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Elizabeth's Suitors - Coggle Diagram
Elizabeth's Suitors
Philip II
Alliance with Spain, one of the world powers
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Charles and Ferdinand
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Elizabeth had no intention of marrying him = but remained friendly purely to keep a relationship with HRE
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Robert Dudley
Only serious contender, love of Elizabeth's life
But his wife died in mysterious circumstances in Sept. 1560, meaning that re-marriage to Elizabeth would be impossible after this
Cecil did nothing to dispel the rumours as he saw the unmarried Elizabeth as a marketable pawn in the European marriage market = any marriage involving Dudley would mark the end of his ambitions at court