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Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) One of the most loved and admired rulers of all time was born on September 7, 1533 at Greenwich Palace. Although in the years to come Queen Elizabeth I would be famed for her extraordinary abilities and achievements, her birth was a huge disappointment on her fathers behalf. Elizabeth was the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. He had wanted a son to continue his reign because he had already had a daughter to his first wife, Katherine of Aragon. During Elizabeth’s childhood years she was well taught, excelled in her studies, and remarkably gifted. It was popular amongst nobility to educate daughters as well as sons. She was especially interested in different languages and by adulthood she could speak five languages fluently. Elizabeth finally obtai