What May Have Caused the Death of Elizabeth I?

Elizabeth I was a very important queen who ruled England for many years, but she eventually got sick and passed away. One thing that may have made her illness worse was germs, tiny little bugs you can’t see with your eyes.

Germs are like tiny troublemakers. They live on things like doorknobs, cups, and even people’s hands. When someone who has germs touches something, and then you touch that same thing, the germs can go into your body and make you sick.

Elizabeth I might have been around a lot of people, nobles, doctors, servants, who had germs on their hands or in their coughs. These germs could have made her illness worse, like when you get a cold from being near someone who is sneezing.

Think about it like this: When you go to school and someone next to you has a runny nose, they might pass on a germ to you, just like how germs could have passed from many people around Elizabeth I to her. That’s why she might have gotten very sick in the end.