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Princess Elizabeth Tudor

Profile of:
Elizabeth Tudor as played by Kate Duggan
Motto : "semper eadem" or "always the same"

Born September 7, 1533
Reign Began: November 17, 1558
Crowned: January 15, 1559
Died March 24, 1603


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Character's backstory: Only surviving child of Anne Boleyn & Henry VIII.

Gentility: Tudor family

Born: Greenwich Palace

Position: Princess of Wales (title later revoked and reduced to just the courtesy title of "Lady"), Lady Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth I

Personality type: Elizabeth's personality was a vibrant one. She was an intelligent Renaissance princess, speaking English, Latin, Greek, French, Spanish, and Welsh in addition to studying subjects like state craft, theology, rhetoric, philosophy, and arithmetic. She was very witty and clever. She knew how to use her gender for survival and political gain.

Signature look: Dark eyes of her mother and bright red hair & pale skin of her father.

Endearing trait(s): Elizabeth was known for her wit, love for her people, and her intelligence. Like her mother she was neurotic, she never married and was adamant to never surrender to her position and never to take a consort.
She was married only once... to England.

Annoying trait(s): Her indecisiveness and short-temper, neurotic.

Scandal(s): Her supposed affair with her stepfather, Thomas Seymour; the Thomas Wyatt rebellion; intimate relationship with her Master of the Horse Robert Dudley; and the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots.

Nickname(s): The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, The Faerie Queen, Good Queen Bess




Elizabeth I - The Tudors Wiki

Elizabeth I - The Tudors Wiki

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CHARACTER CONNECTIONS



Family members:
Paternal Grandfather: Henry VII Tudor
Paternal Grandmother: Elizabeth of York
Maternal Grandfather: Thomas Boleyn
Maternal Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard
Father: King Henry VIII.
Mother: Anne Boleyn
Half-Sister: Princess Mary Tudor, later Queen Mary I (nick-named 'Bloody Mary')
Half-Brother: Prince Edward Tudor, later King Edward VI
Half-Brother: Henry Fitzroy, died early at 16 years, Elizabeth never really met him.



Later Romance(s):
Lord Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
Thomas Seymour
Francois, Duke of Anjou
Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex
Friends:
Prince Edward Tudor, later King Edward VI: only a four-year difference in ages, they were very close and wrote many letters expressing their friendship

She got along well with Catherine Parr and Anne of Cleves, two of her step-mothers

Blanche Parry (the woman who nursed Elizabeth, and supposedly taught her the Welsh language)


Katherine "Kat" Ashley nee Champernowne (governess) - Elizabeth came to love Kat dearly and she played an important role in her life as a friend and confidante. Elizabeth praised Kat’s early devotion to her studies by stating that she took “great labor and pain in bringing of me up in learning and honesty”.


Lady Bryan - her governess until Edward was born when she was transferred to take care of him.

Matthew Parker (1504 - 1575 ) played a special role in the early childhood of Princess Elizabeth. Anne Boleyn's chaplain who felt he was entrusted with the spiritual well being of her daughter. Elizabeth always trusted Matthew Parker - her sister Mary hated him due to his Protestant beliefs. When Elizabeth eventually became Queen she appointed Matthew Parker as the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Catherine Carey, Countess of Nottingham: Elizabeth's cousin, the daughter of Anne Boleyn's sister, Mary Boleyn

Thomas Parry (1505 - 1560 ) was a Welshman and was appointed steward to Elizabeth in her teenage years

William Cecil: Advisor to Queen Elizabeth I.


Lord Robert Dudley - (possibly her lover)

Sir Francis Walsingham: He created a net of spies so great that is even recognized today

Enemies:
The Catholic Faction

UNFORGETTABLE QUOTES


  • "How haps it govenor? Yesterday my lady princess, today but my lady Elizabeth?" - Elizabeth after the death of her mother asking why her status has changed

DEFINING EPISODES | MEMORABLE SCENES










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PHOTOS
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Baby Elizabeth in her mother, Anne Boleyn's arms 1533.

