Queen elizabeth the first

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A remarkable number of the Tudors had ‘red-gold’ hair. Though the largest proportion of red hair in the world comes from Scotland, Ireland, and Teutonic countries, it can show up anywhe…

This portrait shows the very human face of Elizabeth I; stripped bare of the 'Virgin Queen' persona, we meet the woman behind the monarch.

Trinity College, University of Cambridge

The history that gets recorded is always skewed by the politics of the time, and Elizabeth’s makeup is no different.

National Portrait Gallery

This is a contemporary portrait showing Elizabeth I towards the end of her life. It may have been based on an image taken from life. Elizabeth I is shown wearing a richly jewelled dress, head-dress and veil. She holds in her hand the badge of the Order of the Garter, the Lesser George, which is suspended from her shoulders on a blue ribbon. The sleeves of her dress are embroidered with roses, her corsage with roses and fleurs-de-lis.The prominence of the Garter badge is almost certainly…

Concerns about who would succeed Queen Elizabeth I saw Parliament petition her to marry and produce an heir almost immediately.