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Article: Exhibiting Elizabeth: co-curator Sian Flynn introduces Elizabeth: the exhibition commemorating the 400th anniversary of the Queen's death at the National Maritime Museum, sponsored by Morgan Stanley, from May 1st to September 14th, 2003.
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- May 1, 2003
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ELIZABETH I WAS BORN in Greenwich Palace on September 7th, 1533. Although no longer standing, the brick riverside palace was a favourite of the Tudors and it became Elizabeth's most favourite out-of-town Residence when she was Queen.
Greenwich is central to both Tudor and maritime history Elizabeth's father, Henry, VIII, was also born here in 1491. Her mother, Anne Boleyn, was arrested after a tournament at the palace in 1536 and sensationally charged with multiple adultery, including incest. When Elizabeth was Queen, she frequently held court at Greenwich and was wooed at the palace by her last serious suitor, Francis, Duke of Anjou. She also waved farewell to ...