Ep. 30: The Queen of Hearts

"Off with their heads!" For Elizabeth I, who grew up with her father, Henry VIII in fact, chopping off his wives' heads, and then her sister, Mary I, AKA Bloody Mary, also beheading those she disagreed with... It's a rather morbid joke, but Elizabeth I was known for making it. Elizabeth I, AKA the Virgin Queen, was also incredibly good at using her status as an unmarried queen to create treaties and promote the best of men, skills she used to lead England into the Golden Age, or the Elizabethan Era of England. She also used pirates to give England access to the new world, so if you were wondering if she's one of Anne's favorites, you are correct :)