Cleopatra was queen of
Egypt about 2,000 years ago. She was intelligent, proud, strong-willed, and she
was determined to keep her country free from invaders. When Egypt’s army was
defeated by the Romans, Cleopatra decided she would rather die than be taken
captive. According to legend, she held a poisonous snake to her body. The snake
bit her, and she died.
Queen Nefertiti
Nefertiti was one of
the most famous queens of ancient Egypt. She and her husband, Akhenaton,
reigned in the 1300s bc, during
the period known as the New Kingdom.
Queen
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth Tudor was born
in 1533. Elizabeth’s parents were disappointed when she was born.
They desperately wanted a son. Her father, King Henry VIII of England, had
Elizabeth’s mother beheaded so he could marry again. He wanted to have a son to
be king after him. But Elizabeth eventually became one of
England’s greatest rulers.
Queen Victoria
Have you ever pretended
that you were royalty? Sometimes in history, a child or a teenager has actually
become a king or queen. One such case happened in 1837, when King William IV of
Great Britain died and the crown passed to his 18-year-old niece, Alexandrina
Victoria. Suddenly, the teenager became Queen Victoria, ruler of the British
Empire. For the next 63 years, Victoria ruled over a
growing empire that included Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, and parts
of Africa. Victoria ruled longer than any monarch in British history. These years
became known as the Victorian era.
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