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Courting the Virgin Queen: Queen Elizabeth I And Her Suitors

By (author) Carol Ann Lloyd

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The many courtships of the woman who became Elizabeth I began when she was anÂ infant, displayed before foreign ambassadors who considered her as a possible clauseÂ of a contract between England and France. From such an unromantic beginning,Â Elizabeth grew to see her father marry multiple times and experienced frequent changesÂ in stepmothers and status in the family. Eventually, she became the most eligibleÂ woman in Europe. From start to finish, her marriage prospects were as much political asÂ they were personal. When she came to the throne in 1558, the primary question facing everyone fromÂ foreign monarchs to English nobles and ministers was which of her many suitors wouldÂ finally win her hand. Through the longest Tudor reign, Elizabeth used courtship as a toolÂ to consider foreign alliances, hold ambitious English courtiers in check, and navigateÂ her role as a woman ruler in a world that considered her unnatural without a man at herÂ side. Elizabeth was, in fact, always the â€˜Virgin Queenâ€™, from the early days as a twenty-five-year-oldÂ presenting herself as a potential royal bride to her final years as an ageing andÂ unmarried woman who was destined to end the Tudor dynasty. Ultimately, she becameÂ the only monarch in England to rule as an adult and never marry. Through it all, asÂ friends and potential lovers faded away, she clung to the one true love of her life:Â England.

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