Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest (Volume 3); With Anecdotes of Their Courts, Now First Published from Official Records and Other Authentic Documents, Private as Well as Public (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ELIZABETH, SECOND QUEEN REGNANT OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND CHAPTER I. Birth of Elizabeth at Greenwich Palace?Chamber of the Virgins?Remark of her mother, queen Anne Boleyn?Christening?Placed first in the succession ?Marriage negotiation with France ? Execution of her mother ? Elizabeth declared illegitimate?Her governess?Want of apparel?Altered fortunes? Appears at her brother's christening?Her early promise?Education ? Her first letter?Patronised by Anne of Cleves and Katharine Howard?Residence with her sister Mary?Offered in marriage to the heir of Arran?Her letter to queen Katharine Parr ? Proficiency in languages ? Her early compositions? Her brother's love for her?Shares his studies?Her father's death?Her grief ?Wooed by Seymour, the lord admiral?Refuses his hand?Offended at his marriage with the queen dowager?Princess Mary invites her to live with her ?She resides with queen Katharine Parr?Her governess, Mrs. Ashley, and Roger Ascham?Freedoms of the admiral?The queen's jealousy?Elizabeth removes to Cheston ? Her letters to the queen and admiral ? Death and bequest of queen Katharine Parr ? The admiral's clandestine courtship of Elizabeth ? Injurious reports concerning it ? Elizabeth's conferences with Parry?Her governess, Ashley, sent to the Tower?Examination of Elizabeth ?Restraint at Hatfield?Defends her governess?Letter to the protector?Her confessions?Her governess superseded by lady Tyrwhit?Disdainful conduct of Elizabeth?She writes again to the protector?Serious scandals on Elizabeth ?She intercedes for her governess?Exccution of the admiral ? Elizabeth's regard for his memory?The ladies of her household. We now come to the most distinguished name in the annals of female royalty, that of the great Elizabeth, second queen regnant of England. The romantic circums...