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Queen Elizabeth I ruled England from 1558-1603. She was the daughter of Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn. She was declared illegitimate by Henry when he had Anne executed, but he restored Elizabeth back to the line of succession later on. *If you may recall back in my "Tower of London" [Part I] article, Henry was that bastardly English king who had different wives at different times throughout his reign. He managed to do this since he broke England away from the Vatican & founded the Church of England where he was the supreme leader. He then either divorced a wife or had her executed via trumped-up charges of treason in order to marry again. He also had mistresses while being married. (Anne Boleyn, Henry's most famous mistress, is Queen Elizabeth's mom!)
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