Summary about Elizabeth I Gloriana

She was called Gloriana. The Virgin Queen. Elizabeth created a propaganda image of herself embodying English victories and English power which has endured into the 21st century.

Elizabeth came to power in 1558, inheriting problems with religion, poverty and foreign policy . Historians in the 1970s thought that, when Elizabeth came to the throne, the country was about to collapse. ... Elizabeth encouraged the 'Gloriana' myth, and commissioned portraits which presented her as pure and powerful.

Enthusiasts of The Crown on Netflix may also recall that the finale for Season 1 of that series has the title “Gloriana” as well. Essentially, both shows are really name-checking Elizabeth I, since she's about the most obvious reference for an English queen aside from Victoria and Elizabeth II. (Nobody remembers Anne.)