Support The Spanish overestimated the level of support there would be in England for Spanish control ... windy weather was a sign that God was on Elizabeth’s side. Leaders The Duke of Medina ...

When Queen Mary I died, and with her England ... Armada. And on 28 April 1588, with 130 ships under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia carrying 8,000 sailors and 18,000 soldiers, the ...

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

Queen Elizabeth I was known to be an all-powerful monarch, a warrior who defeated the Spanish Armada, a leader loved by her subjects and a muse for Shakespeare. The late Queen of England and ...

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 ...