Elizabeth I Reign 1558 - 1603
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- Elizabeth I Reign 1558 - 1603
- Lord Burghley (William Cecil) Secretary of State/ Lord Treasurer
- 1596 William Cecil dies and his son Robert Cecil becomes secretary of state
- Spanish Armada (Enterprise of England) 1588
- August 1588 Spanish Armada defeated
- Important Victory for Elizabeth
- Religion: Protestant vs Catholic
- Bad weather delayed the Spanish Armada
- Execution of Mary Stuart angered King Philip of Spain
- Sailed in a cresent formation
- Commanded by the Duke of Medina Sidonia
- English involvement with the Dutch rebels
- Treaty of Nonsuch 1585 between the Dutch rebels and England
- English used fire ships to destroy the armada
- Piracy
- Elizabeth refused King Philip of Spains marriage proposal in 155i9
- Treaty of Joinville 1584 signed by Spain and France - catholic crusade against England now possible?
- Plan was to join with the Duke of Parma at Flanders
- Due to both wanting a share of the Netherlands
- August 1588 Spanish Armada defeated
- 1590 Walsingham dies
- 1591 Hatton dies
- Known as The Virgin Queen
- Robert Dudley was Elizabeth's favourite
- Tilbury Speech
- Took place after the Gravelines battle
- The Golden Age
- Number of plots to put Mary Queen of Scotts on the thrown
- Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn were Elizabeth's parents
- Privy Chamber
- Gave limited access to the Queen
- Presence Chamber
- Where courtiers would await an audience of the Queen
- Privy Council helped the Queen rule
- Ireland (Tyronne Rebellion) 1595-1603
- 1595 Hugh O'Neill (Earl of Tyrone) becomes dominant in Ulster (Leader)
- 1597 O'Neill raises a strong Catholic army with Spanish help
- Overthrow English Lordship
- Battle of Yellow Ford 1598 - O'Neill beats English
- Elizabeth raises an army under the Earl of Essex (Robert Devereux)
- 1599 Essex leads his army but they are defeated due to desertion, disease and the battle itself
- Essex then forms a peace treaty with O'Neill without the Queens permission 1599
- Starts the Essex rebellion
- Planned to enter the Privy Chamber by force, remove the privy council/Robert Cecil, isolate the queen and gain her ear
- Starts the Essex rebellion
- Essex then forms a peace treaty with O'Neill without the Queens permission 1599
- 1599 Essex leads his army but they are defeated due to desertion, disease and the battle itself
- Elizabeth appoints Lord Mountjoy (Charles Blount) as Lord Deputy of Ireland after Essex's failure 1600
- 1605 'Flight of the Earls' - O'Neill and other leaders flee Ireland
- 1602 Lord Mountjoy destroys O'Neill and the Spanish at the Battle of Kinsale
- Debt at the end of 1603 £350,000
- Lord Burghley (William Cecil) Secretary of State/ Lord Treasurer
- 1602 Lord Mountjoy destroys O'Neill and the Spanish at the Battle of Kinsale
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