Elizabeth I
Last Tudor monarch, who settled the Church of England, saw off the Spanish Armada in 1588 and reigned over a golden age of drama.
| Lived | 1533 – 1603 |
| Known as | Queen of England |
| Birthplace or main place | London |
| Places on the map | London |
LondonSee the world of Elizabeth I in the interactive map
Who ruled these places in her lifetime
| Place | At birth (map of 1500) | At death (map of 1600) |
|---|---|---|
| London | England | England and Ireland |
From the border maps nearest to each date; borders are approximate.
Battles and sites of the time
- Battle of Gravelines · 1588
Further reading
Contemporaries
| Lived | Person | |
|---|---|---|
| 1527 – 1598 | Philip II | King of Spain |
| 1537 – 1598 | Toyotomi Hideyoshi | Unifier of Japan |
| 1542 – 1605 | Akbar | Mughal emperor |
| 1543 – 1616 | Tokugawa Ieyasu | First Tokugawa shogun |
| 1547 – 1616 | Miguel de Cervantes | Writer |
| 1545 – 1598 | Yi Sun-sin | Korean admiral |
| 1552 – 1610 | Matteo Ricci | Jesuit missionary |
| 1534 – 1582 | Oda Nobunaga | Warlord |
| 1564 – 1616 | William Shakespeare | Playwright and poet |
| 1564 – 1642 | Galileo Galilei | Scientist |
Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.