Elizabeth I was queen of England. When her sister, Mary I died there were many who didn’t think that she should be queen. One of which was her deceased sister’s husband Phillip II of Spain. Phillip was staunchly Catholic and believed since the pope never granted an annulment to Henry VIII from his first wife Katharine of Aragon that Elizabeth was illegitimate and because she was Protestant she was also a heretic. Phillip in Spain and Elizabeth in England’s relationship deteriorated to such an extreme extent that Phillip decided he was going to send an Armada of ships to invade England. And so the Spanish Armada set sail from Lisbon in 1588 to execute the task set out to them. This did not go well for the Spanish as their ships were large and had a hard time maneuvering unlike the faster sleeker English fleet. Ultimately the Spanish were defeated and their fleet was scattered. They desperately tried to find a route to flee. The decision was made that the best course would be to sail north, go around Scotland and then around Ireland to finally get them back home to Spain. Violent storms rocked the ships to and fro…one of these called La Girona ended up landing in Killybegs harbor in Ireland with a damaged rudder and crew much worse for wear. While they were at the harbor survivors of other shipwrecks from the Armada were washing ashore. There was a great deal of concern once they were on Irish soil that there were many English soldiers stationed in Ireland. They needed to get to safety and the closet place that they thought safety could be found was in Catholic Scotland. The decision was made to take all of the survivors on The Girona head to Scotland. While the ship had been at harbor it had been repaired by a local Irish chieftain. 1300 survivors boarded the ship- a ship that was only ever to support 400. The Girona sailed north and as they did a horrible storm began. In the dead of night on the 26th of October 1588 La Girona hit the rocks on what is now called the Spanish Rocks on the Atrim coast in Notthern Ireland and sank. 1300 people perished with only 9 surviving. Close to where the Girona crashed was Dunluce Castle. #elizabethi#anglospanishwar#tudortok#history#gotoriginal sound

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