Was Elizabeth I really a MAN? Inside the shocking theory that claims the Virgin Queen was a male imposter

Daily Mail ^ | 02-08-2025 | MARIA OKANRENDE and GINA KALSI

[Adder]

Queen Elizabeth I was known to be an all-powerful monarch, a warrior who defeated the Spanish Armada, a leader loved by her subjects and a muse for Shakespeare.

The late Queen of England and Ireland - who ruled from 1558 until her death in 1603 - was so legendary that her reign was officially crowned the Elizabethan era, its very own epoch of the famed Tudor period.

But one rumour has threatened to crack her tenable legacy, leading doubters to ask whether the Virgin Queen was the fiercely independent leader that history claims her to be.

[Adder]

Are you kidding me?

What a tale...an amusing read.

[9YearLurker]

So we’ve moved beyond imagining great men in history to all have been gay to great women in history to have been trans?

[mewzilla]

It’s clickbait.

That’s how the DM makes its money these days.

Hmmmmm, wonder if the DM got any USAID funding...? 🤔

[ComputerGuy]

Ask Raleigh.

[Libloather]

There were no biologists in 1603.

[quantim]

“Was Elizabeth I really a MAN?”

Seems it’s working for Samantha Power...well until a few days ago.

[exPBRrat]

Just more ridiculousness.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Ridiculous. Her father would have been elated and welcomed her if Elizabeth had actually been male.

[Recompennation]

Well it (if it be) at least did not come out of the closet (so to speak it)
and so impose it on us all! A real edict would have it been.

[TangoLimaSierra]

That artist was not very good with hands.

[Sirius Lee]

That artist was not very good with hands.

Ah, yes. DC Universe.

[vaskypilot]

Anne Boylen would have kept her head!

[AZJeep]

Clickbait.
Men were definitely in privileged position then (although not as much as some feminists would make you think), so why would anybody fake to be a woman?!

“Virgin”

She had some male favorites.

Why she not married?

Pretty simple. If she married, she would had to give away some power to her husband, and obviously, she did not want to do that!

Standard problem of almost all female rulers in the past - they had to remain single, if they wanted the absolute power!

[SunkenCiv]

• Was Elizabeth I really a MAN? Inside the shocking theory that claims the Virgin Queen was a male imposter [02/09/2025]
• Shakespeare's Globe Theatre academic says Elizabeth I may have been non-binary in essay calling Virgin Queen 'them' after row over transgender Joan Of Arc play [08/13/2022]
• 'Joan of Arc is a female cultural icon': Backlash grows against Shakespeare's Globe Theatre for new play depicting Maid of Orleans as non-binary character with 'they' and 'them' pronouns [08/12/2022]
• Is this proof the Virgin Queen was an imposter in drag? [06/10/2013]
• Shocking new theory about Elizabeth I unearthed in historic manuscripts [06/10/2013]

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• Thank Henry VIII for laying those foundations of freedom [04/22/2009]
• Today's Birthday girl: Elizabeth Ist of England [09/07/2006]
• Ivan The Terrible Rude (Letter To Elizabeth I Found) [01/04/2004]

[SunkenCiv]

[plain talk]

Daily Mail has gone Weekly World News on this one.

[Alas Babylon!]

Well, this is Britain.

They’ll probably say he/she was a Muslim, too.

Al-Isabeth.

[metmom]

So we’ve moved beyond imagining great men in history to all have been gay to great women in history to have been trans?

All in attempt to normalize it.

And of course, no feminist outrage. Which is ironic because what it actually does is say that women can't do great things because they're women. It's MEN who actually do it, posing as men.

I know some liberals who are hell bent ion proving women are just as good as men, which is really a tacit admission that they don't think women are.

[ABStrauss]

Is this the day to post stupid articles?

[Tax-chick]

Such a stupid notion. It’s not even a “theory,” just a bid for attention.