Elizabeth and marriage

Question 1

Advantages of her not marrying (2)

Answer 1

she’s completely in control of Englands affairs

denying foreign suiters allowed her to keep open foreign affairs

Question 2

disadvantages of her not marrying (3)

Answer 2

not knowing who’d inherit the throne

plot to overthrow Elizabeth as it made her weaker

the country was more vulnerable because there was no heir

Question 3

who were her suiters

Answer 3

Robert dudley
king Philip of Spain
archduke Charles
Francis duke of aAlencon

Question 4

Robert dudley

Answer 4

already married. suspected of murdering her when she died. liz has to stop seeing him for her reputation

Question 5

king Philip of Spain

Answer 5

proposed to Elizabeth but she turned his down. previously married to her sister before she died. was catholic

Question 6

archduke Charles

Answer 6

liz considered him but he was catholic

Question 7

Francis duke of Alencon

Answer 7

marriage negotiations went of for nearly a decade. heir to the French throne. but died