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I would rather go to any extreme than suffer anything that is unworthy of my reputation, or of that of my crown.
Elizabeth I
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Elizabeth I
Age: 69 †
Born: 1533
Born: September 7
Died: 1603
Died: March 24
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Elizabeth I
Elizabeth Tudor
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the Virgin Queen Elizabeth
Queen of England Elisabetta I
Queen of England Elisabeth I
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