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A miniature portrait by Nicholas Hilliard of Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603 CE) playing the lute.

Statue of Queen Elizabeth II (r. 1952-2022). The design was selected by the queen herself and built by stonemason Richard Bossons to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee in 2022. York Minster, northern England.

A c. 1601 CE painting by George Vertue showing Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603 CE) in a procession.

A statue of Queen Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603), designed by William Kerwin, 1586. The Church of St Dunstan in the West, London.

Elizabethan theatre, sometimes called English Renaissance theatre, refers to that style of performance plays which blossomed during the reign of Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603) and which continued under her Stuart successors. Elizabethan...

Anne Boleyn (c. 1501-1536) was the second wife of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547). Anne, sometimes known as 'Anne of a Thousand Days' in reference to her short reign as queen, was accused of adultery and executed in the Tower of London...

Did you know that the Spanish Armada was defeated as much by storms as by the English navy? This video is all about King Philip II of Spain’s Enterprise of England, and his defeat at the hands of The Royal Navy of Elizabeth I of England in...

The term Elizabethan Theatre naturally refers to the style of theatre being composed and performed in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, which continued under her Stuart successors and is best known through the works of the playwright...

The iconic cinematic performance of Elizabeth Taylor in the motion picture Cleopatra (1963) left a lasting impression of the Egyptian queen’s supposed beauty. Despite its emphatic opulence, the movie still implies that Cleopatra could only...

Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, wife of US Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, oil on canvas portrait by Ralph Earl, 1787. Museum of the City of New York.