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Elizabeth I of England, died March 24, 1603, at Richmond Palace.

Prior to her death, she had been severely depressed for a couple of months. After Robert Essex, had been executed, Elizabeth began to lose most of her close, male friends, and felt very lonely and lost motivation and desire to continue to rule, and live as she had, as Queen. On or around March 20, she stated to her staff that she had a chill, and did not feel well. She retired to her apartments, though refused to be examined by her doctors. She remained in her apartment, either standing in one place, or reclined in a chair, and refused to take to her bed. She eventually laid down on some cushions, spread out on the floor. She laid on the floor, still, and silent, for nearly 4 days. Unable to argue or even speak, her staff moved her to the bed where she remained, in after-settled and unmovable melancholy. She passed away in her sleep, the next morning.

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