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Elisabeth I. von England

Geburtstag: 7. September 1533
Todesdatum: 24. März 1603
Andere Namen:Regina Elisabetta I d'Inghilterra,Elisabeth I.

Elisabeth I., englisch Elizabeth I., eigentlich Elizabeth Tudor, auch bekannt unter den Namen The Virgin Queen, The Maiden Queen , Gloriana oder Good Queen Bess , war von 1558 bis an ihr Lebensende Königin von England.

Elisabeth war die Tochter von Heinrich VIII. und das fünfte und letzte Mitglied der Tudor-Dynastie auf dem englischen Thron. Ihre Mutter war Anne Boleyn.

Ihre Regierungszeit als Königin von England und Irland von 1558 bis 1603 ist heute als Elisabethanisches Zeitalter bekannt. In dieser Zeit erhielt die Anglikanische Kirche ihre endgültige Ausprägung, entstanden zahlreiche künstlerische Werke von Dramatikern wie William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe oder Ben Jonson, aber auch Lyrik mit Sonetten und Liedgedichten, wurden die modernen Wissenschaften mit Francis Bacon begründet und die Welt von Francis Drake umsegelt. Die erste englische Kolonie in Amerika wurde in dieser Zeit gegründet und zu ihren Ehren Virginia benannt.

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„Kleiner Mann, kleiner Mann, das Wort »müssen« ziemt sich nicht, wenn man mit Fürsten spricht.“

— Elisabeth I. von England
zu Robert Cecil, nachdem er zu ihr sagte, sie müsse sich nun ins Bett begeben. Letzte Worte, 24. März 1603, Neale, J. E. Queen Elisabeth, London 1942

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„God may forgive you, but I never can.“

— Elizabeth I of England
To the Countess of Nottingham, as quoted in The History of England Under the House of Tudor (1759) by David Hume, Vol. II, Ch. 7.

„I will make you shorter by the head.“

— Elizabeth I of England
Response to Parliament (October 1566).

„I know I have the body but 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 of England
Context: I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm.

„Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths.“

— Elizabeth I of England
Letter (1581).

„Let tyrants fear, I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good-will of my subjects.“

— Elizabeth I of England

„Though God hath raised me high, yet this I count the glory of my Crown, that I have reigned with your loves.“

— Elizabeth I of England

„I shall be thy name in Christ as I emerge through these walls in vein“

— Elizabeth I of England

„I know the title of a King is a glorious title, but assure yourself that the shining glory of princely authority hath not so dazzled the eyes of our understanding, but that we well know and remember that we also are to yield an account of our actions before the great judge. To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasant to them that bear it.“

— Elizabeth I of England

„The use of the sea and air is common to all; neither can a title to the ocean belong to any people or private persons, forasmuch as neither nature nor public use and custom permit any possession thereof.“

— Elizabeth I of England
To the Spanish Ambassador (1580).

„This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes.“

— Elizabeth I of England
Her reaction when she was told she was Queen (17 November 1558).

„[I] would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.“

— Elizabeth I of England
Statement to the envoy of Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg while discussing a proposal of marriage to the duke's son, Christoph. (26 January 1563), quoted by J. Horace Round in "A Visit to Queen Elizabeth," http://books.google.com/books?id=iP0CAAAAIAAJ&q=%22would+rather+be+a+beggar+and+single+than+a+queen+and+married%22&pg=PA629#v=onepage The Nineteenth Century magazine (October 1896)

„I grieve and dare not show my discontent,
I love and yet am forced to seem to hate,
I do, yet dare not say I ever meant,
I seem stark mute but inwardly do prate.“

— Elizabeth I of England
"On Monsieur's Departure" (February 1582).

„For even our enemies hold our nation resolute and valiant, which though they will not outwardly show, they invariably know. And whensoever the malice of our enemies should cause them to make any attempt against us, I doubt not but we shall have the greatest glory, God fighting for those that truly serve Him with the justness of their quarrel.“

— Elizabeth I of England
Speech to Parliament (10 April 1593), quoted in Leah Marcus, Janel Mueller and Mary Rose (eds.), Elizabeth I: Collected Works (The University of Chicago Press, 2002), p. 332.

„Rather than any dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field. I know already, for your forwardness you have deserved rewards and crowns.“

— Elizabeth I of England

„Master Tyrwhit and others have told me that there goeth rumors abroad which be greatly both against mine honor and honesty, which above all other things I esteem, which be these: that I am in the Tower and with child by my lord admiral. My lord, these are shameful slanders, for the which, besides the great desire I have to see the king’s majesty, I shall most heartily desire your lordship that I may come to the court after your first determination, that I may show myself there as I am. Written in haste from Hatfield this 28 of January. Your assured friend to my little power, Elizabeth“

— Elizabeth I of England
Letter to Edward Seymour, Lord Protector (28 January 1549), quoted in Leah Marcus, Janel Mueller and Mary Rose (eds.), Elizabeth I: Collected Works (The University of Chicago Press, 2002), p. 24.