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Elizabeth Character profiles - Coggle Diagram
Elizabeth Character profiles
👑 MONARCH & CORE COURT
👑 Elizabeth I
Role: Queen (1558–1603)
Traits: Pragmatic, cautious, politically skilled
Key Points:
Religious Settlement = compromise
Avoided marriage for political control
Strong image (Virgin Queen)
Use: Stability vs indecision
🧠 William Cecil
Role: Chief minister
Traits: Loyal, cautious, efficient
Key Points:
Managed finance + policy
Supported moderate Protestantism
Use: Strength of Elizabeth’s government
🕵️ Francis Walsingham
Role: Spymaster
Traits: Ruthless, intelligent
Key Points:
Built spy network
Exposed Catholic plots
Use: Security + Catholic threat
⚔️ Robert Dudley
Role: Favourite
Traits: Ambitious, charismatic
Key Points:
Marriage candidate
Caused factional tension
Use: Court politics
🧭 Robert Cecil
Role: Later chief minister
Traits: Intelligent, calculating
Key Points:
Continued father’s work
Managed succession to James I
Use: Late reign stability
⚡ Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
Role: Favourite (later)
Traits: Arrogant, impulsive
Key Points:
Failed in Ireland
Led rebellion (1601)
Use: Weakness of court control
⛪ RELIGION
⛪ Matthew Parker
Role: Archbishop of Canterbury
Traits: Moderate, scholarly
Key Points:
Enforced Religious Settlement
Use: Religious compromise
🔥 John Whitgift
Role: Archbishop (later)
Traits: Strict, anti-Puritan
Key Points:
Cracked down on Puritans
Use: Religious tension
✝️ Edmund Campion
Role: Jesuit missionary
Traits: Devout, courageous
Key Points:
Tried to restore Catholicism
Executed for treason
Use: Catholic resistance
⚔️ THREATS & RIVALS
👑 Mary, Queen of Scots
Role: Rival claimant
Traits: Charismatic, naïve
Key Points:
Linked to plots
Executed 1587
Use: Major Catholic threat
⚔️ Philip II of Spain
Role: Foreign enemy
Traits: Powerful, devout Catholic
Key Points:
Spanish Armada 1588
Use: Foreign threat
🏰 Duke of Norfolk
Role: English noble
Traits: Ambitious, disloyal
Key Points:
Involved in Ridolfi Plot
Use: Internal threat
🌍 EXPLORATION & NAVAL POWER
⚓ Francis Drake
Role: Privateer
Traits: Bold, opportunistic
Key Points:
Circumnavigation
Attacked Spanish ships
Use: Conflict with Spain
🧭 Walter Raleigh
Role: Explorer / courtier
Traits: Ambitious, visionary
Key Points:
Roanoke colony failed
Use: Early empire
🚢 John Hawkins
Role: Naval commander
Traits: Practical, innovative
Key Points:
Reformed navy
Use: Strength of navy