Queen Elizabeth I of England facts??

Question

isn't she the 1 who died w/ like 1' of make up on her face?? Some1 tell me more fun facts about this monarch please =]]]]

Answer 1

She did wear white, lead-based makeup on her face to cover up smallpox scars, but I doubt she died with so much covering.  It's a myth!  Here's a description of her death:

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/death-...

More trivia:

Queen Elizabeth travelled with more than three hundred carts to carry her luggage. Her entourage travelled ten to twelve miles a day.

Sweet marjoram was the major ingredient in Queen Elizabeth I's favorite scent.

For breakfast, Elizabeth I often had bread, ale, beer or wine and a good pottage made of mutton or beef.

Towards the end of her life, Queen Elizabeth I refused to have a mirror in any of her rooms.

Elizabeth's nickname for Sir Walter Raleigh was "Water."

Her Coronation ring was one of her most prized possessions. She never removed it, in all the 45 years of her reign. In 1603, the ring had grown into her flesh. Her doctors insisted it had to be removed, and within a week she died.

Elizabeth hated the smell of leather.

After her teeth were removed, Elizabeth never appeared in public without padding out her mouth, with wads of cotton.

http://www.angelfire.com/mi4/polcrt/Eliz...

An eyewitness description of her in her later years:

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/eliza...

Answer 2

The cause of the death of Queen Elizabeth was not confirmed as there was no post mortem. She was generally believed to have died of blood poisoning possibly caused by the application of the white make-up called ceruse - a mixture of white lead and vinegar, which was poisonous! Other possibilities are cancer or quite simply old age. The body of Queen Elizabeth I was embalmed and laid in state in a lead coffin at Whitehall. The coffin was then taken to Westminster where it stayed until the funeral.