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Elizabeth I
Edward VI was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death. He was crowned on 20 February at the age of nine. The son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, Edward was England's first monarch to be raised as a Protestant. During his reign, the realm was governed by a Regency Council because he never reached his majority.
See also Elizabethan Era ...more
See also Elizabethan Era ...more
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It’s not his friendship I miss,’ Elizabeth said bluntly. ‘It’s him. The very person of him. His presence. I want his shadow on my wall, I want the smell of him. I can’t eat without him, I can’t do the business of the realm. I can’t read a book without wanting his opinion, I can’t hear a tune without wanting to sing it to him.
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― The Virgin's Lover
― The Virgin's Lover
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The Tudors hated to be wrong, and therefore never were.
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― His Last Letter: Elizabeth I and the Earl of Leicester
― His Last Letter: Elizabeth I and the Earl of Leicester
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