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Elizabeth had a long, turbulent path to the throne.

She had a number of problems during her childhood, one of the main ones being after the execution of her mother, Anne Boleyn.

When Anne was beheaded, Henry declared Elizabeth an illegitimate child and she would, therefore, not be able to inherit the throne.

After the death of her father, she was raised by his widow, Catherine Parr and her husband Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley.

A scandal arose with her and the Lord Admiral to which she stood trial.

During the examinations, she answered truthfully and boldly and all charges were dropped.

She was an excellent student, well-schooled in Latin, French, Italian, and somewhat in Greek.

She was supposedly a very skilled musician as well, in both singing and playing the lute.

After the rebellion of Thomas Wyatt the younger, Elizabeth was imprisoned in the Tower of London.

No proof could be found that Elizabeth was involved and she was released and retired to the countryside until the death of her sister, Mary I of England.