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Elizabeth (QUEEN OF ENGLAND He Its fate)

QUEEN OF ENGLAND He 29, 1588. Its fate is well known. The war with Spain dragged on till the close of Elizabeth's reign. During her reign the splendor of her government was sustained by such men as Burleigh, Bacon, Walsingham, and Throgmorton; but she had personal favorites of less merit who were often more brilliantly rewarded.

Chief of these were Dudley, whom she created Earl of Leicester, and whom she was disposed to marry, and Essex, whose violent passions brought about his ruin.

He was beheaded in 1601, but Elizabeth never forgave herself his death. Her own health soon after gave way, and she died March 24, 1603.