Tudor History Quiz

While Queen Elizabeth visited St Paul's Cathedral many times over the course of her reign, it is not where she was crowned!

Almost every English monarch has been crowned at Westminster Abbey since the Norman Conquest of 1066!

Southwark Cathedral is famous for being the supposed place of worship of William Shakespeare while he lived in London!

While there were epidemics of the plague throughout the Tudor period, Queen Elizabeth I never caught the deadly disease!

It was Elizabeth's mother, Anne Boleyn, who was lucky to survive this disease in 1528!

There was little hope of the Queen's recovery when she fell ill of this disease very early in her reign, but a young German physician, called Doctor Burcot, saved her!

Mary managed to escape with the help of a young boy called Willie Douglas. Unfortunately her liberty was short lived as she was taken prisoner by Queen Elizabeth on arriving in England.

Edinburgh Castle is where Mary gave birth to her son, the future King James VI of Scotland and I of England, in 1566!

This castle is most famous for being the setting of Shakespeare's tragedy MacBeth!

Robert Dudley, Earl Of Leicester, considered by many to be the love of the Queen's life, came close to marrying her several times!

Sir Henry Sidney was never a suitor. He was one of Elizabeth's oldest friends and was already married when she became queen. He is best known as the father of the poet Sir Philip Sidney.

William Pickering was one of the Queen's first suitors. In fact, he was so confident that she would marry him that he was demanding certain privileges at court! He was greatly disappointed!