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INDIVIDUALS WHO INFLUENCED ELIZABETH - Coggle Diagram
INDIVIDUALS WHO INFLUENCED ELIZABETH
HENRY VIII
Didn't make her legitimate in the Act of Succession 1544.
A distant, powerful figure. She appears to have been proud of him.
Occasionally invited her to court, for events such as Edward's christening.
Examples of him losing his temper with her, but their meetings, though infrequent, were generally friendly.
Entrusted Elizabeth's upbringing to a governess and gave her a household of her own, which moved around the royal residences.
CATHERINE PARR
Married Thomas Seymour and brought up Elizabeth in their household at Chelsea.
Had an affectionate relationship and regarded each other as mother and daughter.
Kept an eye on Elizabeth's religious instruction, and her general education.
Seymour began a flirtation with Elizabeth, Catherine forced to send her away.
Persuaded Henry to bring his daughters back to court.
Remained on friendly terms until Catherine's death following childbirth in 1548.
THOMAS SEYMOUR
As it was treason for a royal heir to marry without the Privy Council's permission, Elizabeth herself was interrogated to discover if she was party to Seymour's plans.
Although eventually cleared, Elizabeth was in grave danger.
Seymour was arrested, along with Kat Ashley, Elizabeth's governess, and Thomas Parry, her steward.
Seymour was executed by order of the Privy Council in 1549, having endangered the lives of Elizabeth and her governess.
He wanted to marry Elizabeth and abduct Edward VI, to bring the young King under her personal control.
KAT ASHLEY
Arrested and interrogated by the Privy Council in 1548, eventually released and restored to former position.
Elizabeth loved Kat and remained closely attached to her throughout childhood.
Supervised Elizabeth's education in mathematics, languages, geography, sewing, dancing, deportment and riding.
Fiercely resisted attempts by Edward and Mary to replace Kat with governesses of their choosing. Showed her devotion by appointing Kat First Lady of the Bedchamber when she became Queen in 1558.
Kind, well-educated, naive and devoted, was with Elizabeth from 1536.
ROGER ASCHAM
By 14, Elizabeth could speak fluent French, Italian and Latin. She read Greek daily and enjoyed listening to music.
Described his pupil as the 'brightest star'.
A Latin scholar and education expert. Elizabeth's tutor from 1548 to 1550, returned in 1555 to concentrate on her studies of Greek.
Influence on Elizabeth's childhood obviously important, but he wasn't happy in the atmosphere of a royal household and, following a quarrel with Elizabeth's steward, resigned his post and returned to his studies at Cambridge.
EDWARD VI
He saw Elizabeth infrequently and, although Elizabeth continued to write to him regularly, the easy affection which they shared as children had gone.
Remained aloof during the investigation of Elizabeth's involvement in Seymour's plans and didn't receive her at court for 6 months after the event.
He and Elizabeth were originally close, despite living in separate households, but once he became King he was dominated by Edward Seymour.
When the Duke of Northumberland was Master of the King's Household, he used his influence to ensure Elizabeth didn't meet her brother and that her letters didn't reach him.
A precocious, arrogant, narrow-minded and fervent Protestant.
MARY TUDOR
Relations deteriorated further in 1554 when Mary sent Elizabeth to the Tower on suspicion of her involvement in Wyatt's Rebellion.
Mary's suspicions of Elizabeth often surfaced, usually on the prompting of Simon Renard, the Imperial ambassador. Mary saw Elizabeth as a possible figurehead for the enemies of Catholicism, as she believed Elizabeth was a Protestant despite Elizabeth's attendance at Mass.
Very little in common with Elizabeth as she had remained attached to the Spanish inheritance and Roman Catholicism of her mother.
Little reason to be fond of Elizabeth, whose birth had meant that, at the age of 18, she had to give up her household and address her half-sister as princess, a title she considered her own.
Mary wouldn't proclaim Elizabeth heir to the throne on the grounds that Elizabeth wasn't her sister but the bastard daughter of a notorious woman who had replaced her mother, the rightful Queen.
At her husband's request, reluctantly accepted.