Why has the Gunpowder Plot Been Remembered for Centuries?
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Elizabeth, the youngest daughter of King Henry VIII, is history’s Virgin Queen who famously saw off the Spanish Armada and encouraged the Renaissance. Her success as a monarch is considered remarkable, partly because of the contrast with her predecessors. Her father Henry died after a chaotic life on the throne he had six wives and split from Rome, creating the Church of England, in just three and a half decades leaving the crown to his Protestant son, Edward VI.