| Title | The Queen |
| Origtitle | Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I |
| Caption | Queen Elizabeth I played a key role in the Roanoke expeditions. It was her sanction that made the expedition official. Without her support the expedition probably would not have happened in the first place. |
| Source | British Museum |
| Date | 16th Century |
| URL | http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=3039119&partid=1&searchText=Queen+Elizabeth&fromADBC=ad&toADBC=ad&titleSubject=on&numpages=10&images=on&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx¤tPage=1 |
| Creator | Anonymous |
| Type | Woodcut |
| Origin | Internet |
Queenes most excellent Maiestie
Additional Notes
Elizabeth I (1533-1603):; Elizabeth I, last of the Tudor dynasty, was the daughter of Henry VIII and his second ill-fated wife Anne Boleyn, and reigned as Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 until her death in 1603. Well educated in languages and politics, and more moderate (and ambiguous regarding her personal beliefs) than her predecessors on religious matters, Elizabeth was a master of the art and artifice required of a Renaissance monarch. Raleigh was (at times) a favorite of Elizabeth’s, and she granted him a royal patent for colonization in 1585, making possible the Roanoke Voyages. However, by 1587, Elizabeth and England were wrapped up in the imminent crisis of the Spanish Armada, and Elizabeth forbade private voyages (for security and so that more vessels could be used for military defense purposes), ultimately resulting in a delay of several years of a support and supply voyage to the Roanoke Colony.;
Works Cited:; Patrick Collinson, ‘Elizabeth I (1533–1603)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8636, accessed 26 Sept 2011];