Born into royal turmoil, Elizabeth I faced betrayal, imprisonment, and religious conflict before becoming one of England’s ...

The thinking was that God intervened and the windy weather was a sign that God was on Elizabeth’s side. Leaders The Duke of Medina Sidonia led the Spanish fleet, but he was inexperienced in ...

Elizabeth I is one of England's greatest monarchs – perhaps the greatest. Her forces defeated the Spanish Armada and saved England from invasion, she reinstated Protestantism and forged an ...

seeking to depose Elizabeth and bring Protestant England back into the Catholic fold. The discovery of the letters between the Duke of Medina Sidonia, Commander of the Armada and his second in ...

The English sent fireships – old ships loaded with pretty much anything that would burn – among the Spanish. The Armada broke formation ... was a huge boon for Elizabeth, England and the ...

The English defeated the Spanish Armada in an impressive victory, which was commemorated with Elizabeth I’s Armada Portrait. After days of cannon fire back and forth, the English decided to send ...