An haifi Elizabeth a Greenwich Palace kuma an kira shi bayan kakanninta, Elizabeth na York da Elizabeth Howard. Ita ce ta biyu na Henry VIII na Ingila wanda aka haife shi a cikin aure don ya tsira da jariri. Mahaifiyarta ita ce matar Henry ta biyu, Anne Boleyn. A lokacin haihuwa, Elizabeth ita ce magajin gado ga kursiyin Ingila. 'yar uwarta, Maryamu, ta rasa matsayinta a matsayin magajin gado lokacin da Henry ya soke aurensa da mahaifiyar Maryamu, Catherine na Aragon, don ya auri Anne, tare da niyyar haifa magada namiji kuma ya tabbatar da Tudor. An yi masa baftisma a ranar 10 ga Satumba, 1533; Archbishop Thomas Cran, Marquess of Exeter, Duchess of Norfolk da Dowager Marchioness of Dorset sun tsaya a matsayin godparents.
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