His Queen notes
anonymous
April 19 2009, 19:40:09 UTC
-Elizabeth took the throne after her sister, Mary I (Bloody Mary) died and named her as her heir, at the age of 25. It was long thought she would never take the throne after being deemed the illegitimate child of Henry VIII. -When she was 14, she was taken in by her father’s last wife and her husband, Thomas Seymour. Seymour reportedly made advances toward Elizabeth and molested her, which many believe affected her in later years and one of the reasons she never married. -Elizabeth was presented with many suitors to marry, and even considered some of them. But in the end, she never married and remained a virgin until her death. -In 1562, a case of smallpox infected Elizabeth, leaving her half bald and dependant on wigs and cosmetics. It’s stated that “the more her beauty faded, the more her courtiers praised it.” -In 1588, English ships fought with the Spanish Armada and won, resulting in one of Elizabeth’s most celebrated speeches. -In 1602, a string of deaths of Elizabeth’s close friends resulted in her going into a depression. The death of her cousin and close friend, Catherine Carey the Countess of Nottingham in February 1603, was the last straw and she eventually fell ill in March, going into a “settled and unremovable melancholy.” -She died on March 24, 1603 in the early hours of the morning. James VI of Scotland was then proclaimed as king of England. -Elizabeth’s funeral was in April and her coffin was taken on Westminster Abbey on a hearse drawn by four horses with black velvet. According to John Stow, a chronicler at the funeral: “Westminster was surcharged with multitudes of all sorts of people in their streets, houses, windows, leads and gutters, that came out to see the obsequy, and when they beheld her statue lying upon the coffin, there was such a general sighing, groaning and weeping as the like hath not been seen or known in the memory of man.”
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anonymous
April 19 2009, 20:37:01 UTC
*Sniffs* That was so sad. It was touching to see them so dedicated to each other despite how muhc time went on. The fact that it was historical was great too.
Re: His Queen notes
anonymous
April 20 2009, 05:05:55 UTC
GAAH. Okay, not gonna lie. I was hoping somebody would England/Queen Elizabeth I fic because like, ugh. Just, yes. ;_; This was so bittersweet but very lovely nonetheless. ♥~
-When she was 14, she was taken in by her father’s last wife and her husband, Thomas Seymour. Seymour reportedly made advances toward Elizabeth and molested her, which many believe affected her in later years and one of the reasons she never married.
-Elizabeth was presented with many suitors to marry, and even considered some of them. But in the end, she never married and remained a virgin until her death.
-In 1562, a case of smallpox infected Elizabeth, leaving her half bald and dependant on wigs and cosmetics. It’s stated that “the more her beauty faded, the more her courtiers praised it.”
-In 1588, English ships fought with the Spanish Armada and won, resulting in one of Elizabeth’s most celebrated speeches.
-In 1602, a string of deaths of Elizabeth’s close friends resulted in her going into a depression. The death of her cousin and close friend, Catherine Carey the Countess of Nottingham in February 1603, was the last straw and she eventually fell ill in March, going into a “settled and unremovable melancholy.”
-She died on March 24, 1603 in the early hours of the morning. James VI of Scotland was then proclaimed as king of England.
-Elizabeth’s funeral was in April and her coffin was taken on Westminster Abbey on a hearse drawn by four horses with black velvet. According to John Stow, a chronicler at the funeral: “Westminster was surcharged with multitudes of all sorts of people in their streets, houses, windows, leads and gutters, that came out to see the obsequy, and when they beheld her statue lying upon the coffin, there was such a general sighing, groaning and weeping as the like hath not been seen or known in the memory of man.”
writer!anon apologizes if there are any mistakes and hope OP likes it ^^
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