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Baptism of Elizabeth by her godfather, Archbishop Cranmer.



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c. 1545 detail from the Tudor Family Portrait
as Princess Elizabeth

henry holds baby elizabeth



Anne & Baby Elizabeth




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ER I - Signature
Portrait of Elizabeth c. 1546 (around age 13)
Anne & Elizabeth
Elizabeth & Anne
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Elizabeth as a child in her father, Henry's arms 1536
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Princess Elizabeth Tudor - The Tudors Wiki


The story of Elizabeth through her Portraits.




Historian David Starkey discusses Elizabeth's Childhood.

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Anne Boleyn - The Tudors Wiki

Anne Boleyn - The Tudors Wiki
Above is the locket ring which belonged
to Queen Elizabeth I.
The ring bears the initial 'E' in table-cut
diamonds and contains
miniature busts of Elizabeth herself
and the other of her mother, Anne Boleyn (to the right)


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Anne Boleyn - The Tudors Wiki
Miniature portrait of Anne Boleyn -
inside the ring that her Daughter Elizabeth I
constantly wore and was removed from her finger
after her death and sent to James VI of Scotland
as evidence of her death showing how important
the ring and her mother was to Elizabeth.

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Ginalovestudors It was so sad when eliazbeth was born. (page: 1 2) 32 Jul 2 2008, 1:26 PM EDT by Holly2
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Did all of u see the sadness in Anne eyes that she had a girl it was very sad she wanted so much to have a son for him , And henry did not even look at the baby , little did he know that oneday she would be a Great Queen and do a better job then any son could done.
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SemperEadem Elizabeth's Unknown Childhood 13 Jun 10 2008, 7:30 PM EDT by miller-pvkk
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Posted by antoinette2 on The Tudors Predictions Page:

Will Elizabeth's unknown childhood reveal her development as a survivor?
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jamais.de.fin_boleyn QUESTION>> 7 Jun 7 2008, 11:11 PM EDT by SemperEadem
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Does anyone know exactly where Elizabeth lived majority of her life?
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Holly2 Anne and Elizabeth 3 May 30 2008, 5:54 PM EDT by antoinette2
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One thing I'm thrilled about, especially given some of the choices made in terms of her characterization, is that Anne's love for little Elizabeth is being shown. The scenes between them are so sweet and it's obvious how much Anne adores her child. It's sad to watch in some ways, because I know that Anne will be dead before Elizabeth is old enough to have anything but the faintest memories of her, but Natalie does an absolutely beautiful job with those scenes.

From the beginning, when Anne is holding baby Elizabeth, she loves her. The fact that Elizabeth is a girl means that Anne's position is less secure than it could have been if she had given birth to Edward/Henry but that doesn't affect her feelings towards her baby. I thought that she sounded concerned when Henry said that he was going to make Mary one of Elizabeth's attendants - Mary is evidently not supposed to be left alone with the baby, or to pick her up - and when she is peppering Lady Bryan with questions about Elizabeth's feeding habits, you can tell that she'd love to be able to feed her baby herself instead of having to leave the job to a wetnurse and rely on second- and third-hand reports from others.

The scene in Episode Seven, when toddler Elizabeth is brought to Anne and the two of them are looking at the fishes brought tears to my eyes. Anne was so happy to be able to be with her daughter again and, even though she has been so unhappy recently, she wouldn't let Elizabeth see her cry and put on a brave face for her sake. Even Brereton seemed affected by that scene; in his head, he's dehumanized Anne to allow him to justify murdering her but then he sees her playing with her daughter. Can a woman who loves her child so much really be the evil monster he has set out to destroy?

At the back of her mind, I think that Anne is also aware that it's important for Elizabeth's future security, as well her own, that she have a son ASAP.
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