ strategy when it came to foreign and domestic policy. In other words, she didn’t also make a decision right away, but hung back to see what fell out. A great deal of the time, this strategy worked. Either the problem solved itself or the path she needed to take became clearer. As to the power behind the throne, I think Elizabeth and Burleigh worked together a lot of times. I know enough about Robert Cecil to really comment.
No, I don't believe that. She procrastinated when it suited her to do so, but she was definitely in charge.
My favourite book on her is the one on her early life and reign by David Starkey and then I also like Anne Somerset's biography.
@@amandagrayson389:Thank you for your insight. I needed clarification.
@@anneboleynfiles: Many thanks, Claire. I'll hop on those recommended books right away.
The best fictional account I have come across of Elizabeth's life, relationships, and reign is "Legacy" by Susan Kaye. Even though it's a novel, it presents believable descriptions of how Elizabeth navigated through her life and realistically theorizes about her motivations, feelings, and reactions to events from childhood to her death. I have read many nonfiction accounts of Elizabeth's life and there is nothing in "Legacy" that makes me roll my eyes or upset me with the way Elizabeth or the other major characters in her life are depicted. Susan Kaye certainly did her research.
Dear Ms. Ridgway, can you recommend a book regarding the lives of executioners? What type of person would have that job, etc.?
We know that the reason she stopped speaking was that she had mouth ulcers which also led to her stop eating, I belive she died of sepsis as a lot of the things that had been described to what she was like the last months of her life are relevant to the symptoms to sepsis(Love your channel❤)
Very interesting. Wish to hear more. But I recently have been watching Mary’s dowry productions about the brutal executions of Catholic martyrs and as you said not all subjects were treated well under Elizabeth’s reign. Such a wonderful Catholic culture and heritage was wiped out. Yet, such is history.
Thank you for that information have a question about Queen Elizabeth's thoughts on James Stewart did she have any thoughts about him or his character?
So I watched this before going to sleep, and then had a dream that Claire and I sat down for tea with Queen Elizabeth II to talk about Tudor history. 😳
Ooooh, that would be lovely!
I love that shirt!!
I was picturing Bette Davis doing this scene.
Hi! I find the most wonderful articles on the internet that you posted as long ago as 2012, and LOVE them as much as your videos. They make me redundant in the questions I have asked you in the comments section of your videos. For that I must apologize! I may be redundant again as I plow ahead with: Am I correct in being certain that the ring you mentioned as being delivered to James as proof of her death was the locket ring that included pictures of herself and her mother? You also mention somewhere (I am forgetting where!) that Elizabeth was fond of her father, while still showing a regard for her mother in unspoken ways, i.e. the locket ring and the family portrait that depicts her wearing the "B" bling. That she escaped the bitterness that overwhelmed Mary l is something to wonder about. She certainly had important relationships her whole life. She must also have been quite the woman of her station and time, though, too, accepting a certain amount of danger as part of life. Methinks she was fortunate in her surrogates as a child and a young woman. I have a powerful affection and mysterious obsession for the woman!
Do we think she had a stroke in her last days and that's why she grew speechless? And it sounds like she couldn't use one of her hands? And the refusal to go to bed is eerie in hindsight, like she felt death approaching and knew that if she lies down she won't get up again.
Was she called the Virgin Queen because she never married? I believe I read where she had had a number of lovers/suiters. Pls explain. Thank you.
She was called the Virgin Queen because she never married and was a maid( virgin) until her death
There's no evidence that she had lovers. I do believe she loved Robert Dudley, but I don't believe that she would have risked pregnancy. She was examined intimately by physicians during marriage negotiations, so she knew her body wasn't her own as queen.
@@anneboleynfiles Thank you.
QE1 patronized Byrd and Tallis among many other fine to great composers, even protecting Byrd, a devout Catholic, from those who would persecute him, simply because she admired his music. Musica Trransalpina, the first great collection of Madrigals in England, was produced in her reign and remained a strong influence on English musical setting for centuries. For me, as a musician, there’s little else I need to know to say she was a great ruler of that “Sceptered Isle.”
I wonder if the circle around her are the same in power today.
Very nice remembrance of “the virgin queen“ on the anniversary of her death. What a fascinating, savvy, survivor LOL. Yes she was queen she was a survivor. And she never married. Dare I say unheard of for that era? She was self-possessed to say the least lol. And from what I learned today. she seemed to have stayed close to her mother’s family. Seems like a good idea.
I know this probably didn’t actually happen, but in the movie “Anne of 1000 days” The dramatization of her mothers marriage with her father Henry 8, in the very last scene, her mother undergoes a public execution by decapitation. In the last flash of that scene, you see a little girl with the red hair who witnesses this horrific act. she appears to be all by herself, and she turns around and walks herself back to the palace, and we all know in who that is and who she will become. And tho this probably literally did not happen, that last moment of the film impressed me. How that event must have shaped who she is was and how she would reign But more than that it was her aloneness that impressed me. a little girl, having lost her mother, not being even at an age to understand that, who is now going to go on with her life. It really is lonely at the top. But for Elizabeth I think it was always lonely. Somewhat by design, methinks, for she is a survivor if nothing else.
I read in one book that when she was about 8 years old, she told a childhood friend or cousin that she would never marry. I think that was about the time that Catherine Howard was executed. If Elizabeth hadn't known her mother's fate before then, I don't see how she could have remained ignorant afterwards. The gossip about two cousins who were executed for the same "crime" must have been rampant among servants as well as courtiers. There's no way a bright child like Elizabeth could have missed it.
Claire, this is out of place, but I must ask you: Do you think Henry actually believed the charges against Anne?
he did not, he knowling tricked himself but subconsciously he knew it was not true.
Clarie, which biography on Elizabeth 1 would you recommend?
I know it's impossible to miss someone that you've never met, but I miss this grand lady.
Claire - question please. With all your research do u think Elizabeth remained a virgin? Or was this unlikely? X
Yes, I do think she remained a virgin. I think she loved Robert Dudley but I don't think things went that far.
Did Queen Elizabeth ever actually say (or write) that she desired King James to succeed her, or was this implied only from the hand gesture she made on her death bed? I know that Robert Cecil had secretly agreed to support James after Elizabeth's death, but I just find it odd that she didn't announce a successor. I'm sure Elizabeth didn't want a civil war to break out when she died, but she is lucky this didn't happen, leaving the question of the succession as she did.
dm gib My understanding is that she was asked if she wanted James to be her successor and indicated that with her hand. I know that James had been hoping to be her successor, which, some believe, is why he didn't create waves about his mother's death.
I wonder if she died as a result of tooth abscesses? Sepsis from her mouth got into her other organs and then everything started shutting down.
Where can that tshirt be bought?
On my website at www.theanneboleynfiles.com/products-page/elizabeth-i-apparel/
Claire, hello from NZ. My question is trivia, but is fascinating to me.
Queen Elizabeth is depicted as having black teeth.
Now, as much as I can appreciate Tudor dental care was most likely not fantastic. Were Elizabeth's teeth purposely blackened as maybe a fashion statement, or is there a known cause?
Many thanks. Dayel
I wonder if Elizabeth felt some guilt for executing Mary Queen of Scots, mother of her chosen successor. Was he the obvious choice for king, or were there others she could have chosen.
Jude Frazier James was her nearest relative. Her great aunt had married the king of Scotland.