ELIZABETH I, VIRGINIA AND NATIVE VIRGINIANS

By anonymous - Scanned from the book The National Portrait Gallery History of the Kings and Queens of England by David Williamson, ISBN 1855142287., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6639542

On a day like today, in 1603, Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth I, the daughter of Henry VIII, died.

She had ruled England for 45 years. She never married and was known as  The Virgin Queen:  the American state of Virginia is named after her. However, let's not forget the Native American tribes that inhabited the land before the English arrived.

Algonquian-speaking peoples, Nottoway and Meherrin in the coastal (or Tidewater) region (dark green), while the interior (lighter shades of green) was inhabited by either Siouan or Iroquoian-speaking tribes.  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Virginia_painted_relief.pnghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_tribes_in_Virginia 
 
The Virginia Indians will show us what their culture is like. They've been living the area for over 10,000 years.

 Before we speak about Elizabeth I, we wanted to mention  the official song of the state:

Elizabeth I was the head of the English Church, the Anglican Church. Her life was long and eventful: she was  brought up as the illegitimate daughter of Henry VIII, though  Anne Boleyn, her mother,  had been the second wife of  the Tudor monarch after Henry divorced Catherine of Aragon, the daughter of the Catholic Kings, Ferdinand and Isabella. Moreover, Elizabeth had to defend England when Philip II  of Spain tried to invade the coutnry with his Armada, and she had to secure her grip on the throne on various occasions.

The causes of her death remain unclear, but some say that poisoning might be one of them, as makeup in Tudor times had lead as an ingredient. We'll never know for sure! The Queen's Death

Elizabethan resources